1 finger steering

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Originally Posted by mike16

How do modern vehicles make these trucks dangerous to drive. ditto drum brakes.

This one is really simple. Advancements in technology have afforded new vehicles with disc brakes, decreasing the stopping distance and mitigating brake fade. Reaction times must be increased and following distances need to be adjusted for accordingly, except, that doesn't stop people from merging in front of the large gap you've created in front of you. If drum brakes were safer, why create disc brakes? The power steering is simply, more powerful and offers less road feel than modern power steering systems. A slight turn of the wheel at higher speeds can jerk the truck abruptly into the next lane. I'm not and have never said you can't get used to it, my stance was that you can change it to feel more modern if one desires.

Originally Posted by mike16

If there is something wrong with the truck then dont blame the way it came off the line 40 years ago..

Point out one specific instance that I said, "GM or Saginaw, it's your fault these trucks have an over-assisted power steering feel, and that's NOT the way you intended it to be from the factory.

Originally Posted by mike16

How do you tie in envirionmental devistation with over assisted power steering? .

I didn't tie it in to power steering, you completely read it out of context, which makes me wonder if you even read the post or if you were looking to pick a fight, what with your witty use of the word "chit" and inferring something I said was "creepy" which is weird in and of itself in this context. The comment I made about creating gasoline and its byproduct that pollutes the air was in direct relation to the quote of Ben Franklin.

Originally Posted by mike16

And your explaination that the hot rod industry foundation is based on people doing what they want contradicts they very reason why one persone prefers over assisted steering and another does not...

What I said was in direct relation to this phrase, "People are just used to modern thing and want to adapt these trucks rather than adapt themselves to the truck"(Special-K). My comment about the hot rod industry pertains to this phrase, in which you can modify the steering in any way you choose and don't have to be happy with it just because that's the way the factory intended it to be.

Originally Posted by mike16

clearly you have not thought your statement though. Nor have you ever driven a ford product of the same era..

I don't see how your assumptions of me driving any other brand vehicle have any bearing on Saginaw power steering, which was also used on FMC, Mopar, and I'm sure other brands as well. Those respective manufacturers' Saginaw PS systems were all really similar in the pressures they put out as well.

I'm sorry you were roped into this Special-K.

Mike16, if you have any other inappropriate comments you need to make, feel free to send them to my inbox.