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[quote=snail]in 5 years, 90% of the new car will have this feature.[/quote]

And that scares the crap out of me 🙂

[quote=snail]Currently most of advanced tactical fighter have fly by wire system.[/quote]

And a lot of commercial jetliners have fly-by-wire and glass-cockpit systems. I think there are a few important differences … Aircraft fly-by-wire systems have either quadruple redundancy or mechanical backup systems, and must pass extensive certification testing by the FAA and similar agencies. Automotive fly-by-wire systems are tested by … the manufacturer. As we’ve seen it takes major, obvious problems to get the NHTSA involved.

And the way I see it, aircraft fly-by-wire systems replace complex and trouble-prone mechanical or hydraulic control systems. Automotive drive-by-wire systems replace a simple, trouble-free mechanical throttle linkage with a complex, untested “black box” system. I don’t see a compelling advantage, at least for conventional powertrains.

Then again, maybe I’m just getting old 🙂

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And as long as we’re resurrecting old threads … wasn’t there someone here who called the top of the equities market in August 2007? And warned us that a real estate crash would take the financial system and the rest of the economy with it?

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And as long as we’re resurrecting old threads … wasn’t there someone here who called the top of the equities market in August 2007? And warned us that a real estate crash would take the financial system and the rest of the economy with it?

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And as long as we’re resurrecting old threads … wasn’t there someone here who called the top of the equities market in August 2007? And warned us that a real estate crash would take the financial system and the rest of the economy with it?

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And as long as we’re resurrecting old threads … wasn’t there someone here who called the top of the equities market in August 2007? And warned us that a real estate crash would take the financial system and the rest of the economy with it?

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And as long as we’re resurrecting old threads … wasn’t there someone here who called the top of the equities market in August 2007? And warned us that a real estate crash would take the financial system and the rest of the economy with it?

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I love this thread.

It would be more humorous if we weren’t surrounded by the economic wreckage caused by the scruffydogs of the world, but such is life.

Sometimes I hate being right 🙂

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I love this thread.

It would be more humorous if we weren’t surrounded by the economic wreckage caused by the scruffydogs of the world, but such is life.

Sometimes I hate being right 🙂

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I love this thread.

It would be more humorous if we weren’t surrounded by the economic wreckage caused by the scruffydogs of the world, but such is life.

Sometimes I hate being right 🙂

[AK]

I love this thread.

It would be more humorous if we weren’t surrounded by the economic wreckage caused by the scruffydogs of the world, but such is life.

Sometimes I hate being right 🙂

[AK]

I love this thread.

It would be more humorous if we weren’t surrounded by the economic wreckage caused by the scruffydogs of the world, but such is life.

Sometimes I hate being right 🙂

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Personally I wouldn’t go near any of the drive-by-wire models, rebate or no rebate.

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Personally I wouldn’t go near any of the drive-by-wire models, rebate or no rebate.

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Personally I wouldn’t go near any of the drive-by-wire models, rebate or no rebate.

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Personally I wouldn’t go near any of the drive-by-wire models, rebate or no rebate.

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