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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370
Looser-lighter, imho is the same shyt. Lower resistance can be described by either word...
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Not to be
overly pedantic, but I strongly disagree here. These are independent variables.
Light/Heavy in relation to steering is a description of resistance - a property of how much power steering boost is provided.
Loose/Tight describes how far the wheel must be rotated to affect a meaningful change in direction - this can be measured qualitatively in how many turns the wheel rotates lock to lock. This has little relation to effort/resistance.
In theory, you could have light & tight steering that has little resistance/feedback but a slight movement results in a large steering change (10th generation Thunderbirds were this way - overboosted with no effort and also very sensitive). Likewise you could have heavy & loose steering that requires a lot of effort
and you have to move the steering wheel far off center to achieve a turn. Just because steering is heavy doesn't mean it's also going to be responsive and tight.
Now, as to how this relates to the maligned 2013 driving experience is a mystery to me as I haven't driven previous Z's. It just cracks me up how one guy's comment leads to the wild speculation that the '13's steering is shoddy.
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Originally Posted by UNKNOWN_370
...sounds to me the Z is now 100% GT and it's lost the last of its sport.
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Wow, this cracks me up. You should publish an auto magazine called
Car & Non-Driver to review cars you haven't driven. I'd subscribe
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