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As alluded to in another thread, all this fly-by-wire technology for motor vehicles is just plain nuts. I hope to never own one so-equipped - no matter who makes it.
Agreed, but get used to it because it's here to stay & will come eventually to all. Unless you plan on Packards and older used forever, don't think there will be a choice. Once initial outlay is done, it costs a fraction to produce a million chips and necessary related components that will do many things for many years vs a mechanical piece which will do one for maybe a few. I can't see the manufacturers staying mechanical that much longer when they're trying to cut costs to the bone and share components to the max.
Same thing happened in my industry. I was amazed & couldn't reason why when x-ray equipt started using microprocessors to control things that a few switches & relays had done previously--I remember the first system I saw used nine processors on 3 pc boards just to run some table movements of all things. Of course, those 3 boards took the place of many components, a lot of wire & replaced an entire cabinet -- & could be used on several models with just a chip change for different functions. The space and cost savings were obvious so once over the shock, got used to it. Good thing I did because only having 9 to think about were the good old days.
Believe I read the Prius has around 80 for all it's functions.
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