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Mercedes' new drive by wire system!

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Old Nov 12, 2001 | 01:06 PM
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Default Mercedes' new drive by wire system!
I was watching Motorweek on PBS and they had a snippet about Mercedes
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Old Nov 12, 2001 | 04:23 PM
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Somehow this would take the romance out of driving for me!

It looked kind of weird seeing the driver not move when steering the car.
I always thought the word "driving" was a verb, and verbs describe ACTION!

Bad idea.
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Old Nov 12, 2001 | 11:00 PM
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I knew all my GT3 hours would pay off!
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Old Nov 13, 2001 | 03:26 PM
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I hope it comes with emergency pilot-like maintenance procedures like, how to activate your back-up joystick while heading toward a brick wall... Fly-by-wire e-gas, e-steer, and e-brake spook me, and I develop sensors for those applications, or is it because I ...
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Old Nov 13, 2001 | 03:41 PM
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I knew all my GT3 hours would pay off!
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Old Nov 13, 2001 | 04:34 PM
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It would be weird to try driving without a steering wheel. I'd probably crash right into a wall, the first time I tried.
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Old Nov 14, 2001 | 01:41 AM
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That would feel pretty wierd but I seem to have no problems driving on Need for Speed etc. with a joystick (or wheel and pedals for that matter ) The system would need some kind of feedback though to let you know what's going on!
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Old Nov 14, 2001 | 04:26 AM
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How hard could it be? Remember when you gave up your push scooter for a skateboard.
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Old Nov 14, 2001 | 07:32 AM
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sounds weird and unnatural...not sure how easy it would be to operate in that manner but i wouldn't want to make the switch unless there was proof of better response adn everything like that
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