Its a good idea - and in the right direction of giving drivers real time feedback. In fact, I think the big 3 would do well to at least give well engineered FE displays on their cars, even if they are not as efficient as Honda and Toyota. I put one of those Tempurpedic bed sample cubes below my throttle - not for feedback but to dampen my TPS response. Dont know if it helps since I use CC too often...
I'm liking earthling's electric shock idea. Only, why does it need to only come on when MPG's drops below 30? Maybe they could put a switch on it so that you could have it on all the time, I'd like that mui pronto way better. And I think I would much prefer electric shock, yahoo!, to old Streisand songs, yuck. I heard that the military was using her songs at Gitmo on the terrorists. Faithful and True
What, you don't LIKE merging into 3 lanes coming up a hill, then trying to get into the middle lane before the right one sends you to Homestead, just so you can wait to go through a tunnel? SOooo glad I live and work outside the Tunnel Belt!
I have to wonder just how well such a system is going to work, though. The Insight has a couple of lights that are supposed to show you when to shift up or down for best economy. I suppose they work in a way: when I'm going up a steep hill in a lower gear, they tell me to upshift to a gear where the engine would stall out - which would save fuel, but sort of defeats the purpose of having a car
I've been wondering that myself!! I think the silly thing has no load factoring at all and simply triggers at a set speed.
my 87 camaro had a bad return spring on the Rochester carb. I replaced it with a double spring, that was super hard to press the gas. hopefully most of the Nissan's will have cruise control because that pressure weakens your ankle mussles.
Instead of a shock, why not have a cell phone vibrator strapped to you? Sort of like this experiment. Maybe eventually you'd just 'know' your MPG without thinking about it. (Honest, some of my links are to sites other than Wired Magazine.)
Hi All: ___While seeking news on our wonderful world wide web (wwww ) today, I came across a vid showing what the ECO Pedal does in action vs. a graphic. Unless you read Japanese however, the vid offers little more than what we have posted so far? Nissan ECO Pedal in action [flash]http://www.youtube.com/v/HXEytJ2aHPY&hl=en&fs=1[/flash] ___Good Luck ___Wayne
It would get my fat ass riding my bicycle to the bus stop, then putting it on the bus's bike rack.....
Heh. I tested a 5-speed Isuzu Rodeo once. There was a light that told you to shift at a given speed in every gear. They didn't disable it for 5th gear, so I had that light coming on at 48 MPH (IIRC)........ Glad I didn't try shifting, that might have really helped the guy selling it save gas.
