Monday, March 14, 2011
Tanks for the new car, Dad!
“Attention all young driver insurance holders – car parking space too small – over.”
“Roger that, Hoot – giving up and finding wider space – over.”
If you have trouble squeezing into car parking spaces with the vehicle you have now, then buying some of the hardware the Ministry of Defence (MoD) is offering at the moment might not be wise.
Due to the budget cuts, the MoD is selling off many of its military vehicles – including around 600 tanks, some sturdy camo-adorned Land Rovers, and an amphibious 6x6 Supacat.
Witham Specialist Vehicles is the company in charge of selling and auctioning off these machines to the general public, and you’d be surprised how cheaply some of them are priced.
There are some provisos though, as the Witham sales director explained, “We don’t sell to just anybody. Anything that is armoured or militarised is subject to the strictest export licences.”
The other small catch of course is the probable lack of parking spaces wide enough to fit your new purchase into – plus the overwhelming urge to park on top of other vehicles when in a rush.
Image by ahisgett via Flickr, under Creative Commons Licence
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