Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:09:57 -0500 From: "Kenneth S." <nimrodnopsams.com> Subject: Re: tilt wheel
davehinznopsamcop.net wrote: > > Kenneth S. <nimrodnopsams.com> pressed random keys until the following was produced: > > > I have a 1996 900SE, and it has a telescoping steering column but no > > tilt wheel. Why, I don't know. It seems to be one of those > > inexplicable Saab things, like the famous key between the seats. > > "Inexplicable" means "can't be explained". We've gone over the key > thing for you at least twice, and just because you don't *agree* with > the safety and ergonomic reasons, Ken, doesn't mean that they're not > explained. > > Likewise, the tilt wheel thing was, at the time and perhaps still, a > safety concern, something about the telescoping column geometry getting > screwed up if the wheel isn't perpendicular to it. > > Dave Hinz I assume that Saab has no patent protection for the key between the seats. If that assumption is correct, I continue to think that it's odd that no other car manufacturer in the world accepts the safety and ergonomic reasons that have been explained to me. However, I do agree that I was wrong in describing as inexplicable the Saab positioning of the key between the seats. There DOES seem to be a reasonable explanation. However, it's to be found in Saab tradition -- just as the aerodynamically inexplicable Rolls-Royce radiator grill is explicable in terms of tradition.
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