I specifically will never own a car that is pure drive by wire and has no mechanical linkage backup. If anything else goes wrong with a car you usually have som

I specifically will never own a car that is pure drive by wire and has no mechanical linkage backup. If anything else goes wrong with a car you usually have some limited control. If your steering goes out you are likely less than a blink away from a serious accident with zero control over how it proceeds. Without a physical linkage you might not even notice when your steering goes out until you are already crashing, even if its blaring alarms at you how will you know what is actually happening until you read something or fight against a wheel acting oddly. With a physical connection it something jams or breaks, you will be able to tell instantly. Granted I do have some bias against electronic steering in general, but even if it was drive by pure hydraulic steering through hard line I would not want it without a physical linkage backup.