Had to take my 9 month-old car into the stealership for a stalling issue today. This week it developed a nasty tendency to not respond to the electronic throttle at inopportune times... it damn near caused a crash the other night. Nothing like letting off the clutch and feeding it some gas, only to be greeted by a whole lot of nothing. I re-crank it and everything will be normal for a while, until it decides to suddenly do it again. Embarrassing at the least, and downright dangerous at the worst. It happened when the tech was pulling it into the service bay -- if they still come back with the usual "unable to duplicate the problem" response, I don't think I can be held accountable for my actions. With a cross-country drive looming in the near future, I really don't want to be dealing with a phantom electrical gremlin.
Somebody explain to me why drive-by-wire is superior to a throttle cable again?