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To car manufacturers: WHY????? Seriously, why?
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DBW puts me off new cars completely.
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mattcambs wrote:I had a 1.1litre new Corsa as a courtesy car earlier this year and the drive-by-wire was sooooo sheeeite that you could quickly stamp the throttle to the floor and up again and the engine wouldn't even respond!
To car manufacturers: WHY????? Seriously, why?![]()
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DBW puts me off new cars completely.
mattcambs wrote:I had a 1.1litre new Corsa as a courtesy car earlier this year and the drive-by-wire was sooooo sheeeite that you could quickly stamp the throttle to the floor and up again and the engine wouldn't even respond!
To car manufacturers: WHY????? Seriously, why?![]()
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DBW puts me off new cars completely.
BarronMR wrote:
So they can sell you the'sport' package that sharpens up the throttle by
*insert random figure*%.
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Why don't they just have the sharp throttle control all the time, surely its just a bit of extra programming.![]()
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I bet they don't slow brake reponse down electronically then charge us to speed it back up again.lol
Lauren wrote:
I would say the reason is because if you are a bit clod footed there is some potential to kangaroo down the road in sport mode as the throttle is very sensitive.![]()
Personally I don't see the problem.I drive my car in sport mode all the time.
No problem.
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Race Idiot wrote:
It's nice of alfa to cocktease everyone with a rwd supercar and then make their sporty coupe a heavy fwd barge.
Lauren wrote:BarronMR wrote:
So they can sell you the'sport' package that sharpens up the throttle by
*insert random figure*%.
![]()
Why don't they just have the sharp throttle control all the time, surely its just a bit of extra programming.![]()
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I bet they don't slow brake reponse down electronically then charge us to speed it back up again.lol
I would say the reason is because if you are a bit clod footed there is some potential to kangaroo down the road in sport mode as the throttle is very sensitive.![]()
Personally I don't see the problem.I drive my car in sport mode all the time.
No problem.
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He was quite impressed but then started mumbling about it being a nail because it was an alfa.![]()
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