ah you are correct, I confused drive-by-wire with electric-power-steering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_steering#Electric_systems https://en.wikipedia.or

ah you are correct, I confused drive-by-wire with electric-power-steering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_steering#Electric_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_steering#Electric_system... I did not know there was still a mechanical link. I still like the fact my car is full mechanical everything which seems to fail more "softly" than any replacement that relies on software. Toyota's electric accelerator and its spaghetti-code comes to mind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_unintended_acceleration#Sudden_acceleration_in_Toyota_vehicles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_unintended_acceleration...