The World's Fastest Furniture
Posted by Jeff on May 24, 2007 at 03:00 PM in eBay in Pop Culture , General | Permalink
It's often said that you can get almost anything on eBay, and if this isn't proof, I don't know what is. As you may have seen on Engadget or a variety of other blogs, Marek Turowski recently used eBay on his way to setting a new speed record - while driving a sofa!
He won a charity auction on our UK site for the right to drive the souped-up couch - appropriately sponsored by sofa.com - and a chance at claiming the Fastest Furniture title in the Guiness Book of World Records for himself. When the uber-unique ride hit 92 miles per hour, he had done it (the old record was 87 mph). It's a good thing he broke it on the first try too, because he described the ride as "terrifying." No word on whether he sprung for the extended warranty or rustproof undercoating.
The video below sums up the experience nicely.
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