Anyone want a V8 ride-on mower?

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Check these crazy vehicles out!!!

They are the smallest V8 cars you'll ever see (well, not even a car, it's a motor that you sit on!)

They are called a 'Hossfly'. Watch the video that loads on this page: http://www.hossflyinc.com/pics.html

Woo-Hooooooooooooo

[Kevnool (Kev)]

For the man who throws amonium nitrate on there lawn is the need to cut it quick.

Cheers

[Ric]

That would be an awesome facelift for my old Victa.

[leon]

Well, one would get around the lawn pretty quick i expect.

Leon

[lacad01 (Adam)]

Would like to see the power to weight ratio

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

They're not actually mowers at all - they're small cars that only go 25-30mph - even with all that power. At $13.5k that's bordering on insanity - even if they are a bit of fun. The most useless thing I've seen in ages, but I'd still like to have a ride on one! Even limited (because the COG is pretty high by the looks of it) to low 30's, acceleration would be rather brisk. What fun.

You'd really want a completely unallocated & spare $14k to throw away, wouldn't you? Not in my lifetime unfortunately.

[Exfso (Peter)]

The yanks love their V8's, that is a fact...

[multiweb (Marc)]

Given the weight of this thing and the size of the wheels it would bog down inside the lawn at the first sign of reving. And any incline over 15 degrees and you'd roll down the hill with a chevy block on your head. Nice toy but useless IMHO. Have you ever seen those weat harvesting machines crash derby in the US? They would race anything with an engine.

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

It's not a mower!!!! Where'd that idea come from - the shape?

[multiweb (Marc)]

Originally Posted by Omaroo

It's not a mower!!!! Where'd that idea come from - the shape?

You're right. I thought it was one of these. But I'm pretty sure I saw one before with just a chevy block like those minicars on youtube a while ago. I though was the same link. Will have to dig it out

[AndrewJ]

The yanks love their V8's, that is a fact...

Just Google "V8 chainsaw competition"
if you want to see what lunatics and V8s can do to trees
when their lawnmowers are having a rest.

Andrew

[GrahamL]

Drop a conrod and you'd sure find out about it pretty quick

[Barrykgerdes]

Wouldn't be as much fun as I had when I put an old BSA motor on a cyclops toy go cart. The motor was a bit sick so I used to clutch start it in top gear going down the hill. That was hair raising when it fired.

We had it out one new years eve street party. My mate took it round the block but did not see the curb (no brakes). The front end disintegrated and threw him. He was too drunk to get hurt. The go cart never ran again.

Barry

[Stardrifter_WA]

Originally Posted by Omaroo

They're not actually mowers at all - they're small cars that only go 25-30mph - even with all that power. At $13.5k that's bordering on insanity - even if they are a bit of fun. The most useless thing I've seen in ages, but I'd still like to have a ride on one! Even limited (because the COG is pretty high by the looks of it) to low 30's, acceleration would be rather brisk. What fun.

You'd really want a completely unallocated & spare $14k to throw away, wouldn't you? Not in my lifetime unfortunately.

If I had a spare 14k, I would spend it on a new scope. But then, there are plenty of people out there with enormous sums of disposable income that are looking for new and interesting toys.

BUT.........I would love to see the neighbours face when I mowed my front lawn with one of those Mower Wars, yahoooo!

[taminga16 (Greg)]

Originally Posted by nightstalker

Drop a conrod and you'd sure find out about it pretty quick

"Riding high in April seriously shot down in May."

Greg.

[Bassnut (Fred)]

Nah, what you need is a V8 chainsaw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Tam...e_gdata_player

[Jen]

oh i just love the sounds a V8 makes

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by Omaroo

They're not actually mowers at all - they're small cars that only go 25-30mph -

Originally Posted by Omaroo

It's not a mower!!!! Where'd that idea come from - the shape?

Yes, we know they aren't actually mowers Chris.
Use your imagination. Everyone else seems able to

[Kevnool (Kev)]

Originally Posted by Jen

oh i just love the sounds a V8 makes

Get it right Jen.......A Chevy V8.........


Cheers Kev.

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

Yes, we know they aren't actually mowers Chris.
Use your imagination. Everyone else seems able to

Now there's a logical assessment Ken. My imagination is at fault. Righto... LOL