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steering ratio

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Too Afraid to Ask

Steering ratio tells you how many degrees the wheel turns for each degree the car’s wheels turn; a smaller number means you need to turn the wheel more but it turns the car faster.

Technical Definition

Steering ratio is the relationship between how much you turn the steering wheel and how much the wheels actually turn; a lower ratio means more steering effort but tighter turns.

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"It was delivered to me for, I think, one of the other road testers to collect, but it was at my house, [561.3s] and I drove the bloke to the station and ran into the car twice doing it because it,..."

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"there's no need to change the, like, if you can change the ratio, I feel like BMW, I think they used to be, they had a variable rate rack"

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