This is not a car question as much as it is a husband question. My husband insists that it's safe to drive, even on highways at highway speed, with just one index finger curled around the steering wheel. Driving with him can be positively scary. Can you please set him straight?
Thank you! Please don't use my name because he will be very embarrassed if this shows up in our local newspaper. With one finger, on most cars, you can hold the steering wheel in its current position, and keep the car going straight. The problem comes when you suddenly need to do something other than go straight. Can you swerve out of the way and avoid an accident with one finger?
Can you steer off to the side of the road with one finger to avoid bashing into the guy? If you hit a huge pothole and your wheels pull toward the other lane of traffic, are you going to be able to bring those wheels back with one finger? Doubt it. So try to convince him to shape up, Annie. Or flying in a plane with a pilot who lands his with one finger on the controls. While on a trip through the Smoky Mountains in my Chevrolet Equinox with 39, miles on it, we stopped at the Newfound Gap overlook.
When preparing to depart, my car would not start. Luckily, I was in a spot where I had cellphone service, and luckily, I had OnStar — and especially luckily, they were able to determine my location through my smartphone.
My car was towed to the nearest Chevy dealership, where they determined that my battery was dead. No warning whatsoever; the car is less than two years old and is kept parked in a garage when not in use. The dealership where the car was towed to, as well as my local dealership, both said they just don't put great batteries in cars anymore.
