Do I Need A Lawn Mower That Goes 100 Miles An Hour?

I subscribe to a number of landlord trade magazines. In almost every issue of every landlord magazine there is at least one article describing some amazing new product. I don’t usually read these articles because most of the time they are just thinly disguised ads.

However, one new product article in the current issue of a national landlord magazine did catch my eye. The article is about a company that converts riding lawn mowers into high speed racing machines. They take a Honda ‘Mean Mower’ and replace the engine. The converted ‘Mean Mower’ has a top speed of 105 miles per hour. According to the article, this lawnmower “features a six-speed paddle shift gearbox meshed to a 1,000cc engine. It produces 532 horsepower per ton and ensures a 0 to 60 mph time of 4.0 seconds.” Although I don’t understand that technical jargon, I am pretty sure that I do not need a lawnmower that goes from 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds or that travels 105 miles an hour. What do you think?

You may wonder: ‘who would buy a lawnmower like this?’ You can’t cut grass at 100 miles an hour. I think that this lawnmower was made for rich people who like NASCAR racing, something that bores me to death. The article doesn’t say how much this lawnmower costs, but I assume it is very expensive. See the photo below of the lawnmower on a test track. (I am not going to ask my teenage nephews Julian or Michael if they think I should buy this lawnmower. I think they would say ‘Yes!’ and demand that I give them the keys)