[Jackass]

Originally Posted by SimpleGreen

It would have been in GM's best interest to jump on this ship while it was still at port. It will be a bit of a mess now I'd say.




My girlfriend drives a '98 Mercury Grand Marquis without power steering. Every day. Has been doing it for over a year. We haven't bothered to mess with it because at anymore more than a crawl a car will turn just fine regardless of power assist.

We drove a '94 Corvette 20 hours, round trip, with no power brakes. No drama.


THATS okay when one is aware of it , one KNOWS and acts acordenely , it's a way different thing when one FINDS HIMSELF /HERSELF in the middle off a turn , and bam , nothing is working as expecteded


I do agree with high speed blowouts, though. That can be hairy.

As for ignition switches? I can understand some people not knowing how to immediately react to the ignition shutting off. Some people just don't have that automatic response in their mind. It wouldn't surprise me one bit if some woman with a key chain full of crap was driving though a curve, ignition shuts off to the wheel lock, and upon the exit of the turn the wheel is locked and she plows off into the woods.

Humans are a creature of habits , meaning one gets used to the way things work , and just expect it to work , when things happen to not work as expected it takes at least 1/2 to 3/4 off o second to react , that's a fact
By then , and depending on the situation it can be just too freaking late


It's not smart to have 10 tons of junk hanging out of your ignition switch, but it's not hard to engineer an ignition switch to stand your key vertical when in 'run'.

All being said, hopefully GM get's through it, learns something, and we'll get to see something else on the news.

I for one have nothing on my Camaro key but the dealership pendant.

Those are facts , it takes time to react !