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Even though it is dangerous to drive while eating or drinking, most morning commuters still want to have their coffee on the way to work. Car designers know this, which is why they install cup holders that are easy for the driver to reach. Audi took the idea a step further and designed their concept Roadjet with a fully-functional espresso machine (above left) on the arm rest between the driver and passenger seats. This enables the driver to get his or her caffeine fix without having to pull into a Starbucks, though hopefully they will wait until the car stops before pulling a shot.
One enthusiastic Audi fan couldn't resist making a mod with his own Audi and installed a Capresso 1500 (above right) in the back seat. It is securely tied down to the seat and is powered with an inverter that is mounted on the dash. It's also a bit safer than the Roadjet model because, since the machine is in the back seat, the driver cannot operate the machine while behind the wheel.
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8-27-2006 @11:44AM Elizabeth said... First of all, Mike, the article DOES say that the Audi IS pictured in the above LEFT, not right like you stated. Therefore, the article is correct. Secondly, this is just another accident waiting to happen. A car is for driving, let's keep it that way.
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8-27-2006 @11:48AM Chad said... Amen Lance
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8-27-2006 @11:52AM David said... Lance is right,
Let the weak die if they are to stupid to operate a car and a coffe pot at the same time while driving. Lets put more in the car.
Survival of the fittest
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8-27-2006 @11:56AM Danny said... Im glad that there are a few people who think like I do.
Lance hit the nail on the head
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8-27-2006 @4:17PM dennis said... my answer to teresa is well they do read the paper and use the computer as they drive so making coffee ( as dangerous as it is to do so ) is not so new of an idea im a trucker and u would not believe the things people do while driving there vehicles !!!!!!!!! it is surprising there arent more accidents than we see
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8-27-2006 @12:00PM Lance said... Please, Please no autographs.
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8-27-2006 @12:04PM Skip F said... Maybe they can add an auxillary plug for a George Foreman Grill!
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8-27-2006 @12:07PM Lance said... The cha cha baby has spoken
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8-27-2006 @12:22PM Teri said... What? And miss stopping at Star Bucks? I like someone saying "hello" each morning, and, well, also the pastries..........this step forward is a step backward, to me.
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8-27-2006 @12:31PM Ron Oneye' said... My opinion, I think this is not a safe or proper addition to a car. Is dangerous enough someone just balancing a paper cup or commuter mug of coffee while driving. Is an distraction, has to be. Nothing against coffee drinkers as I am a huge coffee drinker...
Ron
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8-27-2006 @12:47PM Mike said... This is REALLY RIDICULOUS. It's bad enough that there are people on the road who don't even deserve to have a license to drive in the first place. The auto makers are contributing to the possibility of an accident by installing " STUPIDITY" into their cars. Driving requires undivided attention, not to be done while talking on the phone, eating, drinking coffee, etc.
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8-27-2006 @12:56PM ricardo said... hey kate, about the urinal in the seat, i used to drive a truck, i had that system years ago! it was a funnel with a piece of garden hose shoved thru a small hole in the floorboard. p.s. if you try it, be sure to slow down while using or it will blow back in your face!! i just hated when that happened. made the coffee salty!!!
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8-27-2006 @12:59PM barbara mclemore said... To Teresa: Here, in Southern California, I have SEEN people reading the newspaper on the freeway. It is so scary..............
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8-27-2006 @1:00PM Jodi Turner said... Might be almost unheard of but how about the reliable thermos bottle......really does keep beverage hot or cold!
Make it at home and bring it along on trips...what could be simplier?
P.S. Truckers do it!
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8-27-2006 @1:09PM Daniel Hallmark, Budget Plumbing, St. Louis said... WOW!!! What a great idea! This is even better than my reclining, vibrating-massage porta-potty I use when driving in city traffic. The mobile coffee maker will make a perfect accent to the mobile Habachi I have duct-taped to the dash board! Does anyone have ass-less leather pants to go with the coffee maker?
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8-27-2006 @1:10PM Sandy Korda said... Brings to mind the obvious "caution, contains hot beverage" accident made famous a few years ago - when an elderly lady accidently spilled steeping java in her lap. In the more current situation, who would one sue if one accidently spilled one's morning brew on more than the seat...? The sippy-cup maker? Did it spill because of the liquid's near-molten tempature (now causing one to speak with a lisp), or because of another driver - reacting to their super-heated cup of Joe that he (or she, as the case may be) just purchased at the local Dunkin Donuts...?!
The portable/mobile urinal is a neat ("sic" - not sick... look it up) concept, but not universally practical. Neither is the vibrating orgasmic auto seat offered by a Japanese designer a few years ago. I'd rather reach my destination in one piece - and forgo the trip to the hospital because of some other driver's commuter trip to Nervana-ah-ah-aAHHHHH!!! ...Crunch!
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8-27-2006 @2:39PM Joyce said... Where I live people do read, drink, put on makeup and talk on their phones. Sometimes all at the same time!Making hot coffee in a car not a good idea. Unless of course they are going to include a Belgian waffle maker with the machine!
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8-27-2006 @1:25PM Katy said... This is not a new idea. 20 years ago we had a coffee pot that you plugged into your lighter and it perked away. It had a case for it to sit in with little cups and containers for cream and sugar. We used it once because it was a real mess to deal with grounds, water, etc. Making coffee at home and using a thermos or coffee mug is a much better idea.
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8-27-2006 @1:38PM Tohnny said... People are so lazy they can't get in their cars, and go to a drive-through Starbucks. If they have them in my hick-town (not even shown on the map), I know they have them in yours! GET OFF YOUR BUTTS, AMERICA.
Furthermore, I don't think this device would function well in California or other hilly areas. I mean, gravity would cause the stream of boiling coffee to spill all over when you're practically verticle on regular roads in the valley. The cup needs to be higher to solve that issue.
I know they expect people to have decency, and common sense when using this, but look how people mistreat the rules of the road as it is.
I liked the idea some one was hinting at above about making a law that you have to pull over to use your phone (unless in heavy traffic). So nothing like that's been in the rule book before, but when they were written, the cellphone hadn't been invented yet, and I believe it needs some updating.
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8-27-2006 @1:59PM tammy said... I had a car coffee maker once... but it didn't work well, and in fact, burned out my cigarette lighter!!! If this one works, I'm all for it! Who's to say the driver has to make the coffee? We had it for vacation, taking long trips when we couldn't find a Starbucks along the roadside! I made coffe,... he drove..... seemed perfect, if it had worked!
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