The plush seats, lush suspension, refined interior and single-finger steering lulled me into a Barcalounger-like state of relaxation.
It made me appreciate the esteem in which a good wheelman was held by 1930s gangsters not to be compared to the Crip or Blood finger-steering a Lexus in a drive-by shooting today.
Mistee steered with one finger, but steering was barely required the highway across the desert ran straight and flat, the only man-made form in sight.
Finger-light steering, although quick to respond, relayed little feel through the thin-rim wheel.
Hirsch covers his patch in a four-wheel-drive police-issue Toyota Hilux, casually raising a finger off the steering wheel to acknowledge oncoming drivers.
He never looked at the house as he drove past, but if Rose was outside he greeted her by lifting his index finger from the steering wheel — which was about as ebullient as she ever knew him to be.
He never looked at the house as he drove past, but if Rose was outside he greeted her by lifting his index finger from the steering wheel which was about as ebullient as she ever knew him to be.
And, in an area where gravel roads are the rule (and where drivers are expected to lift a welcoming finger from their steering wheel whenever they pass a vehicle coming in the other direction), no one wants to see a crush of caravans and tourists.Fortunately, the National Park Service is happy to be creative.
Graham flexed his fingers on the steering wheel.
In each car, a driver waits, some reading, some making calls, some drumming their fingers on the steering wheel.
