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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
...*my* technical summarization:
PRO: Fly-by-Wire = decent "canned" FE and excellent emissions control
CON: Fly-by-Wire = less than "optimum" FE and interference with driver control in some hypermiling situations.
...when the computer is "in control" the driver's "options" are limited.
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Yes, the electronic brain (microprocessor) now controls your vehicle and it cannot be reprogrammed. Without it the vehicle cannot function. Your options are limited, at best. Electronic controls are meant to protect manufacturers from tort liability lawsuits. (Unless the electronics fail - welcome to Toyota nightmare land. <?>)
Well, the Nanny State always thinks it knows what is best for us, therefore our opinion doesn't matter. So, if you don't like it, go buy a new car, with another imbedded, unchangeable program in its electronic brain.
I just wish the government and big business wouldn't pretend that this is freedom or progress. Present day America is all about the
illusion of freedom. Virtual freedom. Artificial freedom. 'Feel good' freedom. Pretend freedom. Ersatz freedom. Freedom
redefined.
When something (a microprocessor) or someone else (a government or a manufacturer) is in control of you or your vehicle, you are
anything but free.
When your vehicle does all your thinking for you, and you cannot override it, what you think will no longer matter. It will literally have become
the vehicle between master and servant. Guess which one
you will be?
