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Originally Posted by armountainrider
Just picked up an 08 demo and didn't get 20 mile when the Check DPS readout appeared. no real problems until today on my way back from Dallas. It seemed like the steering was sticking when I applied a little pressure to change lanes. I had to apply a little more pressure and then it felt like it got un-stuck, but also caused a quick input to the steering. Then at 65 on the interstate I went to turn left in a wide sweeper and wouldn't turn left period. I had to grab the brakes and luckily got to the shoulder. I had to really force it to get it to turn left. That only happened once, but the intermittent stuck problem happened the rest of the way home. The Check DPS is still on, and goes to dealer Tuesday.
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Glad to hear you got home OK. One of the things that makes the Spyder so unique is the heavy use of safety electronics. Heavy steering is one thing, but this sounds very scary.
In one of the videos I recently found it was stated that the program was almost canceled after the forth prototype because of the vehicle dynamics. The result was the ABS, VSS, Variable electric power steering. We are relying on electronics now more then ever, cars will be heading to electronic power steering soon and the new RTS has an electronic throttle (i.e. no more cable to the throttle body).
