The Batmobile perhaps isn't the vehicle you'd most expect to see pulling into a supermarket car park to collect a load of shopping.
But Adelaide's own incarnation of batman, Rino D'Alfonso, is determined to make that quirky fantasy an everyday reality.
His replica of the vehicle driven by Michael Keaton in the 1989 Batman movie is currently on display at the Royal Adelaide Show.
"It's awesome. It's 6.1metres long, it's 2.2 metres wide. It is the ultimate," Mr D'Alfonso said, unable to conceal his enthusiasm.
He has recently spent considerable time and effort working on it to make it suitable for on-road driving.
"It's taken a lot of modifications to do. It's all run through an engineer, so the engineer will sign off on the car to make sure it's 100-per-cent road legal," he said.
"We're doing the best to make sure it's compliant."
With the Royal Adelaide Show now in full swing, finding a place to park around the showgrounds is proving a challenge, but Mr D'Alfonso's Batmobile is not hampered by such hindrances.
It currently has pride of place outside his memorabilia stall where he is indulging his love of all things Gotham: costumes, collectables and comic book characters.
As with all enthusiasts, attention to detail is important to him.
He is not wearing just any old costume but dons a copy of the cape made popular by the Christopher Nolan trilogy.
"This is the [Christian] Bale outfit from The Dark Knight; it's carbon fibre," he said.
'I enjoy being a superhero'
Mr D'Alfonso first put on the pointy ears seven years ago, and admits that his choice of car represents the fulfilment of a childhood dream.
"Since I was a kid, I always said I was going to have the '89 bat," he said.
His Batmobile was custom-made in Queensland, and there is another Australian connection — the chassis comes from a Holden ute.
"It originally had a different interior, a different dash and a different motor and I've changed it all to put it back to [how it is in] the movie," Mr D'Alfonso said.
"Now I've sort of gone from the '89 Bat to having almost the whole collection of Batmobiles."
But there's also a serious side to his passion. In true superhero style, Mr D'Alfonso likes to "give back to the world" through "happiness and smiles", which includes donating time to a children's charity.
"I enjoy having this suit on and I enjoy being this superhero," he said.
"I've got quite a few gigs for HeartKids, I do quite a few gigs for weddings."
That's where his Batmobile comes in — Mr D'Alfonso wants to drive it to those engagements.
But he is also hoping to use it for more mundane tasks.
"This is like driving your average street car. It's actually got better viewing because the windows are so long," he said.
"I want to be able to do my shopping with it."
But is there enough room in the back to pack a load of groceries?
"I don't know if we'll be able get it in there with the jet," he joked.
"But we'll give it a go."
