>
> PS is great for parking and tight turning situations. In other normal
> driving situations, I'd say that PS doesn't offer any great advantage. I
> have PS on my syncro Westy, and I like it, but can't say whether it would be
> worth doing a retrofit. Depends on how much trouble it is to add it I guess.
>
Having driven both, I will say that first I like manual steering over
power steering anyway and second, I've driven both and I don't think it
would be worth the effort to add power steering.  I don't have any
problems turning the wheel in slow or no speed situations, and I'm a
little scrawny dude.

Also note that the vans with power steering have smaller steering wheels.

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Sean Bartnik
Fredericksburg, Virginia
1981 Volkswagen Vanagon L Westfalia
1974 Volkswagen Karmann Ghia convertible
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