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eBay Find of the Day: The Talon Riot Control Vehicle from Top Gear
While much of the motoring public has been turning away from the brawny image of large SUVs, there are those among us (Texans?) who will always believe bigger is better. To those people, the Talon Riot Control Vehicle would be considered the best weapon for suburban warfare. It was featured once on Top Gear in which Richard Hammond demonstrated the armored vehicle's unique capabilities. Neighborhood kids dropping malatov cocktails on your front lawn? No problem, the Talon can be fitted with a water cannon to put out the flames and a grenade launcher to ensure those kids will learn their lesson. In its current state the Talon has been decommissioned and comes with those aggressive add-ons wound in bubble wrap and stored in the rear, though the seller says it can be refitted with them easily. The Talon can still, however, drive through a building, as the Hamster demonstrates in this video, and keep right on going. There's even a fridge and bathroom on board in case you battle with the spouse and need some place to crash. This isn't the first time the Talon has found its way on eBay. It appears that back in 2003 it was sold on the site for somewhere around $85,000. With only 19 hours left to go on the current auction and no reserve price in sight, this thing is going to be a steal at or around the current bid price of $10,000.
Great tip, Josh!
[Source: eBay]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
BOB 4:21PM (2/21/2007)
Would be nice for LA traffic............
(and it is MOLOTOV cocktails, John, named for Comrade Molotov)
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Jim 4:49PM (2/21/2007)
Attn: John Neff
A quick lesson about ebay. There are ebay sites for countries other than the USA. Take another link at this auction and you'll see it is an 'ebay.co.uk' sale. UK as in the United Kingdom, which happens to be where Top Gear is filmed (first clue to watch). Thus, it is for sale in Great Britian Pounds (GBP) and not dollars ($) which, while a currency used in the US, are not used in most other countries, including the UK. Fortunately for people who don't get out much, ebay is kind enough to post the equivalent price in US$ also, just look below the price.
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Will 9:03PM (2/21/2007)
That's the -perfect- vehicle for a zombie invasion.
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typhoon5000 10:24AM (2/22/2007)
Hey Jim, when I tipped John off on this auction it WAS at $10,000, since then the bid can only go up and it happened to more than double in price before the auction closing. And when I go there it is listed on ebay.com, not ebay.co.uk And it says he will ship it to North America, so doeas it make a difference what ebay site it's from?
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