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      05-13-2012, 07:47 AM   #25
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Drives: 2011 328i M-Sport (RWD/6MT)
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Originally Posted by 1lyfe View Post
i agree...everyone complains about heavy steering so now they went with electronic steering
feels like crap...no feedback whatsoever
thats whats stopping me from getting one....
You're combining two separate issues -- effort and feedback. The Big 3 have proven for decades that conventional hydraulically-assisted steering can be feather-light. BMW's move to electrically-assisted (not electronic) power steering has nothing to do with reducing steering effort and everything to do with chasing fuel efficiency, and perhaps too far if they couldn't do it without sacrificing the excellent feedback that the customers who still buy these cars for the driving experience have come to expect.

OP - I steer mine one-handed all the time, so if you didn't before, I think you'll get used to it. If it's really too heavy to do that, you might want to see if your dealer has a similar sport package-equipped car that you could just test in their lot for a minute as a sanity check, or if not, have a tech drive yours briefly.

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