Knobs (no.....not landy drivers)

[Red Oktober]

no....the big pink one down your jeans

[Rich2.4i]

This topic has gone a bit X rated now

[andysd1]

and its usualy us liverpudlyins

[andysd1]

and its usualy us liverpudlyins who get the blame, for tunning a thread around,

[Drift]

Ok niss pudlian here

The steering wheel "assister" as opposed to knob ( calm down ladies) has the virtue of making short work of big or huge steering wheels, but an off road car .. totally my opinion, the wheel is not that ungainly or big enough or even angled enough t cause a problem.

The reason the " big wheelers " used them was to save reach originally as tilt and slide steering wheels where a rarity in trucks coaches and buses until recently.
My feeling on lanes using the " assister" is it numbs the experience through the wheel, also if the wheel jerked it could take out your wrist, not just a finger or thumb, dependant on how the devise was held.

[Trugga]

Just to add a little more to the "steering assister" debate from my experience.

I find it useful when mud-pluging, as youcan retain a getter grip of the steering whilst shuffling between 1st and reverse gears. With practice, steering is more precise, the alternative being to "palm round" th steering wheel.

It also allows the direction of travel to be changed rapidly (when driving slowly only - for safety reasons), especially handy when manouvering between obstacles.

Also, in tight spaces, you will find your body at stange angles trying to get a petter view, possibly with half your body leaning out of an open window or strained right round to peer out of the rear screen - you are still able to keep a firm and commanding grip on the steering.

It's surprising how much I use in other circumstances as well, but off-road it really is useful.

Lawrence

[Annamarie Oktober]

Ok niss pudlian here

The steering wheel "assister" as opposed to knob ( calm down ladies) has the virtue of making short work of big or huge steering wheels, but an off road car .. totally my opinion, the wheel is not that ungainly or big enough or even angled enough t cause a problem.

The reason the " big wheelers " used them was to save reach originally as tilt and slide steering wheels where a rarity in trucks coaches and buses until recently.
My feeling on lanes using the " assister" is it numbs the experience through the wheel, also if the wheel jerked it could take out your wrist, not just a finger or thumb, dependant on how the devise was held.

very nicely put i like the bit about jerked your wrist out

[The Engineer]

I have one fitted and finde a real asset when getting off my drive need to get from lock to lock quickly