swampler said:
What's the big deal about drive by wire? The biggest thing I notice is that when the cruise is engaged, the pedal is "pressed" by itself. The way you guys are talking, you're supposed to drive differently because of it, but I didn't realize it was drive by wire until I read it here (except for the cruise control issue about the pedal, which I didn't know why it did that).
I believe the throttle is more sensitive to the velocity/speed at which the pedal is pushed, in addition to the amount/degree that it is pressed down. It could just be my imagination, but the truck seems to be have different when for example you press the pedal down 1" at a normal "foot pressing speed" and when you quickly "slam" it down only 1".
It usually feels like if I press the pedal quicker I don't have to press it as far for the same amount of throttle.
What I'm describing, which may indeed just be the way the truck is and not a DBW effect, if somewhat similar to a turbo car, where the same amount of throttle can have different amounts of power associated with it. With a turbo, it's dependent upon how spooled up the turbo is, and with the DBW it seems like the computer is calculated the amount of power demanded based on throttle speed as well as amount.
I think I have also noticed how adaptive the setup is. When you get on the gas with a lead foot more often, which I have been doing with this first tankful of 91 octane with dismal MPG results so far, the truck seems to be more rarin' to go even when you aren't doing that so much. The truck is fairly fast I think, however, for how heavy it is anyway.