describe to me the new transmission on the 2006 What does drive by wire entail??? How does it work??? is it cool???

What else is notable on the 2006

 

Simply stated, the throttle is controlled through electronics, whereas older cars have throttle cables mechanically linked from the throttle pedal to the engine. Is it cool? It's the future.

 

its not cool, just a way to operate the throttle body so that traction control can cut power if it needs to. Its a recent technology, and many still feel that cable is superior due to a better throttle feel. I am among those people.

 

F16 have something called "Fly by wire" I assume it's the same concept

 

if someone conducted a blind test where an individual drove an ap2 w/o dbw and then w/ dbw, i bet they couldn't tell the difference. plus 06+ came with vsa which is a great safety addition especially if you drive in bad weather. biggest downside to these years are that dbw can make some engine mods a tad more difficult.

 

DBW has nothing to do with the transmission. it's just the throttle--instead of pulling a cable, pressing the gas transmits a voltage that tells the car to open the throttle.

this enables the car to have VSA, which is more significant. it is a traction control system that keeps the car going where it's pointed. it can cut throttle and/or brake any wheel individually to keep the car going in the direction it's being steered into. there are conditions where it can become intrusive, but it can be turned off.

from 05 to 06, the rims are different, the ECU obviously needed to be tweaked to allow for DBW, and the spring rates are a bit different. but the addition of VSA is by far the biggest functional difference between previous models and 2006+ S2000s.

 

You wont notice it one bit.

 

For normal daily driving, I agree. But for spirited driving, I have "heard" but have not had a chance to confirm, that the DBW can get lost in the quick inputs.

 

I am personally not a fan of DBW. I am very glad I got an s2k without the DBW. Some people notice a difference, but some people dont.

 

cmon guys, you do notice it, and i did drive s2k's with and without back to back in my search for the car. While its not as bad as some other cars, its still noticeable.

My friends 6 speed TSX is very noticeable.