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>A simple, basic car, with the ONLY electronic control being for: - Valve timing - Fuel injection - Oxygen and throttle - Emissions You still need electronics
by chefkoch 5y ago
>A simple, basic car, with the ONLY electronic control being for:
- Valve timing - Fuel injection - Oxygen and throttle - Emissions
You still need electronics for
- ABS
- ESP
- Airbags
(- Diagnostics)
Because these are mandated.
Buy a cheap Dacia and there won't be much else except electric windows.
- paganel 5y agoI found that one can live without ESP. > Buy a cheap Dacia and there won't be much else except electric windows. As mandated by EU law the latest Dacia models already have most of those, they do have back up cameras, for example.
- NathanielK 5y ago> I found that one can live without ESP. True, but on average ESP is highly effective. Cars with ESP are correlated with 40-50% less running off the road or roll over crashes.[0] Carrie Underwood may sing about Jesus Taking the Wheel[1], but she really has GM Stabilitrak to thank. [0] https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/810794 https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/... [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lydBPm2KRaU