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Originally Posted by Dark-Sider
Hi,
I'm sorry, but I know what I saw and felt. An EPS feels totally different from a hydraulic one. Easiest way to check is, to turn your steering wheel all the way to one side, If you hear the squeaking sound of the hydraulic pump you know what you got.
In Addition: there is a BMW press release (at the bottom of 1st page it says)
http://www.treffseiten.de/bmw/info/d...d_ed_11_09.pdf
"Lenkung
Zahnstangen-Servolenkung mit elektromechanischer Lenkkraftunterstützung (EPS), optional: Servotronic"
What means, that it got EPS and Servotronic is Optional. |
Hi, we have an sDrive 18d delivered in Spain and its definitely hydraulic.
For me, this a question of choice: allthough many people here obviously like the hydraulic steering, I dont and my (tiny) wife struggles with the car. It should be an option and promoted at purchase- I only found out about the 'problem' when we took delivery of the car.
EPS is better. The thing is that it can be programmed to behave how people want it to. So for the people used to driving 2-ton trucks, as heavy as you like, but for the rest of us, normal light steering.
Is there anything in this German forum on retrofitting EPS to an X1?