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NeilBlanchard · 03-09-2010, 12:38 PM

Hi,

I think power steering and power brakes on a small-ish car are completely unnecessary. Just do the engineering to let them work "manually" -- it would be more efficient, I'll bet!

03-09-2010, 12:38 PM	#10 (permalink)
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