What Car Needs to be Fitted with a Refrigerated Cubby?

"Vicente Esteve" (vicente-esteve) 05/13/2014 at 17:51 • Filed to: None

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My take is the Jeep Wrangler. What other car spends most time in the wild were the convenience of a refrigerator is nonexistant? A Jeep! The cooler would be great feature for anyone going out to camp, to the beach, to a lake, or just wants their drinks to still be cold even if UV rays are raping your every pore and you have the roof down. One cubby in the glovebox refrigerated from the A/C, and the other one in the underfloor of the trunk made of the same material as coolers so you can put ice in, and take it off to clean it.

So tell me Oppo, what car needs to be fitted with a refrigerated cubby?

Diesel > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 17:52

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For my champagne.

jkm7680 > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 17:52

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Refrigerated dead hooker cubby. That's an innovation right there.

Agree with the Wrangler.

HammerheadFistpunch > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 17:53

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Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 17:54

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I would say pick-up trucks, but Ram's already have an optional cooler.

Chrysler could've easily put a cooled cubby in the Wrangler. If they put one in the Avenger's dashboard, why not the Wrangler?

Diesel > jkm7680 05/13/2014 at 17:56

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Damn, did you need it that big?

jkm7680 > Diesel 05/13/2014 at 17:56

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Which if you use, you will get busted for open contained Haha.

jkm7680 > Diesel 05/13/2014 at 17:57

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I've already got one of those for that purpose.

I need something more compact though.

Vicente Esteve > Diesel 05/13/2014 at 17:59

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I want my phone to be made out of THAT wood

Vicente Esteve > jkm7680 05/13/2014 at 17:59

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Hahah thats going way too far from the Capri-Sun I had thought of putting

Vicente Esteve > HammerheadFistpunch 05/13/2014 at 18:00

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Thats a cool ZeGerman Zemut!

yamahog > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/13/2014 at 18:01

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Fun fact: The Ram Box was actually designed to hold an entire 12 pack of bottles or 24 pack of cans!

/themoreyouknow

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > yamahog 05/13/2014 at 18:02

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I swear it's the best thing to ever happen to truck beds since the stepside.

Vicente Esteve > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/13/2014 at 18:02

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I KNOW!

*Cue Mr. Regular Voice: "I USE IT FOR MY R/T ELIXIR THAT MAKES MY SWEAT ORANGE!

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 18:03

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minivans and conversion vans should have one as standard. I retrofitted a small chilled cooler to my conversion van and it was the best mod I ever did. Between that and the insulated storage pods, I could easily camp for a few weekends out of it without needing to resupply for much more than more ground beef and hot dogs for the cooler

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 18:04

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I use that little air cooled box more than the owner of the car does. Pop a soda in there when I get in, take it out when we get to the destination, still cold. I love that thing.

M54B30 > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 18:05

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The Passat TDI commercial says it gets 700+ miles per tank. I'd love cold drinks between fuel stops on long trips

Vicente Esteve > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 05/13/2014 at 18:05

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I thought of minivans first, but the Odyssey already has one, and the Wrangler has none. Also, I see a lot more people at the side of the beach with the trunks opened of their Wranglers, not Siennas

Vicente Esteve > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/13/2014 at 18:08

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The Avenger concept had awesome ideas! There was this, the rear entertainment system, 2 tone leather, cooled and heated cup holders, and I really like the blue instrument lights.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 18:09

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when I was 17 my conversion van became my fishing cabin in the summer. You could keep chilled worms, have plenty of fresh sandwiches, have an endless supply of water and pop, and I had super Nintendo and a ps2 hooked up to a 15" TV for killing time at midday when the temps got high and fish weren't active. A chilled cubby and a TV would go a long way towards a minivan filling the same role.

Vicente Esteve > M54B30 05/13/2014 at 18:09

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BAM, great answer

Vicente Esteve > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 05/13/2014 at 18:10

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Thats pretty much an RV

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 18:10

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They didn't keep the blue lights around, they're greenish in production cars, but everything else was available in the car. Good ideas, bad execution in the earlier models.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 18:11

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exactly. If you're taking the hit on fuel economy and driving pleasure, why not have something luxurious and spacious?

M54B30 > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 18:12

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Nothing is more annoying than either stopping repeatedly or constantly throwing out half-full warm, flat Cokes every few hours

Vicente Esteve > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 05/13/2014 at 18:14

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Exactly.

Vicente Esteve > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 05/13/2014 at 18:14

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You sir speak the truth

Jayhawk Jake > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 18:45

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The answer is every car

Simplify, then add beer > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 18:56

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I've used the ridiculously deep centre console on a TJ as an esky before. Just stuff some ice in there and you're good to go. Sure it might leak, but I'm usually getting it dirty at the same time anyway.

Vicente Esteve > Simplify, then add beer 05/13/2014 at 19:50

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Haha, yeah, my idea is pretty much the same

cabarne4 > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 20:16

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The Ferd Fteenthousand. To keep your 30-rack of beers cold.

(seriously, doesn't get old)

cabarne4 > jkm7680 05/13/2014 at 20:18

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Except if you're in New Mexico, where passengers can legally drink! (which, honestly, I'm fine with. Why make open containers illegal when we have pocket sized breathalyzers nowadays?)

jkm7680 > cabarne4 05/13/2014 at 20:22

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Jeez, I never knew that! Kinda strange, I'd personally make it for limos only.

cabarne4 > jkm7680 05/13/2014 at 20:28

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Just about every state allows it in the rear of a vehicle if there's a partition, basically a law designed around drinking in limos. Because the rear compartment is separated from the driver, it's not considered an "open container" in the driving compartment.

jkm7680 > cabarne4 05/13/2014 at 20:33

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That's interesting! So. I can now drink in the back of a Maybach 62S, Haha.

Vicente Esteve > cabarne4 05/13/2014 at 20:33

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That is so much I cant handle it. I would double like the crap out of this post.

cabarne4 > jkm7680 05/13/2014 at 20:37

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In fact, they encourage it in the back of the 62S. It comes with champagne flutes, and special cup holders that hold them in place by the base.

jkm7680 > cabarne4 05/13/2014 at 20:42

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Yeah, Haha.

I always pondered that.

Squid > Vicente Esteve 05/13/2014 at 21:01

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ARB makes a "fridge/freezer" for your jeep.

I'd rather have that, but they are around a grand. . .