Police to auction off nitrous-fueled, motorized La-Z-Boy
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted October 26th 2009 1:07PM
posted October 26th 2009 1:07PM
We've seen plenty of strange motorized chairs in this space, including those controlled by Wii Nunchucks and even brainwaves, but rarely do they become available for sale. The handiwork of Minnesota resident Dennis Anderson, this La-Z-Boy mod features everything the manufacturer left out, including: stereo sound system, nitrous oxide booster, parachute, headlights, a steering wheel, and a sticker that reads: "Hell yeah, it's fast." The vehicle, which will reach speeds of 20 MPH, was seized by the state when the driver crashed into a parked car -- he was on the way home from the bar (of course) and 'fessed up to consuming "eight or nine" beers prior to the incident. Anderson may be roaming the streets with a two-year suspended sentence, but his chariot can be yours! Keep an eye out on eBay, where it's due to appear this week with no reserve price.
[Thanks, Scooterde]
[Thanks, Scooterde]
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How does the police have the power to take it and sell it?"
Maybe it was a safety inspection?
Like in "The Hunt for Red October"?
Except this was a chair...lol
Ever watch COPS? There have been a few times they were giving DUI's to people driving things like tractors, and lawnmowers. Yes, they can impound a lawnmower. And they do, if a driving related crime is serious, or occurs multiple times, they can seize your vehicle, whatever type of vehicle that may be. It's absolutely screwed up, but then again, you should know better than to drive drunk.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPxIibhcKY - dude getting a DUI on a lawnmower.
I've heard of people getting DUIs for going out to their cars to get their coats before they called a taxi to get a ride home
DUI = Driving Under Influence, the operating word here is driving.
LMFAO @ getting this for my grandmother an watching her open a hole in the wall with a 200 shot of of nos! MOMMY, I WANT ONE!!!
that guy spent so much time making that, i cant believe they just took it, and are selling it.
poor guy
he probably doesnt even have enough life left to make one again.
BEST LA Z BOY EVaR
Is it just me or does this dude look like George Carlin? Specifically George Carlin if you were to dig him up now.
i bet you can catch some fine poonani with that.
"Real mennn of geniussss"...."Mr. Drunken Nitrous La-Z-Boy Maker!"
"Here's to you, sir"
Official transportation of the new Walmart Geek Squad.
I think he and the make of the motorized barstool should have a race to the death!
This brings back fond memories of Roundhouse on Nickelodeon--a sketch comedy show that was a mashup of In Living Color and high school theater. The generic "Dad" character tooled around on a motorized La-Z-Boy.
Holy crap. I miss Roundhouse... that show kicked ass! How could I have forgotten about it???
The chair was impounded after he smashed into a parked car as he returned from a bar in Proctor.
The chair comes with a stereo, nitrous oxide booster, parachute and a "hell yeah it's fast" sticker.
Local police chief Walter Wobig told Agence France-Presse news agency the chair would be posted on eBay next week with no reserve price.
"Minnesota police can auction off vehicles seized in drink-drive cases or keep them for official use."
that bullshit they can take your car and sell it for profit (yearly bonus probably) or keep it for there department that crap
i would win it and give it back to him, if i had the money
YAY Dennis Anderson.
Not as cool as Mike West's Cra-z-boy. His chair is jet powered. He's also got a jet powered golf cart named Tee'd Off and he owns Megasaurus which is a transforming car eating dinosaur.
More like Cra-Z-boy!
On a different note, Americans, PLEASE can you pronounce the letter Z correctly? It's pronounced 'zed', not 'zee'. Ask your neighbours up north, they'll confirm the same thing.
does that mean your name is pronounced "are-three-loaded"?
or is it reloaded because you reused "cra-z-boy" from the post above yours
Hey, I pronounced it "Cra-zed Boy" rather than "Cra-zee Boy!" :) Don't listen to Sesame Street, they are evil!!
I thought we won our independence from you guys and your cra-Z pronunciations some time ago
Yea, coming from someone who uses the number 3 in place of the letter e can really talk in matters of the English language.
There are different pronunciations of the letter Z. Sorry, "Americans" don't hold the patent on pronouncing Z as "zee" , that has been around for a while.
"Zed's dead baby, Zed's dead."
WOW! I'd hate to get caught walking while impaired... Auction off my legs????????
Besides it not being a street legal vehicle, they couldn't arrest him for DWI cuz its not a car! genius!
Actually, they can give him a DUI...You can get a DUI for driving anything with wheels.
Here's a fun fact!! You can get a DUI while riding a bicycle.
Wrong...
http://www.dui.com/dui-library/dui-shorts/lawn-mower-dui
As Steve Miller points out, you can be given a DUI for driving/riding almost anything (a riding lawn mower in this case but even walking while drunk can get you tagged in some localities).
...his 'chair-iot' awaits...
I'd assume that they seized the chair because he had no insurance to cover the damage to the car he hit -- which if it's a newer-than-1985-model vehicle, will cost $2500 and up to fix the teeniest dent.
The police are auctioning it off?? They stole the man's chair?? Disgusting Pigs. We all make mistakes, that doesn't give them the authority to steal a man's property.
they cant sell something like that when the cops have taken it...
that's messed up that they would take something that you put your hard work into making and just sell it online.
This is how we all roll in MN. I see he didn't opt for the hydraulics *head bounces*
:P
lol where do I have a misunderstanding of NOS and Nitrous? I simply said james was right no matter what he meant. Nitrous, N2O, NOS, N.O.S., Nitrous Oxide Systems, none of those are a fuel. I'm sure the diatribe on the details of nitrous is appreciated by all, but the point is people who aren't into that (99% of the population) are naturally going to call it "NAWS" and nobody seems to really care except an elitist troll on engadget.
Good looking man.
Inspires confidence.
Will the cops give you n02 to use with it? Only on engadget would no one mention the real way to use no2, huffing the shit out of a tank with ms. molly.
Is this going into production?
Me want one bad!