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From: Clive Coleman on 20 Feb 2010 23:34 In message <feKdnQj3EumcpuLWnZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d(a)speakeasy.net>, jim beam <me(a)privacy.net> writes >why exactly the press would want to get their trotters in the trough on >this one though is something i haven't figured out - the political >agenda is ridiculous. Bad news sells papers, good news doesn't. -- Clive
From: News on 20 Feb 2010 23:39 Clive Coleman wrote: > In message <hlpl6l$k3i$1(a)panix2.panix.com>, Scott Dorsey > <kludge(a)panix.com> writes >> Too many GM products steer like ocean liners... you can turn the wheel >> 20 degrees and nothing happens, the dead band is so severe. > If you can turn the wheel at all from straight without the front wheels > moving the your vehicle is using "Recirculating Ball", this system > normally leaves a dead zone in the middle, but some car makers like it > as it makes the steering geometry simpler, especially when setting up > Ackermanns principle. Here in the UK, only Rack and Pinion is used, as > it's the only steering system precise enough (no play) to get through > the MOT. Too bad MOT doesn't judge the nut behind the wheel to the same standard.
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 20 Feb 2010 23:48 On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:46:08 +0000, Mr Coleman wrote: > In message <hlo3b1$d1l$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> writes >>Nissan learned their quality lesson in the 90's, and they changed. Expect >>Toyota to do the same. > This side of the pond, Nissan has gone down in quality since it merged > with Renault. That's actually better than it was in the early 90's. My 240SX was held together with sheet metal screws!!!
From: Clive Coleman on 21 Feb 2010 07:42 In message <hlqdut$r38$2(a)news.eternal-september.org>, =?iso-2022-jp?q?Hachiroku_=1B$B%O%A%m%=2F=1B=28B?= <Trueno(a)e86.GTS> writes >> This side of the pond, Nissan has gone down in quality since it merged >> with Renault. > >That's actually better than it was in the early 90's. My 240SX was held >together with sheet metal screws!!! Over here, The order of the day in reliability used to be, Lexus Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Mazda. Now Nissan is way down with just average for it's reliability, about 25 down the list. The only thing I can think is that different counties or even factories have different standards. -- Clive.
From: Tegger on 21 Feb 2010 10:23
ChrisCoaster <ckozicki(a)snet.net> wrote in news:becccf5f-05dc-4baa-953b- ee06287eaf58(a)g28g2000yqh.googlegroups.com: > > > It takes only one bad example of an implementation to turn this old > road stevedore off to a new technology. Some folks are like that, The very first time I had guacamole, it was at a fast food restaurant and it was awful. I decided guacamole HAD to taste better than that, so I dared to try it again, but at a different establishment, and it was excellent. Now I love guacamole and can tell the difference between bad guacamole and good guacamole. I'm glad I kept an open mind about the subject. > Scott. Their ballgame is "one strike you're out". I don't grant > second chances where my directional stability, my life and the lives > of others are at stake. I think you're being overly dramatic about this. EPS is identical to hydraulic PS in that the steering linkage is identical between the two. Either way, you have a solid mechanical connection between steering wheel and road wheels. It is NOT possible for EPS to just "veer off" without movement of the steering wheel. -- Tegger |