Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 18:57:43 +0000 From: Johannes H Andersen <johsnopsamanytime.co.uk> Subject: Re: tilt wheel
Bob wrote: > > On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 10:50:28 -0600, "Walt Kienzle" <wkienzlenopsam.com> > wrote: > > >Don't ask me why my Ford manages to have both and air bag and tilt wheel. > >Maybe their engineering isn't as exacting. > > So do lots of other cars. Seem kind of foolish to me. An airbag is not > exactly a precision instrument. A few degrees up or down, given the > variety of possible driver height, seems insignificant. > > I too was quite surprised when a car as luxury laden as my Saab did > not have a tilt wheel. > > Bob My previous car, a Fiat Croma (Italian 9000), had tilt steering wheel but no telescoping. Chimpanzee driving style! Johannes