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Originally Posted by Sykomor
Same with my grill. I just thought it would look better to cover all of it.
PAS?
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PAS= Power Assisted Steering. I believe Arragonis was saying that the power assisted steering uses an electric motor rather than being directly driven by a hydraulic pump mounted to the front end accessory drive, although being that I cannot speak for him, nor have I seen the engine compartment of a Toyota Aygo, I can only go based on my knowledge of how an electric power assisted steering rack could work, either with the motor directly mounted to the steering column, the rack, or driving the hydraulic pump, however in the latter case as well as the former cases there is only any power drawn while turning, and not while going in a straight line, where as the belt driven power steering takes power all the time, even in a straight line, robbing a little bit of fuel economy due to the power it takes to drive the pump all the time.