La-Z-Boy Racing Chair

Daniel Dumas featured it in an item appearing in the new (June 2007) Wired magazine, as follows.

Couch Potatoes, Start Your Engines

What's the NASCAR equivalent of an armchair quarterback? A La-Z-Boy racer. Indiana-based Armchair Cruisers will convert any stuffed seat into roadworthy transportation — complete with gas or electric engine, brakes, lights, and the appropriate number of seat belts — for a base price of $3,000.

For an additional fee, the company will even equip your lounger with a plasma screen, speakers, GPS, and a laptop. The petrol-powered models are more manueverable than golf carts, reach speeds of up to 40 mph (electric models top out at 7 mph), and reportedly have so much low-end torque that wheelie bars come standard.

Company cofounder Dan Helton says he hasn't tested the cruisers' street legality outside his subdivision, where police have so far looked the other way — hard as that may be to believe.

Why the deuce would anyone want to turn a sofa into a sideshow? Helton says motorized chairs have practical applications in retirement communities and at sporting events. But he also confesses to another motive: "The thing we've found them best for is picking up hot chicks."

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Watch their tricked-out chairs in action here.

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Too bad I just found out about this six days before next Sunday's Indy 500 — I would've liked to watch it from one of Dan's chairs.

Maybe next year.