# You need a motor on that thing... why?? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 31, 2004, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-a-motor-on-that-thing-why/262482 "2004-08-31T22:55:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-a-motor-on-that-thing-why/262482/41 "2011-05-16T21:13:10Z")
She must have just gotten off a “Home Improvement” marathon. MORE POWER - ar, ar, ar! ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-a-motor-on-that-thing-why/262482/42 "2011-05-17T08:05:10Z")
So is this any better: [Stroller WIN - WIN! - epic win photos](http://wins.failblog.org/2011/05/12/epic-win-photos-stroller-win/#comments) ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-a-motor-on-that-thing-why/262482/43 "2011-05-17T15:10:42Z")
> [@claaariii](#): > > so this post is like 7 years old, lol…but i google “motorized baby stroller” to see if they even existed cuz i thought it would be a good idea, and it came up in the first page of search results…so, while it does exist, looks like they’re not so common, as i couldn’t find a single review of an actual user…now for the reason why i thought it would be nice: > > i have a 1 year old and a 3 year old, super-tough 3-wheel jogging stroller. we don’t have a car, yet, so we do a lot of walking, i like it, the boys love it. thing is that sometimes we walk a LOT, so i pile both of them into the stroller together, cuz the 3 year old is older, but he’s still little 🙂 so that’s 55 pounds of little kid on the 10-poundish stroller…and of course we don’t usually walk around just because…we go 10-12 blocks to downtown and do some shopping, and, try as i might to spread things out between different days/trips, we always end up buying one of these, one of those, just a little bit of that…and before you know it we have another 30 pounds of groceries shoved in the storage basket underneath the stroller. so we’re walking home (oh…forgot to mention…SUPER hilly area, and we happen to live at one of the highest points in town…) 8 blocks of total uphill, last 3 are at least a 35 degree slope…so the other day pushing at least 95 pounds of stroller/boys/groceries, between little stops to catch my breath, i thought “geez it would be nice to have a motor on this…” i actually even imagined it with an extra little spot for me to stand on 🙂 > > but i would not use it in a completely flat area, and definitely not in the supermarket. that’s just super ridiculous and lazy. just wanted to give a good situation where it might be useful though…but meanwhile i guess i’ll just keep working out my biceps, becuase i wouldn’t actually buy it 🙂 It really sounds like you need a minivan… and a home in the suburbs where the strip mall parking lots accommodate minivans. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-a-motor-on-that-thing-why/262482/44 "2011-05-17T15:36:52Z")
I originally thought Tim Allen when I read of the power stroller. But it was electric. Tim Allen would have put a Chevy 427 in it. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-a-motor-on-that-thing-why/262482/45 "2011-05-17T16:24:29Z")
> [@Damuri\_Ajashi](#): > > It really sounds like you need a minivan… and a home in the suburbs where the strip mall parking lots accommodate minivans. It sounds like they need lessons on how to use the “Shift” key. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-need-a-motor-on-that-thing-why/262482.md?page=2)