It is as though business book writers witnessed the demise of the Titanic and concluded that smart companies only build skiffs and schooners, steering well clear of massive ocean-liners.
On the plus side, the Volt feels like it has a low center of gravity, and responds well to steering inputs.
Or would you more likely grow weary of the C30 Polestar, with its daily experiments in turbo'ed torque-steer, its girlie clutch, and its wildly over-assisted steering, as numb as a well-digger's bottom?
He'd played well, and he was steering his team toward a victory.
The controls have rugged aluminum surrounds: aluminum is one of the predominant materials in the interior and is used for the air vent surrounds and the array of switches as well as for such features as the steering wheel spokes.
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It handles well, with some leeway in the slim steering wheel but with a strong sense of direction.
From the steering wheel to the electrically adjustable sport seats, the metabolism of a well-optioned Cayman S is so much like that of a 911 it's hard to imagine feeling in any way deprived.
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In fact, the next generation of automotive technology may employ automatic steering and braking systems that relieve drivers of much of the responsibility for, well, driving.
The former Department of Transport was criticised by Lord Justice Clarke, who said it was "well aware of the problems posed by the limited visibility from the steering positions" of both vessels.
Public disagreement between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats at the heart of the coalition government, as well as a widespread belief among Tory MPs that Lib Dems are steering the ship, has made dissent seem more acceptable.
In an anecdote that encapsulates the dopiness and high drama of adolescence as well as the developing Shreve's outrageous personality, she recalls steering herself in her wheelchair into the boys' ward, where the charismatic Joey Buckley was lying in his bed, recovering from surgery.
The car's steering (hydraulically assisted) is obviously highly developed, keen and responsive, and yet well short of dartiness.
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Indeed, due to just such ethical and possibly legal issues as well, my guess is that if the option ever came up, most Legal Departments would advise steering clear of the whole morass to begin with.
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