RE: [alfa] "Italian" steering

["Ev Micou" <mdg36@xxxxxxx>]

A most revealing pic on page 46 of the April 2004 issue of 'Automobile' in
which the new Maserati
Quattroporte is tested shows the nattily dressed driver with hands at the
4-8 o'clock positions.
Looks to be quite tall with knee caps also near the 4-8 position and elbows
akimbo. Really looks uncomfortable - like the seat is too far forward! It
also looks incredibly narrow.  I couldn't drive in that position. Judging
from the tach/speedo, he's going slow. The article notes the rear seating is
cramped but if that's the way you have to drive the new maser, forget it.
The article is pinned by Georg Kacher; don't know if he's the driver tho.
Looks like a Buick from the side and the Arnage from the rear.
80 F in the Az desert. The snow is all gone!

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
Ben Ament
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 11:49 AM
To: alfa@domain.elided
Subject: RE: [alfa] "Italian" steering


Andrew finally got to the point. "Bottom steering" is typical in Italy. Or,
at least it was in the sixties and seventies. We now call it shuffle
steering, but the Italians have been doing it for decades. Why do you think
that the American and British press complain about the steering wheel angle
in Italian cars? They were designed to be shuffle steered!


The snow is almost gone!

Ben in the northland.


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