Flying Car Ready To Take Off 315
ChazeFroy writes "The first flying automobile, equally at home in the sky or on the road, is scheduled to take to the air next month. If it survives its first test flight, the Terrafugia Transition, which can transform itself from a two-seater road car to a plane in 15 seconds, is expected to land in showrooms in about 18 months' time. Terrafugia claims it will be able to fly up to 500 miles on a single tank of unleaded petrol at a cruising speed of 115mph. Even at $200,000 per automobile, they have already received 40 orders."
Rules? (Score:5, Funny)
Has anybody made an attempt at drafting traffic rules for flying cars yet?
Make sure... (Score:2, Funny)
Make sure not to hit the "transform back to car" button while you're in mid air.
this sorta thing has been done many times (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Rules? (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah, there are so many flying cars up in the sky. It's getting crowded!
Re:Rules? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Rules? (Score:5, Funny)
Either way I cannot wait for the first police chase involving one of these on the road. It will be fucking exciting, especially when the chase leaves the road . Better than Dukes of Hazzard on their best day :)
That SOB is going to get TIVO'd.
Re:Rules? (Score:3, Funny)
Year 2015, together with Mr Fusion reactors.
Oh, if I remember correctly, upgrading a ground car to flight costs US$40,000 (this was a reasonably big amount when the movie was first released).
Just remember, never appear in the middle of a lane traveling in the opposite direction!
Re:Roads do nasty things to vehicles (Score:5, Funny)
Re:we will NOT have flying cars (Score:3, Funny)
Great,
Now Farmer's Markets will have to equip Flak cannons.
Coincidence? (Score:5, Funny)
One month later: Flying cars.
What's next?
Thanksgiving: Immortality.
Christmas: Girlfriend!
Clearly, all this fuss about Obama has been well placed! He's not even in power yet and the flying cars are already on the way!
Crashed.... (Score:5, Funny)
Not sure about the car, but the website sure crashed!
Hope the car is better.
Re:Rules? (Score:1, Funny)
They make up for the extra 40 hrs by staying at a Holiday Inn Express.
Re:Rules? (Score:4, Funny)
Just wait for that call to your insurance company about a car in your living room ... in your 17th floor condo.
Re:Rules? (Score:2, Funny)
Even more places have roads that go approximately straight.
Re:Roads do nasty things to vehicles (Score:4, Funny)
So finally the upper class is a literal definition!
Re:It won't be most people (Score:2, Funny)
Of course, taking off and piloting are the (relatively) easy parts, so maybe the problem will take care of itself the first time they do an approach
Re:Crashed.... (Score:2, Funny)