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Old 2012-10-29, 01:49 PM   #110
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Originally Posted by Kevin M View Post
If there's no logic contained in the physical wheel, it's really no different than plugging in a PS/2 keyboard, right?
Except that the steering wheel contains the ECU logic, gearbox logic, diff logic, instrumentation, radio, and pretty much every other control computer that runs the car. Which is the point... if there's a computer problem, they can replace the whole thing by swapping the steering wheel.

There's a reason those wheels cost like $50,000.
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