2013 Arrivals

Rockhound

Not to be overly pedantic, but I strongly disagree here. These are independent variables.

Light/Heavy in relation to steering is a description of resistance - a property of how much power steering boost is provided.

Loose/Tight describes how far the wheel must be rotated to affect a meaningful change in direction - this can be measured qualitatively in how many turns the wheel rotates lock to lock. This has little relation to effort/resistance.

In theory, you could have light & tight steering that has little resistance/feedback but a slight movement results in a large steering change (10th generation Thunderbirds were this way - overboosted with no effort and also very sensitive). Likewise you could have heavy & loose steering that requires a lot of effort and you have to move the steering wheel far off center to achieve a turn. Just because steering is heavy doesn't mean it's also going to be responsive and tight.

Now, as to how this relates to the maligned 2013 driving experience is a mystery to me as I haven't driven previous Z's. It just cracks me up how one guy's comment leads to the wild speculation that the '13's steering is shoddy.


Wow, this cracks me up. You should publish an auto magazine called Car & Non-Driver to review cars you haven't driven. I'd subscribe


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