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Originally Posted by Number 3
It's down to an execution and tuning. Some cars lose on center feel. Others are very well done. Until recently, EPS was only used for lower HP applications. GM for example used EPS on 4 cylinder cars and HPS on V6.
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My Cobalt has it and I LOVVVVEEEE IT.
Obviously, fuel economy is a benefit...but when you're just sitting in the driveway, it's tuned to make the steering wheel easy enough to turn with your pinky finger...helping to park. And the overall feel is...just more refined than the mechanically-feeling power steering, IMO....sort of like electronic throttle versus cable-actuated.
I'm happy to hear they're using this on the ZL1, and hopefully the technology carries over to other Camaro models. It's really a win-win-win, imo...
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Originally Posted by fielderLS3
Not necessarily. The owner's manual for my 2011 Mustang warns that in situations where there is an unusually high or prolonged load on the power steering, the system will partially shut itself down temporarily to keep from overheating, making steering more difficult. This would probably be a rare occurrence, though.
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For sure -- it's an electric motor there....so what happens when a motor can't spin but you're still powering it?
