Rogue eats dust!
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From: heading South East on Bakalakadaka street
Finally the stubborn Explorer downshifts, and I get something I'm not used to in wet conditions - traction! The ol' Ford 4.0 V6 screams to a walloping 4000 rpm and dusts the sorry Rogue by two Explorerlengths to 45 mph. Not a bad way to start the day 
I never realized how bad drive-by-wire really is until today, the throttle response just isn't there. Maybe they've fixed that on newer cars? Idk.
I never realized how bad drive-by-wire really is until today, the throttle response just isn't there. Maybe they've fixed that on newer cars? Idk.
Staging Lane
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From: Snohomish, WA
Agreed whole heartedly. If the throttle response sucks, blame the manufacturers tuning not the drive by wire. Luckily enough the GTO's and CTS-V's drive by wire works great because of good OEM tuning and very little torque management at tip in which gives a better reaction and consistency then the old cable setups. Just gotta keep the programming nannies out of it is all.
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But that was a serious question for you.
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My coolest race.... I think my first couple of races were the best because I beat some cocky kids with 4-bangers. There were a bunch of kids hanging out at the local car wash so my brother and I got their attention with some burnt rubber
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I've driven a Panamera and literally hit the gas then let off before the car reacted to each of those inputs a half second later. What was so wrong with a simple cable running to the gas pedal that it had to be replaced with a computer?