Hydraulic Steering?

[aaron_2000]

I was wondering, with just how crap EPAS is, why don't performance cars still feature HPAS? Surely in the pursuit of having a sports car that out performs it's rivals, someone like Porsche would at least offer it on the Cayman?

[aaron_2000]

Interesting, from the experience I've had with all 3, I've found unassisted is a bit of a ball ache until you learn to drive around it, I found cars with EPAS just too disconnected and light, the sweet spot for me was on the 00's cars with PAS, the E46, E60, Focus, Ka/Fiesta and cars of the like. I've never driven any new hot hatch, although I've driven the 340i which suffers from horrid steering, it's so artificial, light and disconnected that it isn't that enjoyable in the corners for me.

[aaron_2000]

SkinnyPete said:

God that is painful to read, a man in his position seemingly sympathetic to the masses who want lifeless steering.

Unfortunately it’s not just mundane BMWs that are affected by this. Why does a brand new a Porsche 911 have less steering feedback and precision than a 10 year old 1.8 Mondeo with 100k on the clock? It’s embarrassing.

Edited by SkinnyPete on Monday 19th February 23:12

We had it right from the late 90's to the late 00's. When we improved from the god awful steering on the MK5 Escort, and had some absolute crackers like the MK1 Focus and the E46 3 Series, can't go without mentioning the 306 either. Who knows, maybe we're in the early 90's period for EPAS, maybe we'll get to a period where steering becomes amazing again.