Chuck
06-18-2006, 12:50 PM
The Insight dashboard is super.
To show how spoiled I am, I've come up with ideas to improve it. Two things prompted this. One is my Garmond runners's GPS watch. You can set a range for running speed or heartbeat range and it will beep if you are out of that range.
That would be a cool feature for a dashboard.
The other thing is someone PMed me about gentle vs. hard hybrid acceleration - which is more FE? My Insight experience is even if you have driven 800 miles on a trip, a 20-30 second acceleration that's fairly hard will knock down your mpg. :( It would be cool to have another bar graph of instant fuel consumption (some of you will tell me it kind of does that already)
Before I describe my dream dashboard, I have ScanGage I. Sadly, the Insight's lean burn is unaccouted for so it's mpg readout is bogus - I assume the same for gallons consumed per hour. :( If you convert from English (Imperial) to metric, that is sort of a instant fuel consumption graph.
Dream Dashboard
Like the 2006 HCH, it would have an upper level dash that would effectively be like projection on the windshield straight ahead with shade from the sun. This is where the most important readouts such as speed would be displayed
The lower level of the dash is where the conventional dashboard is. It would be very customizable like a Windows desktop.
ScanGage information could go on the lower dash
Beep/Flash options: if certain parameters are exceeded the dash beeps and/or flashes. An example would be exceeding a set speed. Another would be fuel consumption to monitor accelerations.
Multiple trip gages
Personal trip gages. Extra keys could be issued so car could distinguish between husband, wife, son, etc...
Downloadable data
To show how spoiled I am, I've come up with ideas to improve it. Two things prompted this. One is my Garmond runners's GPS watch. You can set a range for running speed or heartbeat range and it will beep if you are out of that range.
That would be a cool feature for a dashboard.
The other thing is someone PMed me about gentle vs. hard hybrid acceleration - which is more FE? My Insight experience is even if you have driven 800 miles on a trip, a 20-30 second acceleration that's fairly hard will knock down your mpg. :( It would be cool to have another bar graph of instant fuel consumption (some of you will tell me it kind of does that already)
Before I describe my dream dashboard, I have ScanGage I. Sadly, the Insight's lean burn is unaccouted for so it's mpg readout is bogus - I assume the same for gallons consumed per hour. :( If you convert from English (Imperial) to metric, that is sort of a instant fuel consumption graph.
Dream Dashboard
Like the 2006 HCH, it would have an upper level dash that would effectively be like projection on the windshield straight ahead with shade from the sun. This is where the most important readouts such as speed would be displayed
The lower level of the dash is where the conventional dashboard is. It would be very customizable like a Windows desktop.
ScanGage information could go on the lower dash
Beep/Flash options: if certain parameters are exceeded the dash beeps and/or flashes. An example would be exceeding a set speed. Another would be fuel consumption to monitor accelerations.
Multiple trip gages
Personal trip gages. Extra keys could be issued so car could distinguish between husband, wife, son, etc...
Downloadable data