For power steerers, too, for that matter.

I recently implemented a tip that Unca Joel gave me a while back--install
one of those stitch-on lever covers over your Vanagon steering wheel and you
will love it.

But there's more: the additional grip adds just a little bit to the girth of
the wheel, but the ability you gain in grasp makes the wheel seem about four
inches larger in diameter, or expressed another way, like you need 20% less
effort to steer.

Power of suggestion? You decide! but it's a pretty cheap experiment. I used
Wheelskins brand. Takes about two hours.

Jim