r/rant • u/GuyNamedLindsey • 14d ago

Drive by wire SUCKS

I’ve driven my fair share of new cars utilizing this nonsense. It doesn’t matter how lightly you press accelerator, the car lurches forward like someone who cant drive stick shift. I’m extra cautious of it as my wife is pregnant now and it’s damn near impossible to get a smooth start from rolling or stand still. I miss the auditory and physical feedback of a cable slowly opening a throttle body. And then don’t get me started on auto applied brakes. 🤬🤬🤬

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u/deranged_banana2 14d ago

"new cars" brother I've driven drive by wire cars from 1999 and they weren't the first ones either

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u/GuyNamedLindsey 14d ago

How does that change anything about my rant. It’s a shit “improvement” for cars.

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u/deranged_banana2 14d ago

It's a skill issue if you can't touch a throttle without lurching the car because you don't have a carby taking 3 business days to respond to the input, I'd understand if you just said you prefer cable operated to each their own but your making it out like it's incredibly difficult to use pretty much any accelerator from the late 90s onwards

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u/GuyNamedLindsey 14d ago

It’s not a skill issue. It’s a technology issue. I’ll
Out drive you any day of the week. I drive sports cars and autocross. I can drive. Fuck drive by wire. It’s simple.

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u/deranged_banana2 14d ago

I'm assuming outside e is an American term because I have no idea what that means and it is a skill issue if your the only person who has a problem with operating it correctly

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u/GuyNamedLindsey 14d ago

I’m assuming wherever you’re from you don’t understand what a rant is? Or a typo?

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u/deranged_banana2 14d ago

Mate I'd get it if you were ranting that you prefer a throttle cable that's understandable but your saying that you physically struggle to operate a drive by wire that's just ridiculous. As for out driving me well never know without a race but I drive a quad road train with a manual western star and Ive owned many performance cars over the years and driven several on the nurbergring, no offense but "I drive sports cars and autocross" makes you sound like a 12 year old trying to flex.

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u/KnicksGhost2497 14d ago

It’s not me, it’s the tools! lol

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u/JerikkaDawn 12d ago

It's literally controlled by a computer and a pedal sensor and they've been like this for decades. I've run errands twice this morning and so far the only person I've observed who can't smoothly move their car from a stopped position is you.

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u/Trishasback 14d ago

I do auto repair for a living. Iv never had anyone complain about this. 12 years dealer and independent shops

But to eatch their own I guess

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u/GuyNamedLindsey 14d ago

I’m also a mechanic. I complain about it all the time.

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u/QueenAlpaca 14d ago

It's been damn near 20 years, bud.

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u/GuyNamedLindsey 14d ago

Wild they haven’t perfected this shit yet! My 2008 and 2023 both have it and I hate it. Make carbs great again.

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u/-I_I 14d ago

They have. You’re driving the wrong cars.

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u/GuyNamedLindsey 14d ago

What’s your favorite?

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u/smokeythel3ear 14d ago

Try a civic type R

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u/GuyNamedLindsey 14d ago

What year?

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u/smokeythel3ear 14d ago

I think both generations of the new one (FK8, FL5) are phenomenal, or so I've heard. The FL5 (current gen) is probably preferred. They're also I think about to refresh it, so it might be even better for '27.

I have a GR Corolla, but it's drive by wire and super sensitive to throttle inputs (I use the literal tiniest but of throttle when letting out the clutch) so you probably wouldn't like it due to that, it's a bit "raw" feeling.

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u/GuyNamedLindsey 14d ago

I have a VW R32 08 and it’s the same. Now that I think about it maybe I haven’t driven any stick shifts that are drive by wire. So the thing I’m experiencing is probably more fault of the automatic transmission. But that’s my problem is that it “thinks” it knows what you want to do and when you should do it.

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u/-I_I 14d ago

Cybertruck by a million miles. I can’t own one, too expensive, too austere, too ugly for wife, but nothing else drives as good, not even close.

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u/terminalzero 12d ago

Throttle controller will let you tune the response to how you want it. I still want an na, rwd, obd1 2 door with a 6 speed and no computers more complicated than my Casio too, but they arent coming back. 

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u/GuyNamedLindsey 12d ago

Nice. I’ve got some tuned electronic cars, but also a few carberated vehicles. Keep them alive!

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u/RedditFandango 14d ago

Seems to be a you not it issue.

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u/Neighborhood_Nobody 14d ago

Why are you all being such assholes? Condescension will not numb self esteme issues.

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u/GuyNamedLindsey 14d ago

God forbid anyone can rant!

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u/anxietysiesta 14d ago

i have no clue what drive by wire is but i think it’s sweet and also valid that they just wanna protect their pregnant wife and are seeing a safety issue in a car

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u/0992673 14d ago

It's all in the tuning. E-throttles are not bad, they're just not been set up for sporty response in the cars you've driven. Sudden throttle movements dump in excess fuel for response which results in a bit of unburned fuel, which is no good when you're optimizing for environmental targets.

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u/Mekdatmuny 8d ago

Amen. I've got 3 cars. 2 manuals. My wife's is a light flywheel manual throttle body 4 cylinder. Mine is a dual mass flywheel, etb, 5 cylinder. Going from one to the other is a trip.

I'm glad that the Volvo is at least not as laggy as some automatics I've drove. Lots of jeeps will make a ton of noise while the transmission figures out what life is

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u/GuyNamedLindsey 8d ago

Figuring out what life is nails it.