Angrey
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I'm not sure you're grasping the root concepts here. If FORD did the updated strategies and updated the PCM/BCM there would be NO NEED FOR ANYONE TO SPEND THOUSANDS ON THEIR CAR. The infrastructure for managing the traction systems is ALREADY IN PLACE. It's simply "strategy" and tune (or said in another way, it's just computer codes). So if FORD wanted to, they could join the rest of the marketplace technology and update their traction control settings and there would be NO NEED for something like a MOTEC piggy back system. The cost for Ford to do that research and implementation on ONE VEHICLE and then applied to tens of thousands is peanuts to each individual car owner.Actually, the analogy of can’t get in much trouble with 300lb/ft of a torque is far from correct. Big difference between a live axle and an independent. Little bit of a bumpy surface completely changes the attitude of the car, especially in a corner. I didn’t skip over the part about traction control and such. My point was to learn to drive the car without all that stuff on. And it still goes back to cost. Not sure how a 15k aftermarket system equates to fractions of pennies on the dollar in a production vehicle by a manufacturer. Let’s be honest, pretty much no one is using a motec system in a stock configuration, it’s part of a tens of thousands of dollars in updrades. If any of us want to spend that type of money for that type of hardware there are several manufacturers providing the vehicles that have it, it’s just way north of the 100k mark. You mentioned the Tesla black’s prowess in the rain. Back in the day the Cyclone and Typhoon were the same, better in the wet then dry as far as acceleration numbers went.
And I’m no dale Schumacher wtf that is, but I do know how to drive. Better then some, not as well as others.
The Tesla isn't superior from a capability/sensor/mechanical infrastructure standpoint for traction, it's SIMPLY A MATTER OF HOW THE IN PLACE COMPONENTS ADJUST TO DELTA-V.
Again, everyone should learn to drive and be responsible. That goes without saying. But it would take a very small amount of effort and resources to bring Ford's traction control systems UP TO PAR with the rest of the marketplace which provides a MUCH SAFER product (particularly for cars putting out gobs of power and torque) for those who aren't quite as experienced or responsible as you.
Or we could just sit in a tower and tell everyone to learn how to drive. That's probably more effective.
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