Since when do riding mowers have a better steering wheel than your track toy?

[shawnhayes]

Originally Posted by BlkGS

Probably not, lol. That was like 2300$ when we were in Lowes last, so that's a pretty good sale price. It also kind of looked like a piece of crap, from the quick feel i got of it from my toddler climbing on and sitting in and pretending to drive every riding mower the store has, every time.

Based on the highly unscientific toddler test, I'm thinking your better to spend the 20% more on one better than that. Bummer post, come for the BMWs, stay for the incredibly surface level reviews of lawn equipment, lol.

HAH!

But, every piece of crap lawnmower I've ever owned has outlasted almost every car. Regardless of price.

Shawn

[BlkGS]

Originally Posted by shawnhayes

HAH!

But, every piece of crap lawnmower I've ever owned has outlasted almost every car. Regardless of price.

Shawn

You're not buying crappy enough mowers? Lol. My troy bilt with a Honda motpr only lasted me 3 years of Florida use. It was the cheap self propel mower at the time. That's what sent me shopping for a new mower, I ended up with the ego 10Ah dual blade self propel all the toys one.

Side note, if anyone is in the market, Lowe's has it on sale until I think the end of April for $750, with the 10Ah and charger, plus a free 5Ah battery. That's what I bought (ingot the blower and string trimmer kits that also came with free batteries. It's a good deal on a top quality piece. I debated the Greenworks 80v stuff from Costco, but it was only a little cheaper in price but a lot cheaper in quality.

[JimmyTheHand]

Perhaps they are aiming for a track day - The British Lawn Mower Racing Association

[MADBMWX5MC]

^....and they have an association...

[Donatello.]

Originally Posted by BlkGS

I mean, corporations should have record profits with inflation... That's how math works...

I'm more convinced that the OPE companies see moves made in crazy land California and other blue states to ban small motors as an existential threat, and so they're throwing everything they have at battery equipment. It's also a convenient way to get add on sales, because unlike gas equipment, you get locked into a battery platform. And when your battery fails to charge as much in a few years, you're gonna buy another battery vs starting over with all new equipment, whereas with a gas equivalent you could replace that one piece.

So it only makes business sense for them to try to make the battery stuff the price winner up front. And since it's a whole lot easier to swap a battery mid mow than mid road trip, it's a lot easier to make it work for more consumers than EVs.

I'm convinced this is the playbook for EVs though. They will raise the prices on ICE vehicles to offset EV losses until the EVs are cheaper, and then people will start buying the EVs. It's already happening with f150 and lightning. They threw $15k on the hood and made them cheaper than a gas f150, sales of it spiked. The auto industry will price ICE vehicles out of competition, and we will be forced into EVs. Toyota might screw it up for them by going big on hybrids, but if the EPA keeps at its nonsense they'll just make it impossible to not sell EVs only.

No, I am saying that a lot of these companies use inflation as their excuse.

[Donatello.]

Originally Posted by shawnhayes

HAH!

But, every piece of crap lawnmower I've ever owned has outlasted almost every car. Regardless of price.

Shawn

Many moons ago, I had a cheap Craftsman mower that didn't even last past 1 season.

[Donatello.]

Originally Posted by BlkGS

The price floor for riding mowers is like $2500 minimum.

The range I gave was for push mowers.

[shawnhayes]

Originally Posted by Donatello.

Many moons ago, I had a cheap Craftsman mower that didn't even last past 1 season.

That’s sad. Sorry.

Shawn

[XutvJet]

I paid $700 for my self-propelled Honda HRX217 back in 2014. It's still cranking along and starts on the first pull, even after sitting for 3 months in a shed for the winter.

Prior to this mower, I took my dad's 1992 Honda mower back in 2006, installed a new OEM carb ($30) and fixed a gear in the self-propelled unit ($15) and that mower ran until 2014 when it spun it's rod bearing.

You might pay more for a Honda mower, but when they last so long and parts are readily available, why in the world would you waste your money on anything else for a non-riding mower? I've converted all my neighbors to Hondas after they saw how long they lasted. They might cost a lot upfront, but they'll outlast anything else on the market by a mile. I've also got a Honda snow blower too. Same thing. Bulletproof after 8 years of use.

[Donut Lord]

Originally Posted by Donatello.

Many moons ago, I had a cheap Craftsman mower that didn't even last past 1 season.

Well that is sad, because if truly many moons ago, it would have been USA made