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Originally Posted by SuperDave
of course, i agree whole heartedly, but honestly comparing my previous daily driver civic to this car, it's a wonder machine. i have friends that don't like electronically assisted power steering or throttle response like a german vehicles, but it is what it is, and to me it's really responsive and most all other reviewers and people tend to agree that the throttle is electric...
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Originally Posted by sierra
I know exactly what you mean and some cars have a shocking delayed response but the 86 is very quick compared to most of them. I was told the ECU capacity has a lot do with it. A small capacity ECU takes longer to compute the command it needs to make from the throttle pedal position, so there's a longer delay. I had a Corolla for a while and found it hard to drive because the delay was so marked. You could tap the throttle and nothing would happen, then the engine would do a rev! The engine revved during gear changes because it was so far behind what was /had already happened.
Don't let it put you off, it's a tiny delay on the 86 and there are aftermarket throttle pedal units that boost that signal to make it virtually instantaneous. I'm sure there will be one for us too.
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Thank you guys for re-assuring. This is definitely will be my next car. Sierra, yes the part you explain "You could tap the throttle and nothing would happen, then the engine would do a rev! The engine revved during gear changes because it was so far behind what was /had already happened. " this is the problem I had with my Altezza, I find much harder to blip and match the rev when downshifting.