Did you ever have a car that didn't have power steering?
By snowy
@snowy22315 (180846)
United States
June 29, 2018 7:30pm CST
This heat wave reminds me of a car that I had a number of years ago. It was a Toyota Tercel, and it was a great little car except for the fact that it had no power steering. Plus it had a dark interior which absorbed the sun's rays..Bad design on that car. It was miserable trying to drive that thing in the heat. I put on steering wheel covers, used sunshades and whatever I could do to try to make it cooler in there. I had to sell it just because I couldn't stand it any longer. Have you had a car that you had to put the muscle in it to steer?
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
My first car was also a Toyota - Hilux. I was its thir owner but it lasted 7 years with me and yes, it did not have power starting. My second car, an Isuzu Hilander SLX already had power steering and was 19 years with me. My current car, an Isuzu MU-X also has power steering.
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@snowy22315 (180846)
• United States
30 Jun 18
I don't think they sold the Hilux here. The Tercel was common here in the 90's. You don't see them on the road anymore really..at least I haven't.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
@snowy22315 I guess they sold the Hilux in the Asian market. The new version now of the Hilux is robust and has power steering and many other modern features.
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@snowy22315 (180846)
• United States
30 Jun 18
@sunrisefan OK, i wonder why they sell certain cars in certain markets. I guess differences in the manufacturing process.
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
30 Jun 18
I can remember when power steering was a luxury. My first car was a 49 Plymouth and it didn't have power steering. Neither did my dad's, which was several years newer. I don't remember them being hard to steer, but maybe I was stronger then
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
2 Jul 18
@snowy22315 Yeah, that would make it a little difficult. 
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@snowy22315 (180846)
• United States
2 Jul 18
@peavey You know how it is when you are running across hot sand or pavement in your barefeet? That is how it was handling the wheel.
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@snowy22315 (180846)
• United States
30 Jun 18
It wasn't so much that the car was hard to steer but having to grip a wheel that was probably 150 degrees was!
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@snowy22315 (180846)
• United States
30 Jun 18
When I was a kid, I think cars did not have power steering, or if it was availabble, it wasn't in any card we owned.
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@snowy22315 (180846)
• United States
30 Jun 18
Probably not..I think it kind of came into being with power windows, locks etc.
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@LadyDuck (471459)
• Switzerland
30 Jun 18
@snowy22315 This is what I think, but I could not say in which year.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
30 Jun 18
the car at home is manual transmission.
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@snowy22315 (180846)
• United States
30 Jun 18
I think the transmission and steering are two different elements.
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
1 Jul 18
@snowy22315 yes i know. i just made a comment about the car i am driving- it is manual transmission.
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Jun 18
I always drove a stick until now.
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@snowy22315 (180846)
• United States
30 Jun 18
stick shifts and power steering are two different animals aren't they?
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Jun 18
@snowy22315 Yes, but no power steering with a stick.
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