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Old Jul 23, 2002 | 07:18 PM
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Speed sensitive steering

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Could anyone tell me whether the speed sensitive steering in series 4's is variable or does it stop giving assistance at a certain speed?
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Old Jul 23, 2002 | 08:38 PM
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That's the deal with the speed-sensitive part. It means it varies the assist based on your speed.

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Old Jul 23, 2002 | 08:44 PM
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Old Jul 23, 2002 | 08:51 PM
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Both, in the series 4 cars and the series 5 T2, GXL and 'vert it varies based on vehicle speed, with full boost at under 10 MPH, half boost at 20 MPH and dropping to no boost at around 45 MPH.
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Old Jul 24, 2002 | 05:14 AM
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Thanks icemark for the info and actually understanding the question. Makes me wonder why some of these other guys bother posting.
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Old Jul 24, 2002 | 07:37 AM
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My s5 seems to be RPM sensitive - hi revs in 1st stiffens up. This makes carving a parking lot not fun. I may just remove it.
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Old Jul 24, 2002 | 12:19 PM
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you gotta be real careful with that. i was accelerating into a straight away and saw something in the road so i tried to do a quick turn around it but the road was wet and i started to skid towards the woods a 50 mph so i immediatly let off the gas and pulled on the wheel to correct. since my back wheels were skidding instead of spinning the car thought it was going a lot slower and the force required to turn the wheel dropped. the result was that instead of correcting the slide i pulled the wheel around 180 degrees and spun 2 and a half times the other way. kept it on the road though ; )
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Old Jul 24, 2002 | 12:39 PM
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you gotta be real careful with that. i was accelerating into a straight away and saw something in the road so i tried to do a quick turn around it but the road was wet and i started to skid towards the woods a 50 mph so i immediatly let off the gas and pulled on the wheel to correct. since my back wheels were skidding instead of spinning the car thought it was going a lot slower and the force required to turn the wheel dropped. the result was that instead of correcting the slide i pulled the wheel around 180 degrees and spun 2 and a half times the other way. kept it on the road though ; )
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Old Jul 24, 2002 | 01:19 PM
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Originally posted by SureShot
My s5 seems to be RPM sensitive - hi revs in 1st stiffens up. This makes carving a parking lot not fun. I may just remove it.
yeah all the 91 coupes were engine speed sensitive like the 89-90 GTU and GTUs
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