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| JPortici:
one of our products' aim is to reduce "throttle lag" as in this iDrive box. Yes, it's exactly as pressing the throttle pedal differently. Yes, it's perceived as reduced lag. Yes, it sells real good. Why it works? 1) The throttle is the only way we have to command the car to accelerate, a change in response can be easily perceived and for most people more responsive = better. So there is an important psychological factor at work. 2) Most "ECO" or "SPORT" modes at their core will change the curve of the throttle, many will stop at that. 3) Most first stage tuners, will also change the throttle response map so the driver perceive more sensitivity. On newest cars, some will stop at that. 4) Bonus: Some cars will accelerate differently if they perceive that the throttle pedal is put down faster (not talking about kickdown of course) |
| SilverSolder:
It is always fun to customise your car. The advent of electronics and computerized controls just means the nature of how we modify has changed, and will continue to change. Imagine how guys will be modifying their cars in the year 2100.... hacking their self driving cars by implanting an Arnold Schwarzenegger core in its neural network! :D |
| JPortici:
Mmmh, hacking a tesla should be fun. There are already reports of guys that "enabled" performance mode via canbus, sold a box to do that, and tesla giving them the giant middle finger via an OTA update that detected the box. I mean, what if i am OKAY with losing the warranty and modifying my own car, at my own risk? Teslas are a good representative of the car of the very near future will be: connected, that can be monitored without your explicit say-so, not really yours anymore. a cloud based car. (others are already catching up) |
| james_s:
The Tesla drivetrain is very impressive, but the connected aspect is a total non-starter for me. No way I would ever buy one, not gonna happen, ever. A Tesla motor and battery with an open source controller in a cool 80s-90s car would be awesome though. My dad had a Tesla for a while before he passed away, like my grandfather he loved gadgets but I was just not impressed. I remember at one point he picked my brother up somewhere and saw a notification that the car had an update available, so he let it go ahead and update thinking it would take a few minutes, turned out they had to sit there for around 30 minutes with the car inoperable while it updated :palm: |
| SilverSolder:
Ordinary cars get updated too, it just isn't wireless (it happens during dealer servicing). I can see arguments in favour of doing the updates via the Internet, but there are many arguments for not doing so too! In the long term, I think @JPortici is right: --- Quote from: JPortici on April 08, 2021, 05:29:40 am ---[...] Teslas are a good representative of the car of the very near future will be: connected, that can be monitored without your explicit say-so, not really yours anymore. a cloud based car. [...] --- End quote --- That whole idea just rubs me the wrong way, yet another item that we are not permitted to own outright but instead have to expend a daily effort (some percentage of our working life) to not just maintain, but also create profit for various corporations involved in the process. I have nothing against corporations making a profit... when I purchase something from them. I don't like paying for the same item over, and over, and over... it seems the holy grail of modern marketing is to try to pretend that any product is now a "service" rather than a "product". On one level they are right, of course... even your underwear is a "service" in that it has to be washed and replaced at regular intervals - but the question is, why would I outsource those processes to a corporation and subscribe to my underwear?? :D |
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