Arnold Schwarzenegger took his $250,000 Mercedes-Benz SLS out in Los Angeles today

He’s most famous for driving a huge vegetable oil powered Hummer, but Arnold Schwarzenegger chose a much sportier ride to go out for lunch with his friends today. 

Cruising with the top down, the Sabotage actor took the $250,000 Mercedes-Benz SLS super car for a spin around Los Angeles. 

The former Governor of California wore a grey T-shirt, thick brown jacket and straw cowboy hat as he drove, completing his look with a brown belt with a massive gold buckle, a matching suitably large-faced watch and a pair of unusual cowboy boots with shiny steel toecaps and heels.

Going for a spin: Arnold Schwarzenegger took his $250,000 Mercedes-Benz SLS out in Los Angeles today

Once he had parked up, the muscleman strolled in the sunshine with a smile on his face, and rested his thumbs on his belt buckle.

Petrol head Arnold is a huge fan of vehicles, and owns a fleet which at one point included a Porsche 911 Turbo, a Dodge Challenger, a Bentley Continental Supersports, a Ferrari 360 Spider, an old military Jeep and a Mercedes-Benz Unimog truck.

The 66-year-old star also owned seven Hummers, but gave up six of them - thought to have been worth around a million dollars - in a bid to work towards saving the environment in 2006.

Relaxed: The action movie star strolled down the street with a huge smile on his face

Nice boots!: The 66-year-old star wore a huge brown belt and cowboy boots with shiny steel toe caps and heels

Car fan: As well his Mercedes, Arnold is thought to own sports cars by Porsche, Dodge, Bentley and Ferrari as well as a Jeep, a truck, a Hummer and a tank

His remaining military green Hummer was then converted to run as a hybrid vehicle, fuelled by vegetable oil. 
However, it was yet another of his vehicles which Arnold was driving yesterday: his Patton M47 tank.
The action movie star bought the tank in 1992 and is said to be the same type he once rode in as an 18-year-old in the Austrian Army.

Converted: In an move to go green, Arnold had his hummer modified to run on vegetable oil

The former body builder was treating fan Alex Mihelick to a ride in the tank and the chance to crush any object he desired, after he had won a charity raffle. 
Texas resident Alex was flown to California for his prize and greeted with a personal letter welcoming him to the state from Arnold. 
Detailing the day on his Twitter page, Alex said how he had a healthy breakfast with the star, before they set out to crush his desired object – a mannequin dressed in a Michigan T-shirt and pyjama bottoms. 
He then posted a photo with him and Arnold enjoying a cigar, and later in the day they even arm wrestled. 
Alex wrote: ‘Just arm wrestled @Schwarzenegger ! Who won? Just gonna have to wait and see the video (hint: Him. By a lot.)’
Alex had won the day through Arnold’s charity After-School All-Stars, which runs activity programmes for nearly 90,000 low-income children across the United States. 
The raffle raised US$500,000 in total for the charity, which will be matched by the former bodybuilder.

The biggest: The former bodybuilder's largest vehicle is his Patton M47 tank, which he treated charity raffle winner Alex Mihelick (left) to a ride in on Saturday. The raffle raised $500,000 for Arnold's After-School All-Stars charity