I want a car that looks like Husqvarna's new lawnmower

Posted by Rob Beschizza, April 24, 2009 9:57 AM | permalink

But not so much from the front. [Husqvarna]

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#1 posted by retrojoe, April 24, 2009 10:19 AM

It's a Roomba for your lawn. A Roomba with a spinning steel blade that conveniently sends you a text message if it runs over a child or you neighbor's cat.

The future is NOW!

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#2 posted by haineux, April 24, 2009 10:30 AM

Now THAT is a gadget to covet. It even looks like the Batmobile.

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#3 posted by flipcloud, April 24, 2009 11:12 AM

#1 hit my concerns over this one on the nose; semi autonomous blade wielding robots... has Husqvarna never watched any good movies?

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#4 posted by Anonymous, April 24, 2009 11:31 AM

"The battery is maintenance free, but has a limited life span of 1-3 years. The battery may only be replaced by a dealer. "

That's all I needed to read. Next contender please....

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#5 posted by cory, April 24, 2009 11:43 AM

Mildly alarmed that unsupervised sports cars full of whirling knives are loose on our nations' lawns.

From the site:

"Like all Husqvarna’s robotic mowers, it charges and operates itself without need for supervision. Should anything disturb the operation, 260 ACX sends a text message to your mobile phone.and operates itself without need for supervision."

"Anything"

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#6 posted by dross1260, April 27, 2009 9:56 AM

Goes with the laser sharks in my pool.

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#7 posted by dculberson, April 27, 2009 11:17 AM

The blades are actually very small and light. Similar to a utility knife blade on a free-swinging arm where the spin causes them to swing out. They probably wouldn't do much more damage than a major paper cut.

More to the point, what are unsupervised children doing in your lawn around your $3000 mower?! The finger loss should be considered a life lesson. Cats are smarter than that.