Where do you put takeout food?

[SD ///M4]

When I pick up a pizza to go it alway goes in the trunk secured by the net. Definitely the best pizza carrier system!

Any other take-out goes in the passenger footwell. Food containers NEVER get placed on the leathers seats, EVER!

[myzmak]

If you eat fast food often enough for this to be an actual problem, you have a much larger problem than infecting your car with the taint of big mac aromas.

[BMWM5NYC]

In all my M3's I have had and both my M5's I put it on the floor right behind me in the passenger footwell in the rear. Secure area with no room to bounce around. Been doing this for 30 yrs.

[Ian1973]

no eating in my car, but take out and leftovers of course. It's a car.

[tastes jigga]

On the floor in front of the passenger seat

[CPWINCH]

crazy how people take their cars so seriously. Lifes too short. Who cares if you spill food in your car? Its just a car. Its a BMW too. I ripped out my entire interior and do not regret it.

Posting pic to make those who are obsessed with their interior uncomfortable:

[TRZ06]

For pizza, I only do delivery.

For any fast food or to go orders, I have a clear plastic storage bin with a sealable lid. Either leave it in the truck or at home and bring it as necessary.

Keeps the smell out of the car, and captures any spillage.

[Howard_R]

Almost forgot - fat chicks are also not allowed in my car, but of course they would not be considered food - hot chicks however are a whole other story

[Super Spartan]

I put the take out food right where it belongs... in my mouth

[SD ///M4]

Originally Posted by (((myzmak)))

If you eat fast food often enough for this to be an actual problem, you have a much larger problem than infecting your car with the taint of big mac aromas.

No one said anything about fast food. The question was "Where do you put take out food?" Fast food and takeout food are not necessarily the same thing, and take out food is usually not gotten at a drive-through window. Restaurants that offer take out food generally have a few "take out only" parking spots outside for you to run in and get your pick up your order, usually done by phone or online.

[Kankles]

Originally Posted by BMWM5NYC

In all my M3's I have had and both my M5's I put it on the floor right behind me in the passenger footwell in the rear. Secure area with no room to bounce around. Been doing this for 30 yrs.

On the rare occasion, this...and pizza in the trunk net

[Shanh81]

Trunk primarily or passenger floor seat on the rare occasion of having food in car

[Ryno 27]

get a collapsible cooler, they work great!

[mmmmQuattro]

Originally Posted by rynomi6

get a collapsible cooler, they work great!

That's exactly what I do.

Keeps the food hot and keeps the smell from getting into the car.
I have a trunk organizer which stops it from sliding around.

[FirstF80InSpace]

I hold the food outside my window as I drive.

[MNoob]

There are too many delivery aps/services these days to ever need to pick up takeout.

[evolution80]

Originally Posted by Snappy Phoenix

No food, no drinks. No water, NADA in my car! Even people who dont smell good arent allowed near my car! OCD!

thats the spirit!

[Who's on first]

Originally Posted by SD ///M4

When I pick up a pizza to go it alway goes in the trunk secured by the net. Definitely the best pizza carrier system!

Any other take-out goes in the passenger footwell. Food containers NEVER get placed on the leathers seats, EVER!

If I'm grabbing a 2 liter with the pizza I lay the 2 liter sideways on passenger seat, then pizza box on top of that. Keeps it perfectly level.

[myzmak]

Originally Posted by SD ///M4

No one said anything about fast food. The question was "Where do you put take out food?" Fast food and takeout food are not necessarily the same thing, and take out food is usually not gotten at a drive-through window. Restaurants that offer take out food generally have a few "take out only" parking spots outside for you to run in and get your pick up your order, usually done by phone or online.

Wow.

That was a really serious answer to my flippant response. I must confess I had not expected to get into an epistemological debate about the nature of fast vs take out food.

But since we are here....man. Well, it just leads to so many questions, doesn't it?

For instance, is the existence of a parking spot a necessary or sufficient condition of a take out food restaurant? What about in an urban area with limited parking? Other than fine dining establishments (an entire category unto itself), are there many casual restaurants that do NOT offer take out service? (and, indeed, can we not expect that if you pay enough even Jean Georges will deliver a takeout package for your butler to pick up?) Conversely, would any fast food restaurant (drive thru window or not) not also be a takeout? If I can 'dine in' or 'take it to go' is that not the essential nature of the takeout food experience? Is there any 'drive through or eat in only' restaurant anywhere? If the answers to those questions are as I expect, do we not then descend into absurdity when all restaurants are thus really take out? Put another way: if we were to draw the inevitable venn diagram of the restaurant universe, would not the 'take out' circle not be so large as to encompass all (or nearly all) the 'fast food' circle, all of the 'casual dining' circle and just leave outside of its wide reach a small circle for 'fine dining'?

See it all becomes quite a lot all at once. Too much, really, for a Tuesday morning. This is much more Thursday morning type banter.

I guess I really have two points here.

One, if you are taking food out of a restaurant (fast or otherwise) so often that you worry about its smell infecting your car, you eat out too much. Perhaps the existence of this thread is part of the answer to 'Murica's obesity epidemic.

Second, and this is key: covfefe.

[RickFLM4]

Originally Posted by MNoob

There are too many delivery aps/services these days to ever need to pick up takeout.

Not really. No UberEATS or GrubHub where I live. The delivery services we have in the area are inconsistent (delivery times / food temperature and order accuracy) and they don't cover every restaurant. Takeout often happens on the ride home - easier and quicker to just stop and pick up something than wait for delivery after getting home.

[geneatals]

trunk, use the cargo net if applicable to if the bag is tall enough and has handles I attach the handles to the hooks on the upper sides (either one).

floor of the back seat also works...it's a car man....relaxxx

[Fast4d]

rear passenger foot well. it does not have space to slide around.

put in in the front passenger foot well? it will go flying if I had to brake hard or make a turn.

if food contains liquids I put in trunk's lower compartment. once I get meth that won't be a solution but my car is not a daily driver.