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Old 13-May-2008, 09:02 AM
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Default Re: Back to the Future

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Originally Posted by crosscountry View Post
and at one time it took a strong man to turn the steering wheel. But that was before my time.
Which is why with manual steering one eventually learned to put the car in motion just a bit where possible and then turned. The effect of motion on reducing the load on the steering mechanism was remarkable.
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