DBW- ECU "Learns" your driving style...True or not?

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DBW- ECU "Learns" your driving style...True or not?

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Ive read many forums that say with drive by wire/dbw that the ECU somehow "learns" your driving style after a few driving cycles? if this is true, I have a few questions:

1)How many driving cycles does it need?
2)What does it learn?
3) How do you get it to learn to drive like a normal car?
4) How do you know that its learned your style?

Hondata, anyone ....if you could chime in that would be great...
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The ECU will tune some parameters like throttle opening and keep track of other things like catalyst deterioration, but it does not 'learn' your driving style.
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how long does it take for the ECU to do these things?
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About 10 minutes. The 'learning' is very minor, and does not fit with the four point you raised in your first post.

In short, the forums are incorrect.
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