Ford Flex fridge + Ohio = license to DUI

The biggest problem with the mid-Western drive-thru isn't the fact that you can readily purchase alcohol from the dank comforts of your old hoopdie, it's the dilemma presented in keeping that beer-flavored soda chilled for duration. Enter the $760 fridge on Ford's new Flex guzzler. The add-on drops up to seven, 12-oz cans of room-temp suds down to 41-degrees F in 2.5 hours. It'll also keep things a frosty 23-degrees in freezer mode. Add anti-drunk-proofing option and watch the car implode.

[Buddy's Beer Barn photo courtesy of mpaulda]

[(Unverified) Posted May 26th 2008 9:47PM]

I work for a company that does press events for automakers. So I've spent a week driving the Ford Flex around NYC and the 5 Boro's. I just want the engadget community to know that the Ford Flex is a jenky POS with Ford's exhausted Duratec 3.6L. The only 2 good things you get for $42,000 dollars is extremely comfortable seats and SYNC. I spend an expensive week filling these guzzlers up all over NYC.

[JRMG Posted May 26th 2008 11:55PM]

Ford must out of their minds!

Don't they know we're approaching a fuel crisis? and yet they manage to place a completely uncessary device to waste that expensive gasoline.

[(Unverified) Posted May 27th 2008 12:41AM]

There's at least one here in Colorado - up in skiing/hunting territory no less. I think that the drive through hasn't been pursued as a legal issue in most states.

All it does is make it a tad more convenient to buy beer when you're already drunk. I'm just glad we have light rail now in Denver so that all the sports fans can be obnoxious around those of us just going home from work. At least they're not driving.

[toodlestech Posted May 27th 2008 5:50PM]

Why mention Ohio? The picture is from a beer barn in Texas. Not to mention that you can't buy single cans in a drive through and even an open case and no open beverages you can still get a DUI in most states (if not all?). So beer drive throughs aren't illegal in any way and are only for convenience since they only sell cases and bottles. Beer != guns; you don't have to disassemble it and hide it in the trunk...

[LEDfoot Posted May 27th 2008 10:35AM]

This post seems to have little of value other than to give dear old Thomas here another outlet for some personal vendetta against Ford?
A fridge in a car is hardly something new, but it did give him two chances in one day to call Ford "guzzlers".

[(Unverified) Posted May 27th 2008 11:28AM]

I live in florida and we still have drive thru liquor stores. just recently they stopped mixing drinks for you. they would put a lid on it like a soft drink and hand you the straw. As long as the straw wasn't in it and the lid was on it it wasn't an open container.