I've been driving a PAS car for about a year now, but it's now time to buy my own car, and I'm going for something old (without PAS). But I've hardly got any experience in non-power steering car. Could someone give me a brief idea on how hard it is, and how long it'll take to get used to? By the way, I'm a pretty young driver, so it may take more time to learn than average!!
2006-08-04 04:25:12 · 19 answers · asked by Yahoo!_man 3 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Commuting
Fairly hard. It's not so bad once you're on the move, but parking and taking off can be a pain, if you're turning at traffic lights, or trying to reverse into a parking space. It's the pits in urban driving, with lots of stop-starts. On the open run on a long run, not so bad. In fact it can help on motorways as you have a better feel when you steer, more 'weight'. I wouldn't recommend it for a learner. You need all the help you can get. Good luck.
2006-08-04 04:28:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
geez - I try hard not to judge, but wow. Did you also not have your license? So now your sister is looking at getting fined for not having a license or insurance? And you pled guilty as her? So she doesn't know she has a court date, and given your track record you will very likely fail to tell her about this court date and then she will have a warrant out for her arrest. And still, still now after you have done all of this to your sister your only concern is yourself. YOU can't go to jail because of YOUR situation. I guess its better for your sister to have to face jail right? I don't even know how you would fix this, pleading guilty by letter normally means that the infraction is logged into some mysterious computer system somewhere which is run by court employees. Trying to get them to make a change in the computer system pretty much takes an act of congress. You were clearly hoping that she wouldn't get a court date and that you could just plead guilty pretending to be her and it would go away. I'm sorry but you are truly a terrible person. I hope your sister finds out about the court date and you get indicted for fraud and lying to a police officer. I hope your sister files charges against you. I don't think I could ever file charges against my sister, but my sister isn't the snake that you are.
2016-03-26 22:56:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
PAS is fantastic for turning your wheels while your car is stationary. When i used to drive my car without PAS, it was even lighter when driving than the car with PAS. It just takes a little more effort to turn the wheel then parking etc. You'll soon get used to it.
Good luck.
2006-08-04 04:33:21 · answer #3 · answered by Cliveus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turning the steering wheel will take a lot of getting used to. you wont be able to turn it anywhere near as fast or as smoothly. There will be a lot of resistance, but you will eventually compensate and get used to it, then you will have the opposite problem when you go back to a PAS car
2006-08-04 05:12:30 · answer #4 · answered by mike-from-spain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on your choice of car.
A car with a heavy engine/transmission and wide tyres with manual steering will have much heavier steering than one with a smaller / lighter engine and transmission and narrower tyres.
You will soon get used to not attempting to turn the wheel while stationary if at all possible, but instead creeping slowly while going from lock to lock when parking. This will also make your tyres last longer, and reduce damage to the surface you're driving on.
2006-08-04 04:43:19 · answer #5 · answered by Neil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry about it at all. You won't notice any difference most of the time. It's only when you are manoeuvering at low speeds (e.g. parking) that you will notice that it takes slightly more effort to turn the wheel.
In any case, it depends on the car; generally speaking, the smaller the car, the less heavy the steering.
2006-08-04 04:34:17 · answer #6 · answered by nige_but_dim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can not be difficult because my daughter has a car with power steering and I do not, the only difference is the amount of effort that you need to use to steer.
2006-08-04 04:39:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have two cars, one with PAS and one without.
If you are newly qualified then you will still be handling the wheel correctly, and so should find it quite easy.
It's only once you fall into bad habits that it becomes difficult.
One tip is just make sure your tyre pressures are correct and get your tracking done at your local tyre fitters. It makes it much easier. Clearly the smaller the car, the smaller the tyre size, and therefore the easier it is to turn.
2006-08-04 04:29:32 · answer #8 · answered by 'Dr Greene' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a smaller car it is easy to but for a bigger car it's a different story. The simplest way to figure it out is to drive the car in question.
2006-08-04 04:29:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the car is moving, it's fairly easy to steer, but try turning the wheel when the car isn't moving (like when you're parking) it's alot harder.
2006-08-04 04:30:12 · answer #10 · answered by Ginbail © 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not hard. You will feel the difference when the vehicle is stationary depending on the weight of the vehicle and the surface you are on you may have to use two hands to steer when standing but in 2-3 days you should get used to it
2006-08-04 04:29:46 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