Do you eat in your car?

[New2EV]

I have a rule in my car....no eating.....ever.....period. Not even me. Picking up takeout or fast food is fine, but your not eating it until we get home.....not even a fry. Drinks (with lids and straws), are fine too, just be careful.

So we go through a fast food place and my wife orders ice cream. I just look at her....you know you're not eating that in my car right? She insists she'll be careful....and I insist she waits to eat it until we get home (20 min) ....or I'll wait while she eats it outside the car. And the expected "your being ridiculous" argument follows.

So, what do you do?

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[timbop]

My wife and I have eaten meals in my Mach E on a few occasions - at a Stewart's drive-in a week or so ago, and also a couple of times this summer driving back from the shore with my dog in the backseat. When I'm by myself on a long drive I'll eat a snack while driving also. Handsfree BC is wonderful for that.

I've got a "type A" personality and am always in a hurry, so over the years I've eaten in every car I've owned. Back in my college days I could drive stick shift between my day job and night classes while eating a burger and fries...

 

[Dave-O]

We have toddlers. They eat in the car. It’s a mess in both vehicles and we have no shame. I typically don’t eat in the car personally but the wife won’t tolerate being told what she can and can’t do. Oh well, once the kids are grown up it won’t be such a problem.

 

[roamtheworld]

Road trips only. Mostly at DCFC stations when not near food.
Drinks are okay but I have teenagers so less likely to spill.

 

[HuntingPudel]

Only my dog gets to eat in the car, and only when he’s crated. Otherwise, GTFO if you’re going to eat.

 

[DYohn]

Only coffee or water.

 

[iam-s-Hon]

 

[nvabill]

I just look at her....you know you're not eating that in my car right?

My Car? Boy I bet things are fun around your house, what happened to community property?

 

[Mach-Lee]

When I go to the drive-through, the food goes in the frunk until I get home.

 

[ctenidae]

I hate eating in the car, whether driving or not. But that's just me. The general rule is no eating, but with wide latitude. When driving my daughter from school to workout to gymnastics, etc there are often snacks involved. She makes massive messes, of course.

 

[New2EV]

We have toddlers. They eat in the car. It’s a mess in both vehicles and we have no shame. I typically don’t eat in the car personally but the wife won’t tolerate being told what she can and can’t do. Oh well, once the kids are grown up it won’t be such a problem.

Lol...I've been there and that's why I don't want anyone eating in the car. We've had the minivan with french fries under every seat and some sort of sticky substance in every crevice. The kids are mostly teenagers now and they still expect to eat in the car....and they're only mildly better about not spilling stuff.

 

[tannerk89]

When I go to the drive-through, the food goes in the frunk until I get home.

I’m curious about the logistics of this. Go through a drive through and then stand outside the car waiting to put food in the frunk or get the food pull up to a stop then get out and put it in the frunk? Im not judging, just curious.

I don’t have the willpower to not eat in my daily driver - if it was a weekend toy or similar.. for sure would be way more strict. But I commute an hour each way and start early so I spend a good portion of my day in my car - as well as a good portion of the day eating not a good mix to stop car eating all together. I also put as much interior protection as possible and clean my interior to some extent every time I get out of the car to help limit any problems.

 

[New2EV]

My Car? Boy I bet things are fun around your house, what happened to community property?

Haha...yeah, it's just how we reference the cars. She has hers and I have mine. Not that she can't drive mine, she has plenty of times.....just not while eating.

 

[RedStallion]

Only my dog gets to eat in the car, and only when he’s crated. Otherwise, GTFO if you’re going to eat.

My dog already ate, puked, and defecated in my car, though I asked him to wait till I stopped. He is the only one who is allowed to do all three.

 

[KevinS]

I really try not to... noting worse than getting little incriminating sesame seeds in the seat crevices from my secret second breakfast. I'm as bad as a Hobbit.

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