[lusth]

I had a much different experience in my G5, which is mechanically identical to the Cobalt. I was able to steer around a 90 degree corner (rolling through a stop sign when nobody was around). After the turn is a steep hill ending with another stop sign. I had no problems stopping (did not notice any difference than with the car on). I did it twice, once with the key in position 1 (no dash info) and in position 2 (dash info on, bump start possible). The only time the steering will lock is if the key is in position 0 (completely off, key can be removed). I thought I had power steering with the key in position 2, but I may be wrong.