Comments on: The Frappuccino Effect http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/13/the-frappuccino-effect/ Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:34:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: aaron http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/13/the-frappuccino-effect/#comment-5552 aaron Thu, 15 Jan 2009 03:22:16 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=511#comment-5552 Keeping the load light on your heart is the wrong approach in both instances. A balance of heavy and light load is what you really want. Agree and the gas computer, but the are problems of mis-use. Watching instantaneous MPG can encourage bad habits, like accelerating too slowly. Seeing MPG dip sharply for a short time can lead people to spend a long time at moderate high consumption and less time cruising at very low consumption. Keeping the load light on your heart is the wrong approach in both instances. A balance of heavy and light load is what you really want.

Agree and the gas computer, but the are problems of mis-use. Watching instantaneous MPG can encourage bad habits, like accelerating too slowly. Seeing MPG dip sharply for a short time can lead people to spend a long time at moderate high consumption and less time cruising at very low consumption.

]]> By: Mike Chalkley http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/13/the-frappuccino-effect/#comment-5546 Mike Chalkley Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:48:06 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=511#comment-5546 I have had a couple of BMWs with MPG guages. If you are motivated to save gas then, yes, they are an aid though I would argue not 100% necessary and perhaps too much of a distraction from the road? (that's from a UK perspective BTW) If, like me, you own a V8 3.0 litre BMW for your pleasure car & drive a 1.2 micro-car for most use, the meter eventually becomes blanked from perceptive view. Initially it scares the crap out of you but with a desire to not know exactly how much your relaxing drive is costing you your mind quickly learns to ignore it. When you go into a coffee shop you have a wide choice of less-fattening beverages. Driving a car you have less choice & the eventual gain may not be perceptible enough for most people to buy into this way of thinking? I have had a couple of BMWs with MPG guages. If you are motivated to save gas then, yes, they are an aid though I would argue not 100% necessary and perhaps too much of a distraction from the road? (that’s from a UK perspective BTW)

If, like me, you own a V8 3.0 litre BMW for your pleasure car & drive a 1.2 micro-car for most use, the meter eventually becomes blanked from perceptive view.

Initially it scares the crap out of you but with a desire to not know exactly how much your relaxing drive is costing you your mind quickly learns to ignore it.

When you go into a coffee shop you have a wide choice of less-fattening beverages. Driving a car you have less choice & the eventual gain may not be perceptible enough for most people to buy into this way of thinking?

]]> By: Jack http://www.howwedrive.com/2009/01/13/the-frappuccino-effect/#comment-5545 Jack Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:33:49 +0000 http://www.howwedrive.com/?p=511#comment-5545 In the four cars I've owned in driving over 40 years was a BMW with a mpg gauge. It was a constant challenge to keep it high and the data helped to confirm the value of efficient driving habits and how they are enhanced by manual gear boxes. An important part of good driving habits is the signs that are sent to other drivers through such equipment as brake lights. It's easy to tell who's driving automatics by the numerous times brake lights are unnecessarily lit which sends misleading signals and wastes fuel. Until you have valuable info like this too many will remain in the dark on the value of smart driving. In the four cars I’ve owned in driving over 40 years was a BMW with a mpg gauge. It was a constant challenge to keep it high and the data helped to confirm the value of efficient driving habits and how they are enhanced by manual gear boxes. An important part of good driving habits is the signs that are sent to other drivers through such equipment as brake lights. It’s easy to tell who’s driving automatics by the numerous times brake lights are unnecessarily lit which sends misleading signals and wastes fuel. Until you have valuable info like this too many will remain in the dark on the value of smart driving.

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