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A throttle cable has one trivially diagnosable and fixable failure mode, it might snap. Although in practice they rarely do. A highly complex interconnected me
by jjav 5y ago
A throttle cable has one trivially diagnosable and fixable failure mode, it might snap. Although in practice they rarely do.
A highly complex interconnected message bus has hundreds of bugs (guaranteed) and many unpredictable failure modes. Also diagnostics is potentially impossible if the manufacturer hides the details.
Simpler is always better.
- nomel 5y agoThere are two failure modes. It can also stick. I've only experience a stuck throttle cable, not a snapped one.
- Rayhem 5y agoTrivially, simpler is not always better. A bike is simpler than a car, but it is not at all what I want if I have to go to the hospital.
- rasz 5y agoIf it was better you would see it in motor sport.
- jjav 5y agoNot at all comparable. Motorsports does not need to optimize for longevity or ease of maintenance over the decades. Both factors are irrelevant to race cars.