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Old 02-28-2010, 09:47 AM   #21
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The steering wheel size is offset for vehicles w/o power steering.
The original Mini had no power steering, a tiny steering wheel, and the majority of its weight on the front. Its total weight was only ~1,500 lbs and had 145 width tires though.
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Old 02-28-2010, 10:07 AM   #22
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Obama! Come quick, your new auto manufacturer is having a problem!!!!
No problem. He'll just find something wrong with Honda to divert the attention from Government Motors. I'm sure there's a faulty cupholder somewhere.

I had a 1986 Chevrolet Celebrity. Broken door handle (comes standard on Chevys) and power steering fail. Plus many other fails.
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Old 02-28-2010, 11:16 AM   #23
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Power Steering had gone on a MX-6 I used to own.
Being a poor young-in that I was...drove it around (daily commute between work , school, hanging out) for 2 months until I could get around to fixing it.
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Old 02-28-2010, 11:25 AM   #24
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Biggest reason the Cobalt fails is that at that price point, it should lure in tons of young buyers in their teens and 20's, but the interior is too boring for most of them. At least when you compare it to something like a Mazda 3.

The Cobalt looks like it was styled to be as non-offensive as possible, to make sure senior citizens would still drive it. Too bad they usually don't drive that class of vehicle anyway. Marketing fail.
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Old 02-28-2010, 12:06 PM   #25
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Biggest reason the Cobalt fails is that at that price point, it should lure in tons of young buyers in their teens and 20's, but the interior is too boring for most of them. At least when you compare it to something like a Mazda 3.

The Cobalt looks like it was styled to be as non-offensive as possible, to make sure senior citizens would still drive it. Too bad they usually don't drive that class of vehicle anyway. Marketing fail.
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Old 02-28-2010, 12:20 PM   #26
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The supercharged one is supposed to be a good car, .
My uncle had one, mind you he had a stage 3 supercharger kit on it. It was fast, handled well in smooth, tight turns, but rougher than a rodeo bull.
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Old 02-28-2010, 01:13 PM   #27
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I used to race dirt oval cars with no PS, sometimes PS, and suddenly no PS. 2 brakes, 3 brakes, 4 brakes. Once i had an engine mount break mid race, the engine would rock under the torque of acceleration keeping the throttle hung open. I just pushed in the clutch, the engine dropped back in place and the throttle magically 'un stuck'. I drove 10 laps that way...

I think better driver training is needed for all these pussy drivers out there...
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Old 02-28-2010, 01:52 PM   #28
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Ha. Mechanical systems FTMFW.

Fly-by-wire? Die by wire.

Electric power steering. Who coulda guessed that'd be a bad idea, huh?
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Old 02-28-2010, 01:55 PM   #29
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Ha. Mechanical systems FTMFW.

Fly-by-wire? Die by wire.

Electric power steering. Who coulda guessed that'd be a bad idea, huh?
Agreed on all counts.
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Old 02-28-2010, 02:02 PM   #30
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'cept fly by wire is the direction all sportbikes are eventually going...
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