Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

The 150mph lawn mower: Honda is working on a Mean Mower V2 that can go from 0-60 in less than [tr]
UK Daily Mail ^ | July 11, 2018 | Joe Pinkstone

Posted on 07/11/2018 6:07:07 AM PDT by C19fan

Honda is working on the world's fastest lawn mower, which will reach speeds of up to 150mph (240 km/h).

The 'Mean Mower V2' features a 999cc engine that is capable of churning out 189 horsepower and sending the garden vehicle from 0-60mph in less than three seconds.

That makes the Mean Mower V2 is more powerful than the base model Audi A3 (103 bhp) and quicker than a Ferrari 488 (0-60 mph in 3.0 seconds).

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: mowing
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-63 next last
To: Mr Ramsbotham

And GPS autopilot and a beer cooler


41 posted on 07/11/2018 6:59:03 AM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Noumenon

When we moved to our place in 2011, I bought a used Craftsman rider with a 46” deck and used it to mow the acre or so around our house and left the rest of it as hay for a neighbor for his Angus cattle. But my wife hated all that long stuff surrounding our place. Plus, the last couple of years, every time I used that mower something broke, be it a belt, bent rod (I mentioned in another thread that a mouse had built a home around one of the cylinders, caking the cooling fins with dried mud), even a rabbit chewing through a fuel line. It took 2.5 hours to mow that acre.

Now the five acres takes the same time and same gas. And it’s like living in a park. It’s also fun to practice using my Irons on it (golf). That 60” zero turn changed our life. Funny how a mower does that. I should have bought it when we moved here.

I’ve heard of MTD but never seen one. Are they as fast as a Honda? :-D


42 posted on 07/11/2018 7:03:11 AM PDT by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 40 | View Replies]

To: C19fan
Great prop for Gnomeo and Juliet


43 posted on 07/11/2018 7:04:36 AM PDT by HangnJudge
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

Amazing. A DM writer managed to figure out that 189hp > 103hp.

Why he made that particular comparison will remain his secret, of course.


44 posted on 07/11/2018 7:09:24 AM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

Terrafirminator


45 posted on 07/11/2018 7:12:53 AM PDT by HangnJudge
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

I suppose that if I had a plot of a couple of acres of grass that I wanted mowed, this might be worth while.


46 posted on 07/11/2018 7:26:00 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

I suppose that if I had a plot of a couple of acres of grass that I wanted mowed, this might be worth while.


47 posted on 07/11/2018 7:26:00 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: cuban leaf

I think that Honda has me beat. Lol. Once I cleaned up the
Fuel lines and changed the oil, it ran well. Just had to put an edge back on the blades after that.

Your rig sounds impressive. Probably out of my price range, though. Paid $300 for the Yard Machines mower and put another $150 into it to bring it up to snuff. No cup holder, though. Snif.


48 posted on 07/11/2018 7:26:02 AM PDT by Noumenon (When all liberals have is a hammer, every problem is a nail in YOUR coffin.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 42 | View Replies]

To: avenir


49 posted on 07/11/2018 7:26:48 AM PDT by Blogatron (Brought to you by The American Frog Council; "Frog - The other green meat.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

Meh ... all Hondas are overpriced especially the mowers. I buy the cheapest Home Depot mower they have every three years for $100-150. After 9 years I will have approached the price of the average Honda mower and had a new mower three times.


50 posted on 07/11/2018 7:28:16 AM PDT by ByteMercenary (Healthcare Insurance is *NOT* a Constitutional right.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan
Our fields would require a bit more grooming to accommodate this tool.

Least I be bounced into neighboring fields, whilst the tool runs amok.

51 posted on 07/11/2018 7:30:54 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan
ROTFLMAO!!! Try, just try to mow my lawn at 150 mph.
52 posted on 07/11/2018 7:31:21 AM PDT by libstripper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: OKSooner

Dizzying!


53 posted on 07/11/2018 7:32:41 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: Noumenon

You can usually see objects in the road a lot further away at high speed, and they usually get removed by someone other than you. Also, your car, unlike your mower, isn’t designed to impact everything more than 3 inches off the ground. I’d hate to mow over a rake or hedge clippers or any kind of object left by someone in a field at any speed let alone highway or autobahn speeds.


54 posted on 07/11/2018 7:46:22 AM PDT by MountainWalker
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 26 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

Already done by Tim Taylor of “Tool Time”. AOGH?!?


55 posted on 07/11/2018 7:52:07 AM PDT by Blue Collar Christian (Socialism is for losers.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

Fernando Alonso is probably wondering why Honda was doing this instead of supplying a decent engine to McLaren.


56 posted on 07/11/2018 7:57:20 AM PDT by punchamullah
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan
Doesn't mow worth shit, but aerodynamic as all get out !
57 posted on 07/11/2018 7:59:43 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: no-to-illegals

Ejection seat and parachute maybe?


58 posted on 07/11/2018 8:06:14 AM PDT by Clarancebeaks
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 7 | View Replies]

To: C19fan
I think I saw this on a "Home Improvement" episode...


59 posted on 07/11/2018 8:08:18 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: C19fan

I need something like that. It takes me six plus hours to mow my two plus acres. Of course I may hit a few trees at about a hundred or so.


60 posted on 07/11/2018 8:19:32 AM PDT by Hattie
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-63 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson