Decent comparo! By the way, Drive by wire and electronic throttle are the same thing.. Drive by wire isn't a mechanical cable attached to the gas pedal and then to the throttle body. It is a pedal position sensor on the gas pedal that sends the pedal position electronically to the throttle body to tell it how much to open. Oh and by the way AEM CAI supposedly aren't that great for our cars... Injen CAI seems to be a better choice.