Reply to: Any car-nuts here?

[northernladyuk]

OP I agree with others you cant just take the power steering off. I know in the old days cars didnt have but new cars are designed to have it - chances are you wont be able to turn the wheel if its off.

I had problems with an Audi A4. Power steer packed up suddently. I could hardly steer it to the side of the road it was so heavy.

Saying that theres a lot to be said about using an old banger (thats safe) because you aint losing anything. My 7 year Galaxy is still going strong at 120K. Loathe to get rid because its paid for and it works.

But I always things car packs up and you cant get to client one day is gonna be costly maybe.

I got caught by this once. Had a long journey ahead and taxi would have been prohibitive and no good train option. These guys were great in an emergency. http://www.europcar.co.uk/services/c...er-and-collect

[psychocandy]

OP I agree with others you cant just take the power steering off. I know in the old days cars didnt have but new cars are designed to have it - chances are you wont be able to turn the wheel if its off.

I had problems with an Audi A4. Power steer packed up suddently. I could hardly steer it to the side of the road it was so heavy.

Saying that theres a lot to be said about using an old banger (thats safe) because you aint losing anything. My 7 year Galaxy is still going strong at 120K. Loathe to get rid because its paid for and it works.

But I always things car packs up and you cant get to client one day is gonna be costly maybe.

[original PM]

Being able to steer is pointless if you can't operate the pedals, so you'd better start working on those legs too....

Oh no don't skip leg day!

[northernladyuk]

Your obsession would be mildly flattering if you were not as ugly as a drunken Apache!!

And therefore well out of your league.

[greenlake]

MM is probably, on reflection, just jealous of my clear upper-body strength dominance that I can drive without PAS

Being able to steer is pointless if you can't operate the pedals, so you'd better start working on those legs too....

[BR14]

So which loser category do you fit into?

z) none of the above


twat

[shaunbhoy]

Whereas shauny is so obese that they had to fit power steering onto his mobility scooter so he could make it round the corner into the Barnstaple 'Spoons.

Your obsession would be mildly flattering if you were not as ugly as a drunken Apache!!

[northernladyuk]

MM is probably, on reflection, just jealous of my clear upper-body strength dominance that I can drive without PAS

Whereas shauny is so obese that they had to fit power steering onto his mobility scooter so he could make it round the corner into the Barnstaple 'Spoons.

[Cirrus]

Waste not; want not

I can't believe what I'm reading. People with runabouts and fixing them

I bet you're meticulous, almost Germanic, in separating, and cleaning your waste and neatly lining up your bins.

But that is pointless hypocrisy. You can't just create recyclables; you've got to consume them.

Buying secondhand stuff for your car not only saves money; it also saves your soul.

I know it doesn't apply to power steering but used panels also mean you don't have to spend a fortune getting things sprayed. They arrive in the colour you want.

[shaunbhoy]

So which loser category do you fit into?

Three divisions above you, so nothing to write home about.

[sasguru]

twat

So which loser category do you fit into?

[barrydidit]

twat

[SueEllen]

@BR14 you haven't met SASa-hole have you?

Well now you have....

[BR14]

I can't belive waht I'm reading. People with runabouts and fixing them!
But then, as we all know, this stopped being a contractors forum years ago and is now full of bottom-feeder Brexiters, permies, ex-squaddie security guards, public sector parasites, unemployed and under-employed Daily Fail readers etc etc.

twat

[northernladuk]

..and...

WGAS