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To me, drinking in a car is a very American thing and I don't think this would be a problem here. If this product works in most of the world but not the US, it

To me, drinking in a car is a very American thing and I don't think this would be a problem here. If this product works in most of the world but not the US, it would still be better than using plastic cups everywhere. Although paper cups are already common anyway.

dawnerd 6y ago
People drink in their car all over the world, what makes it "very American"?
- numpad0 6y ago
  I don’t have stats to back me up but are they cup holders or drink holders? Because I think in many parts of the world people mainly put cans and bottles there, than paper cups.
- montebicyclelo 6y ago
  > A drive-through or drive-thru (a sensational spelling of the word through), is a type of take-out service provided by a business that allows customers to purchase products without leaving their cars. The format was pioneered in the United States in the 1930s by Jordan Martin,but has since spread to other countries. > In 1981, Max Hamburgers opened Northern Europe's first drive-in in Piteå. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-through American infrastructure is built around cars, more so than many (/most?) other countries. Towns/cities in Europe are generally built to be walkable.
- kwhitefoot 6y ago
  At least here in Norway it would be very unusual for a coffee cup to be left in the car and anyway many of those who do drink a lot of coffee on the go use a reusable cup bought from a petrol station that gives you a year of 'free' coffee. See https://www.circlek.no/koppen https://www.circlek.no/koppen for instance.
  - bywaterstreet 6y ago
    That's pretty cool. How much is that? "Costa Coffee" (a UK chain) machines are in lots of petrol stations nowadays, but I'm not aware of any kind of subscription.
    - dmurray 6y ago
      Pret a Manger has a coffee subscription program in the UK, at £20/month. Not quite the same model as petrol stations, but close.
    - kwhitefoot 6y ago
      For the standard 240 ml cup it costs 349 kr a year including the cup, if you reuse last year's cup it's 299 kr and they apply a sticker to the cup to say which year it applies to. Or you can buy a fancy vacuum cup at 499 kr a year. If you register for Circle K Extra and use more than a 1000 litre of fuel a year (800 litre if you pay with a Circle K Mastercard) then you get the standard cup deal free. 1 GBP = 12 kr at the moment. So the standard cup is a bit under 30 quid, 25 to renew. So if you use it even only once a week it pays.
- em500 6y ago
  It probably happens more in America than elsewhere in the world. Simply because Americans probably spend more of their lives inside a car than people from other countries.
  - Broken_Hippo 6y ago
    I*m not convinced. Pretty much every gas station here in Norway has a convenience store that sells coffee - not really much different in that regard from the US (I'm from the US). Not as many fast food restaurants, though the gas station fare is better here than the US.
    - seszett 6y ago
      In France as well coffee is available in gas stations, highway rest areas, etc. But people usually drink their coffee before going back to their car, not while driving.
      - GordonS 6y ago
        I'm in the UK, but was going to say the same thing. I agree with the GP - drinking while driving, or even just the idea of drive-through coffee, are very American things.
- onion2k 6y ago
  Here in the UK it's quite unusual for a coffee shop to have parking facilities. Drinking takeaway coffee is practically always done by people who are walking somewhere.
  - timthorn 6y ago
    It might be unusal for them to have dedicated parking facilities (though there are a good number of Starbucks and Costa drive thrus now) but outside of London and city centres there is almost always shared parking close by.
  - quietbritishjim 6y ago
    I'm in the UK too, and I've found there are separate coffee shops that are focused on pedestrians vs car users. The first are your typical shops on the high street (which yes you could park near to but that's not really the focus) while the second are in motorway services or in a retail park built around a car park (what Americans would call a "strip mall"). If you're a regular user of either one then it's quite easy to imagine the other doesn't exist but actually they're both very common.
- Copenjin 6y ago
  No, they don't. Non-american cars don't even have the hole for the cup (that Ford ones for example have). So, not remotely common, at all.
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dawnerd 6y ago

People drink in their car all over the world, what makes it "very American"?

numpad0 6y ago
I don’t have stats to back me up but are they cup holders or drink holders? Because I think in many parts of the world people mainly put cans and bottles there, than paper cups.
montebicyclelo 6y ago
> A drive-through or drive-thru (a sensational spelling of the word through), is a type of take-out service provided by a business that allows customers to purchase products without leaving their cars. The format was pioneered in the United States in the 1930s by Jordan Martin,but has since spread to other countries. > In 1981, Max Hamburgers opened Northern Europe's first drive-in in Piteå. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-through https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive-through American infrastructure is built around cars, more so than many (/most?) other countries. Towns/cities in Europe are generally built to be walkable.
kwhitefoot 6y ago
At least here in Norway it would be very unusual for a coffee cup to be left in the car and anyway many of those who do drink a lot of coffee on the go use a reusable cup bought from a petrol station that gives you a year of 'free' coffee. See https://www.circlek.no/koppen https://www.circlek.no/koppen for instance.
- bywaterstreet 6y ago
  That's pretty cool. How much is that? "Costa Coffee" (a UK chain) machines are in lots of petrol stations nowadays, but I'm not aware of any kind of subscription.
  - dmurray 6y ago
    Pret a Manger has a coffee subscription program in the UK, at £20/month. Not quite the same model as petrol stations, but close.
  - kwhitefoot 6y ago
    For the standard 240 ml cup it costs 349 kr a year including the cup, if you reuse last year's cup it's 299 kr and they apply a sticker to the cup to say which year it applies to. Or you can buy a fancy vacuum cup at 499 kr a year. If you register for Circle K Extra and use more than a 1000 litre of fuel a year (800 litre if you pay with a Circle K Mastercard) then you get the standard cup deal free. 1 GBP = 12 kr at the moment. So the standard cup is a bit under 30 quid, 25 to renew. So if you use it even only once a week it pays.
em500 6y ago
It probably happens more in America than elsewhere in the world. Simply because Americans probably spend more of their lives inside a car than people from other countries.
- Broken_Hippo 6y ago
  I*m not convinced. Pretty much every gas station here in Norway has a convenience store that sells coffee - not really much different in that regard from the US (I'm from the US). Not as many fast food restaurants, though the gas station fare is better here than the US.
  - seszett 6y ago
    In France as well coffee is available in gas stations, highway rest areas, etc. But people usually drink their coffee before going back to their car, not while driving.
    - GordonS 6y ago
      I'm in the UK, but was going to say the same thing. I agree with the GP - drinking while driving, or even just the idea of drive-through coffee, are very American things.
onion2k 6y ago
Here in the UK it's quite unusual for a coffee shop to have parking facilities. Drinking takeaway coffee is practically always done by people who are walking somewhere.
- timthorn 6y ago
  It might be unusal for them to have dedicated parking facilities (though there are a good number of Starbucks and Costa drive thrus now) but outside of London and city centres there is almost always shared parking close by.
- quietbritishjim 6y ago
  I'm in the UK too, and I've found there are separate coffee shops that are focused on pedestrians vs car users. The first are your typical shops on the high street (which yes you could park near to but that's not really the focus) while the second are in motorway services or in a retail park built around a car park (what Americans would call a "strip mall"). If you're a regular user of either one then it's quite easy to imagine the other doesn't exist but actually they're both very common.
Copenjin 6y ago
No, they don't. Non-american cars don't even have the hole for the cup (that Ford ones for example have). So, not remotely common, at all.
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