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German Family Buys Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle For Grocery Runs
Posted by Jack Loftus at 3:00 AM on August 4, 2008
When Joachim Schoeneich of Neu Anspach Germany goes shopping for groceries with the fam from now on, he does so in style: with a tank. Or, more accurately, with a US$47,376 six-ton British Army Fox FV721 armoured reconnaissance vehicle. "We take the tank to go shopping and little trips," Schoeneich said. "It is a bit hard to find a parking place, but we get right of way at every junction." No kidding. It's too bad the gun doesn't work, but this thing's definitely intimidating enough without it. Well, that and the baby seat he installed for his kid. [Ananova via DVICE]
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Valicious
Posted 3:35 AM 4/8/08
@alin0steglinski: for lame struggling artists?
The Mutant ninja kangeroo is Ice-T in disguise.
Valicious
alin0steglinski
Posted 3:29 AM 4/8/08
Does it have a wheelchair lift?
alin0steglinski
FrankenPC
Posted 3:26 AM 4/8/08
I hope he's not a struggling artist...
FrankenPC
joeshit
Posted 3:26 AM 4/8/08
The rest of the story on Ananova reads:
The only drawback is fuel consumption as the £24,000 tank's 4.2 litre engine struggles to better five miles per gallon.
"But the driving experience makes up for it," says Joachim.
joeshit
Cubic_Hour
Posted 3:26 AM 4/8/08
@windowi:
At most gas in Germany is about $9 per gallon right now.
Cubic_Hour
hu_hu_cool
Posted 3:22 AM 4/8/08
he'll probably try to take over a small shopping centre, and then a small country. This is how these things start.....
hu_hu_cool
Fused7
Posted 3:19 AM 4/8/08
@Wegmans:
except for those 2 wars =X
Fused7
Wegmans
Posted 3:18 AM 4/8/08
I love the Germans, they get everything right
Wegmans
citizen024
Posted 3:18 AM 4/8/08
i would be considering converting that thing to a plug-in, the savings in gas would offset the costs in under a month:)
citizen024
Munch the BanNail
Posted 3:16 AM 4/8/08
That would be fun, but not very practical unless you live in Detroit or South Central LA
Munch the BanNail
Glaiel-Gamer
Posted 3:15 AM 4/8/08
disposable income to the max
Glaiel-Gamer
windowi
Posted 3:09 AM 4/8/08
now THATS the way to get to Aldi ... actually this is kinda of surprising considering gas there is 11.50 per gallon US.
windowi
Wegmans
Posted 4:40 AM 4/8/08
Das Ist Mein shopping Kart!
Wegmans
faunaman
Posted 4:40 AM 4/8/08
Maybe he wants to invade Poland every time he goes to the grocers
faunaman
mhlaxp
Posted 4:21 AM 4/8/08
Their local market is actually in a Polish neighborhood.
mhlaxp
Matt B
Posted 4:15 AM 4/8/08
@joeshit:
that's actually really good considering modern day tanks have to be rated in gallons-per-mile...
Matt B
Kirk Douglas
Posted 3:58 AM 4/8/08
The Germans are not a warlike people.
Kirk Douglas
Gstein
Posted 3:56 AM 4/8/08
that's a new way to fight the Grocery Shrink Ray...
Gstein
bbfreak
Posted 4:47 AM 4/8/08
@Kirk Douglas: The Germans were a warlike people until they got their asses kicked in World War I & II. Fixed.
bbfreak
Zander
Posted 4:45 AM 4/8/08
I'd have some major road rage
Zander
LittleJon
Posted 5:27 AM 4/8/08
There are a few people in the UK who drive tanks on the roads. By law you have to have rubber pads on the tracks to stop them tearing up the asphalt. I wonder if Germany has similar laws.
In the US it's illegal to drive a tank on the roads, I believe.
The authorities certainly weren't happy about that guy in San Diego who stole one from the National Guard Armory and went on a GTA-style rampage! :-P
+ Watch video
LittleJon
LividChihuahua
Posted 6:15 AM 4/8/08
Really? The democratic congress? Why not blame the republican one, they were there when all this happened. Not that the democratic one is really helping but that has more to do with the fact that the government is bloated and slow to do anything, which is why I think we should "trim the fat" so to speak.
And with that last line I'm now being watched by homeland security, yay invasion of privacy!
LividChihuahua
knappoleon
Posted 6:00 AM 4/8/08
4 dollar gas, congress is worried about cell phones and leaving, meanwhile Europeans have so much disposable income theyre buying our roads,bridges,buildings and apparently tanks because the euro is kicking our economic asses!
Way to go democratic congress.
knappoleon
bobx3
Posted 6:31 AM 4/8/08
Well someone had some extra cash under the bed.
bobx3
strider_mt2k
Posted 7:01 AM 4/8/08
I guess they never saw that episode of Family Guy.
...or they did.
strider_mt2k
FredicvsMaximvs
Posted 6:54 AM 4/8/08
@joeshit: Really?! My pickup truck has a bigger engine than a tank?! Will wonders never cease...
Heard during the test drive: "Damn, this thing drives like a-
Oh.
Right."
(Or whatever the German equivalent is.)
FredicvsMaximvs
graverobber- Two BEER minimum
Posted 7:45 AM 4/8/08
When did Tom Arnold move to Germany? And why do they need a tank to go get groceries? Is the food store in France or Poland or something? Schnell! schnell!
graverobber- Two BEER minimum
11hawkinst
Posted 8:26 AM 4/8/08
@strider_mt2k: You've got to assume that's where the idea came from...right?
