As someone who's had a drive by wire car (and still have one, the wive's) I can tell you that I absolutely HATE IT!
It feels like absolute crap. The throttle response sucks donkey balls. In my '99.5 Mk4 VR6 GTI, I was breaking motor mounts every 3 weeks. Don't ask, I don't know why, I was driving the car normally. However, since the car was drive by wire, everytime I broke a motor mount, the car would run like complete ass. Why? Because the motor would move enough on it's mounts to throw the drive by wire settings completely out the door. If the car had a throttle cable, it would've still driven properly. Total waste of time, like BMW's I-Drive, a solution to a problem that was never there. -josh --- Steven Hauptmann <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, I'll play devils advocate here and offer up a > different view. > > Sometimes what may seem more complicated can > actually simplify diagnosis and > increase component reaction time.... which leads to > better drivability, and > can actually last longer than their mechanical > counterparts. As that article > that Chad sent us the link to mentions/eludes to, by > the time most of these > "by wire" systems hit cars, reliability has been > proven in other disciplines > (aircraft etc). I'm sure nobody thinks that aircraft > mfgs would be > installing LESS reliable systems in airplanes. > ===== _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Declare Yourself - Register online to vote today! http://vote.yahoo.com
