by Thomas Keister

You gotta give it up for superior German engineering and or know-how. Matthias Krankl decided one day it would be perfectly spiffy to convert a beer crate into a miniature ATV.

Not even sure how exactly he went about it, but as you can tell by the picture, it was an unlikely success, and one that would elevate Krankl into the pantheon of German law enforcement lore.

Somehow, Krankl managed to build the cratemobile so well that he actually broke a local speed limit before attempting to outrun police in Maulberg, Germany. The one-cylinder vehicle was promptly confiscated by authorities, who noted the crate's modifications "looked like a lot of fun," among other things.

Yeah, something tells me the police in Maulberg got a few crates of their own while taking this little son of a bitch for laps around the police station parking lot. God knows I would.