We had a mini van back in the 70s. Coming home one night, Madame driving, she turned into the drive where we lived- and the car kept on in a straight line. Managed to park it on the road with great difficulty- the spline at the bottom of the steering column had completely stripped off. Aye, we 'ad fun in them days.

As for "easy to repair"- you CAN change the steering rack without removing the whole engine/ subframe assembly- but the language used in the process blistered the paint on the bodywork. And the procedure for changing the bottom radiator hose was written by Joseph Heller. To access the hose, you need to get the radiator out. To get the radiator out, you need to access the hose.