My kids' gon' be all, "Da heck's a highway?"
Hey... hey guys... flying cars are here, now. They're street legal and available at the end of the year for about $300,000. How long 'til those depreciate in value enough to be available to middle class people? By the way, I love that his iPhone's on the dashboard.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x6MVQ4m0vaE#!
This model has a range of about 400 miles, with a top speed of 110 in the air. It takes the premium gas at that regular gas station, apparently. If you had one of these right now, how would you spend your weekend?
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I like how you've titled the thread. You're racist.
I thought it was going to hover. 
Also, that's a plane. They already have those.
Don't people in Alaska all have small planes in their garage?
Waste: I like how you have to be racist to see it as racist. lol, trollfail
Jes: I actually prefer them to be fast and stuff. What's the point of flying if you can't use it to go city to city in a jiffy?
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Maybe. But I guess they also have flat runways outside of their houses.
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True. I'd prefer a mini helicopter though.
It's a personal plane with collapsible wings that you drive to an airport. It's more of a toy than a means of conveyance.
Jes: That wouldn't be much help as a getaway car.
Waste: Small-minded as usual.
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It's a plane. It is used in airports. It is kept at ones home. It is driven to an airport. Commercial planes are flying buses. It is a plane. Planes also have wheels for ground maneuvering. Plane.
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Why do you have to go ad hominem with it? Try some jokes, kitten. Relax. You aren't being bludgeoned.
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It is a plane, though.
Don't be childish.
It really is. Why is that not okay to say?
That's totally just a plane.
If you have to get out of it and do a mandatory walk around before taking off, it's a plane.
If you can only take off at an airport and land at an airport, it's a plane.
A flying car would be something you can take off in from your drive way or a parking spot. They didn't even show him driving it into the garage there at the end?!
I, also, find it suspect that they had to play that goofy music all the way through so you can't hear how loud it actually is, both on the ground or in the air.
Same with how they don't bother to show the rear landing gear(not wheels) when they first touch down for the landing. I can only guess it's because if anyone saw how pants-shitting scary it looked the whole commercial would fall apart.
Something like that wouldn't be on the market for 3 days before they had to recall all of them because people kept sticking their hands in the blades and getting them lopped off.
Firstly, we all know it's a plane. Nobody's arguing against that. But to think it's just a toy, pleaaase.
The point is it's also a street legal car. An easy access plane with no hangar needed, no special ground transportation costs beyond a regular gas bill, and the ability to go to any airstrip, phone in a flight, and just take off anywhere within a 400 mile range? That's no small deal. The opening price for this is 300,000, which will obviously be marked down if enough of these are sold and a market's created. Enough people get these, and you'll see airstrips opening up close by, along with more advanced models being built, along with cheaper models. That'd be pretty badass.
Besides that, I really don't understand your critiques, nate. First off, yes it's loud in the air. It's a plane. Planes are loud. But why would you think it's super loud on the ground? I don't see the logic in that assumption. Because of the music? Uh, the engine can only be as loud as your speakers let it, so I doubt they'd be scared of showing you that. Also, there're other videos, and it sounds like a regular car to me. And why would the landing scare anyone? Would you really think it'd look scarier than any other plane landing?
I doubt the commercial is really for anyone here. It's for rich people with pilot's licenses at the moment. Pretty sure those guys wouldn't shy away from a plane because they saw it land.
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No hangar needed? He couldn't even fit it in the garage. Maybe it could be stored in a pole barn or something though.
With those rear landing gear being right under the thing and the large tail section, yes, that would be scary as heck to see landing without worrying about it just slamming the tail section into the runway.
It's a toy in the same way a middle age dude buying a regular plane is a toy. or if they bought a boat or one of those duck cars that are amphibious being a toy. It's not a toy like it was made in China with cheap plastic and has Mattel stamped in the underside.
Also, how much does just a regular small plane cost to buy and upkeep? I'd imagine it's in the same general neighborhood.
I wonder if you'd need a pilots license to drive it on the street? I know a bunch of athletes and movie stars fly their own planes. I can see some corporate big wig getting one of these just so they could have bragging rights about flying into a city for a big meeting and driving their plane right to the office.
Again. Other videos. It's in garages. Look up the pictures with people standing beside it. It's pretty much about the size of a large SUV.
For most small planes, you can't land them any more vertically inclined than I see in the video of it landing.
So a regular plane is a toy to a middle age man? That's... uh... yeah, I don't agree with that.
It is in the same general neighborhood. Extra cost savers have already been discussed.
Hmmm... I'm not sure if you'd need a pilot's license to drive one.
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I think you need a pilot's license. It's a plane.
Imagine getting in a fender-bender with that thing... one of those smart cars bumps you from behind and it probably wouldn't be safe to fly. And that guy makes me think of what Goose would be doing today if he didn't break his neck (and if he was a real person).
not exactly, but damn near every family has someone with a pilot license.
“if you want to be a bird,” you said once, “with colorful plumage and buoyant trills, you must also be ready for hollow bones."
The younguns may not get that reference. 
Now THAT is a valid point. They gotta put a little bit more transformer in this thing, I guess.
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The younguns may not get that reference. (LOL)
Aw c'mon. I think a majority of us '90s babies have seen Top Gun.
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90's babies.
Hot Shots.
I've never really seen the point in flying cars. Yeah, people want them for the novelty of it but whatever.
Man is the cruelest animal.
I still won't even drive a car. You think I'm going up into SPACE with all you maniacs?!
It's not a plane!
It's a waffle.
Your mom's a waffle!
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a blue waffle
The horror...
I don't think that I would drive a flying car. I mean if you break down in a regular vehicle you just pull to the side of the road. If your airplane-car breaks down you are going to plummet hundreds of feet to your firey horrible terrifying death.
Collapsible Plane That Can Be Safely Transported By Civilian Roads
I dunno why the video's not showing up, so I just put the link in there.
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