I'm with you on the long (good) 'rod, think
medium
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As an Engineer I appreciate the need to address the resultant lengths of each steering member. Porsche's kompact 'tank straddling, bootspace earning steering and <25hp was never meant to be a race car. And Bumpsteer was inherent. I'm sure Prof. Porsche was aware of this and made a 'note to self' struts und 'rack for T4 Beetles!