Anyone else notice LIDL's super-powerful lawnmower?

[guindilias]

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Non-Food-Offers.htm?arti...

182kW is 242hp - time to take it drag racing!

[GOG440]

guindilias said:

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Non-Food-Offers.htm?arti...

182kW is 242hp - time to take it drag racing!

nippy lol

[cjs racing.]

I make it 244HP.

[Rude-boy]

Noted but lost interest when i saw it was neither a ride on, nor self propelled

[guindilias]

You must be cheating, then.
You could mow quarries with a mower that powerful...

[rsbmw]

I think I might grab one of those!

[RizzoTheRat]

The R22 helicopter has a 160bhp engine, and is a lot heavier, so turn the mower upside down....

[guindilias]

RizzoTheRat said:

The R22 helicopter has a 160bhp engine, and is a lot heavier, so turn the mower upside down....

It's only got a small petrol tank though, you wouldn't get very far - maybe mow the hedge?

[S6PNJ]

guindilias said:

maybe mow the hedge?

What, like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbK9eybE35E

Edited by S6PNJ on Friday 2nd March 14:25

[TooMany2cvs]

guindilias said:

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Non-Food-Offers.htm?arti...

182kW is 242hp - time to take it drag racing!

Not exactly impressive from 55 litre capacity, though I'd imagine the torque's fairly decent. Going to be an absolute bd to pull-start...

[TooMany2cvs]

S6PNJ said:

What, like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbK9eybE35E

No, like this...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyWzk31p3lk

[Flibble]

rsbmw said:

I think I might grab one of those!

I wouldn't - the engine is not well reviewed on the manufacturer site (also it's only 3.4 HP).

[rsbmw]

Flibble said:

I wouldn't - the engine is not well reviewed on the manufacturer site (also it's only 3.4 HP).

I thought briggs and stratton were bulletproof. My current is a Mountfield B&S, engine is bulletproof it's the rest of the thing that's old and knackered.

[guindilias]

B&S used to be bulletproof. Now known as "Briggs and Scrap 'em" due to cost cuts like plastic camshafts and the like - our local lawnmower fella doesn't often even bother fixing them, just bins the engine and bolts on a new one.

[TR4man]

Three year warranty too.

[Toltec]

TooMany2cvs said:

guindilias said:

https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/Non-Food-Offers.htm?arti...

182kW is 242hp - time to take it drag racing!

Not exactly impressive from 55 litre capacity, though I'd imagine the torque's fairly decent. Going to be an absolute bd to pull-start...

I thought that was the fuel tank, nitromethane only I suspect with an engine rebuild between every 1/4 mile of grass mowed.

[guindilias]

And the occasional crash and resultant explosion as you stray off the straight 1/4 mile and hit the barrier.

[TooMany2cvs]

guindilias said:

And the occasional crash and resultant explosion as you stray off the straight 1/4 mile and hit the...

gnome.

[PixelpeepS3]

cjs racing. said:

I make it 244HP.

JBS Auto design, is that you?!

[Dr Mike Oxgreen]

RizzoTheRat said:

The R22 helicopter has a 160bhp engine, and is a lot heavier, so turn the mower upside down....

An upside-down lawnmower would be a more comfortable and stylish way to travel than an R22.