I was reading something the other day about a car with an adaptive automatic transmission and I now wonder how common are adaptive bits and pieces in the electronics so that the car does learn how you drive.
Any thoughts?
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What does the transmission learn? What would other electronic bits learn?
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The manual for my focus says that after disconnectig the battery the car may exhibit some unusual characteristics for aprox 8km while the engine management relearns the optimum settings. I believe a SEAT I once owned did the same.
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People often used to say they could tell if someone else had been driving their car because it felt different. I can't say i've noticed that on recent cars.
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When I read the subject line, I thought you meant mechanical behaviour over years of use! A friend of mine bought a Morris Minor Traveller that he swore would revert to 35mph if he lost concentration, because the previous owner never went any faster...
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Yes; they pretty much all do - and have done since the '80s Escort EFi.
ECUs come with just the basics to get it running and then it constantly optimizes itself to the driver's style - only takes it 20 miles to change to a different driver.
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I wonder then why Mazda 3 Auto never quite drives the way I want it to. Maybe its learnt to never quite respond how I want it to, because I'm always trying to drive it differently..which has basically become my style of driving.
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