• WanderingThoughts
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    17 hours ago

    There are in fact flying cars for sale. They’re not as good as you hope and cost at least 10 times what a normal car costs. Of course you also need a pilot license. So basically

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      14 hours ago

      Flying cars are both shitty planes with terrible aerodynamics, and shitty cars with terrible dimensions, interior space and handling.

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      And you can still only take off from a registered airport in most places, because silly laws. So you still have to drive to the airport. Oh also don’t forget they’re hilariously dangerous in a collision at basically any speed because they’re basically made out of paper compared to the rampaging 2 ton behemoths regularly speeding down our roads. So good luck getting to the airport safely!

      And getting back on topic, it’ll also need a license plate for the roads, and a transponder in most airspace, so you can still be tracked whether you’re on the ground or in the air. Flying cars are great at combining the worst of both worlds!

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        8 hours ago

        So, a bad car, a bad plane, and the impracticality of both? That checks out.