11hawkinst
alpacalypse
Posted 8:21 AM 4/8/08
LOL at the woman holding up her eco-friendly reusable shopping bag while standing in a 5MPG tank.
alpacalypse
d4rlp3nc1l
Posted 8:37 AM 4/8/08
hes saving a shitload on insurance, because all he need is just the liability option (insures when he hits something).
btw..did u see the kids arm, he got it stuck in the gun. and whats with the bike helmet. lol.
but this is sweet, i would make the gun shoot paintballs, and park it in my yard, so on Halloween, ill be there shooting the older trick or treaters. ahhhh ha ha. i can only dream.
d4rlp3nc1l
Griffehpoo
Posted 10:49 AM 4/8/08
Now there's a man who's ready for the inevitable Zombie Apocalypse (Zompocalypse).
Griffehpoo
Nick_Bentley
Posted 12:55 PM 4/8/08
It's not a tank and doesn't have tracks, this model has rubber tires. It's smaller than a hummer, reconnaissance vehicles are made to be quick and stand up to small arms fire.
Nick_Bentley
rockntrumpet
Posted 12:47 PM 4/8/08
@HawkSkater0: I can haz 'striped' hummer?
rockntrumpet
Con Seannery
Posted 12:02 PM 4/8/08
BUT, can it take a hit from the next Falcon 1 when the guidance systems fail?
Con Seannery
HawkSkater0
Posted 11:48 AM 4/8/08
thats not too bad of a price for a tank... 40 grand, you cant buy a hummer h3 for that (well you could.. but who wants a striped down hummer?)
HawkSkater0
CountSmackula
Posted 1:52 PM 4/8/08
@roflwaffles: x2
CountSmackula
roflwaffles
Posted 1:06 PM 4/8/08
fucking win.
roflwaffles
Emiat
Posted 2:17 PM 4/8/08
@Fused7: Well they can't be that bitter over been beaten twice seeing how he bought a British tank.
Emiat
Quicksilver4648
Posted 2:14 PM 4/8/08
DO WANT!
Quicksilver4648
skulldriveshaft
Posted 4:30 PM 4/8/08
@LividChihuahua: you mean all the politicians want money in their pocket, before a penny goes to someone else.
skulldriveshaft
geschmidtt
Posted 5:28 PM 4/8/08
@knappoleon:
Memo to knappoleon: Turn off Rush, use brain.
geschmidtt
Rustydog
Posted 7:35 PM 4/8/08
Yeah in two ww's the US rode in towards the end on the Btits' coattails, claimed victory and ..er.. became a warlike nation.
Rustydog
Ariel_Wollinger
Posted 10:22 PM 4/8/08
OMG the poodle again @ 2:00!!!
Ariel_Wollinger
HawkSkater0
Posted 10:21 PM 4/8/08
@rockntrumpet: by striped I mean like a hummer logo and 2 wheels!
HawkSkater0
Ariel_Wollinger
Posted 10:20 PM 4/8/08
@LittleJon: @ 0:16 is that a fucking poodle???
Ariel_Wollinger
knarph
Posted 6:01 AM 4/8/08
@windowi: We've taken ours to the bars a few times. We were planning on dragging it up to The Last HOPE in NYC a few weeks ago, but just couldn't swing the fuel.
knarph
knarph
Posted 5:45 AM 4/8/08
Strangely enough I have one too. I just never thought to get any press for it. Altho we were going to take it to the Last HOPE in NYC a few weeks ago I just couldn't quite justify the fuel expense.
knarph
joergen
Posted 4:46 AM 4/8/08
Awesome how the non-german speaking press got the story wrong: the guy is a collector of military vehicles, and there are about 20 of them in his town. He isn't using it for daily grocery shopping, but he drove it to England to a convention.
joergen
NoSchool
Posted 4:35 AM 4/8/08
I hope he doesn't get road rage.
NoSchool
kanon
Posted 12:15 AM 5/8/08
How many MPG's and what's the top speed? I want to take it to College. Nobody but Nobody will touch it.
kanon
mikail511
Posted 12:06 AM 5/8/08
dude, my cousins live in neu anspach! Cuz, im coming to visit!
mikail511
AskTheAdmin
Posted 12:32 AM 5/8/08
So is this street legal or what?
AskTheAdmin
twilight-arc
Posted 1:15 AM 5/8/08
Well, this confirms that the Hummer is so last year. APCs are the next craze - screw the price of petrol ;)
twilight-arc
SeventhExile
Posted 3:21 AM 5/8/08
...Really only $50,000..
Considering what it is.. I'd say this guy got a great deal.
Screw getting a Porsche!
SeventhExile
GadgetPlay
Posted 5:54 AM 5/8/08
@knappoleon: "Way to go democratic congress."
Now you've done it.
@geschmidtt: Turn off NPR, CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, use brain.
@Rustydog: "on the Btits' coattails, claimed victory and ..er.. became a warlike nation."
Is that actually what they teach in the government schools these days?
GadgetPlay
FrankenPC
Posted 8:07 AM 5/8/08
DMV: Sir, it's going to take 30 days to register your...uh...vehicle.
German guy: 30 DAYS! I TOOK POLAND IN 30 DAYS!!!
FrankenPC