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That's interesting because the Current Gen Ford Focus is DBW and there is a mod on FocalJet(a Focus forum) where someone found that if the throttle body was not properly grounded the response was laggy. He ran a better ground to the battery and response improved dramatically.

Excuse me for being geeky but I'd prefer a DBW system over a cable. I race on the computer using a racing wheel and the pedals have no "feel" they're completely electronic. I find that the lack of pedal feedback works better because I can read from other sources like speed, rpm that give better inputs than pedal. While the pedal isn't topshelf it stills gives better response than any of the vehicles I've driven on the road. I don't drive cars like I race but more often than not they're family slug vans with too much carbon in the throttlebody. The pedal feedback is just feedback from the throttlebody which is coated in carbon. But if the DBW system is not properly designed it's just going to be an on/off pedal and no better response than cable throttles.

Now Brakes are better when they're powerboosted, cabled, and without ABS, there's just no better brake pedal than one that tells you if your tires are slowing down or if you're pushing it too far or you've done locked up your tires. You can't get that feeling from a electronic pedals.

DBW is exactly what Electric cars have, you can't hook a cable to the electric motor and expect it to go.