Tanks-a-Lot!

Tanks are cool. You know you want one. There are about a thousand private owners of vintage tanks in the United States, according to this article. Among them are Ken and Gene Neal, who own a Chieftain. They...

...once took their 1966 British Chieftain tank into the desert and joyfully drove it over a rusty car, with the turret facing backward. When their insurance agent inquired about their plans for the tank, the Neal brothers emailed back, "We are going to use it to take over the world."

Crushing cars: check.

Taking over world: check.

Keeping neighbors in a constant state of near-panic that you're going to snap after drinking heavily and drive it through their house at 3 a.m.: check!

Damned useful, tanks are. They ain't cheap, though:

Lance Miller...says he has put about $280,000 into his Sherman so far and expects to spend as much as $75,000 more.

Yikes. Guess I'll stick with motorcycles. For now...