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Porsche Sales Chief: Why Sure, We Might Create Flying Porches That Will Serve as Flying Robotic Taxis

You had my attention, now you've got my interest.

Volkswagen's sports car maker Porsche could develop a flying passenger vehicle to compete with rivals in a possible market for urban air taxis and ride-sharing services, Porsche sales chief Detlev von Platen told a German magazine.
...

Porsche would join a raft of companies working on designs for flying cars in anticipation of a shift in the transport market away from conventional cars to self-driving vehicles shared via ride-hailing apps.

Volkswagen's auto designer Italdesign and Airbus at last year's Geneva auto show presented a two-seater flying car, called Pop.Up, designed to avoid gridlock on city roads.

Is the future finally coming?

Porsche's guy said that passengers would have "some" control over the vehicle, despite not having a pilot's licence, because most (that is, all) of the flying would be done by computers. I assume this just means paying extra to speed up or fly higher, or changing destination mid-route. Stuff you can just do with your phone through an Uber-type app.

Posted by: Ace at 07:55 PM




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1 Gumdrops for Everyone!

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 07:49 PM (oScPm)

2 Flying cars. Pfffft

Posted by: t-dubya-d at March 16, 2018 07:50 PM (RZWC0)

3 *tosses gumdrops to corgis*

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 07:50 PM (oScPm)

4 Flying Porches ????

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 07:50 PM (T71PA)

5 The midair collisions with all of the Amazon delivery drones is going to be awesome.

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 16, 2018 07:51 PM (xPl2J)

6 But what about global warming impact of Flying Cars?

Paging ManBearPig!

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 07:51 PM (oScPm)

7
Flight software powered by Windows 10!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2018 07:52 PM (WoIXK)

8 "And you won't believe the low emissions results!"

-- Volkswagon

Posted by: Formerly Self-Banned at March 16, 2018 07:52 PM (BiLU+)

9 Meet George Jetson,
His boy Elroy...

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 07:52 PM (oScPm)

10 One look at the sleeping fat guy in the Wisconsin state house a few years back tells me the flying cars are a long way off.

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at March 16, 2018 07:52 PM (b0Mq7)

11 Where the F*** is my jet pack!?!

Posted by: Formerly Self-Banned at March 16, 2018 07:53 PM (BiLU+)

12
Do they come with strafing capability?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2018 07:53 PM (WoIXK)

13 Yeah right...Porsche couldn't pull off cheating the EPA with diesel emissions and they're going to pull off a flying car? Fat effing chance.

Posted by: billygoat at March 16, 2018 07:53 PM (9jM3M)

14 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

I see mid air collisions because of computer pilots.

Will need parachutes.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 07:53 PM (oScPm)

15 Didn't Volvo announce their death by saying that they will only make electric cars a couple of years from now?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 07:54 PM (6Ll1u)

16 We plan on using our own flying Teslas to get around on Mars.

Posted by: Elon Musk at March 16, 2018 07:54 PM (BiLU+)

17 Well, they said we'd have flying cars by the 2020's, amirite?

Posted by: Traveling Man&&& at March 16, 2018 07:54 PM (t0jSk)

18 Steyn guest-hosting for Tuck tonight!

Posted by: logprof at March 16, 2018 07:55 PM (pVW+L)

19 So instead of mile high club on a plane,

It's 100 feet high club?

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 07:55 PM (oScPm)

20 --and this immigrant shyster is a douche.

Posted by: logprof at March 16, 2018 07:56 PM (pVW+L)

21 Will you feel like a potential kamikaze pilot getting into flying Mitsubishi taxi with a safety recall?

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at March 16, 2018 07:56 PM (e1mEI)

22 7
Flight software powered by Windows 10!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2018 07:52 PM (WoIXK)

==========

Heh. The Blue Screen Of Death will take on a new, literal meaning.

Posted by: Formerly Self-Banned at March 16, 2018 07:56 PM (BiLU+)

23 19
So instead of mile high club on a plane,



It's 100 feet high club?





Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 07:55 PM (oScPm)

With a robot.

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 16, 2018 07:56 PM (xPl2J)

24 Let's get this down to the most important aspect of this development: How fast will my pizza get here?

Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at March 16, 2018 07:57 PM (tMFgx)

25 Mile high, 100 feet high, it's still sex in the air.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&& at March 16, 2018 07:57 PM (t0jSk)

26 David Leopold is an asshat

Posted by: logprof at March 16, 2018 07:57 PM (pVW+L)

27 If my screened porch ever flies, I'm rich Bitchez!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 16, 2018 07:58 PM (ptqGC)

28 How many people saw that Elon Musk just said that the people who go to Mars will probably die?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 07:58 PM (6Ll1u)

29 Pizza delivery will be by Lamborghini because Italian food.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&& at March 16, 2018 07:58 PM (t0jSk)

30 25 Mile high, 100 feet high, it's still sex in the air.

Posted by: Traveling Man at March 16, 2018 07:57 PM (t0jSk)

=============

You've never had sex until you've had it in the Vomit Comet.

Posted by: Formerly Self-Banned at March 16, 2018 07:58 PM (BiLU+)

31 27 If my screened porch ever flies, I'm rich Bitchez!
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 16, 2018 07:58 PM (ptqGC)

Imagine all the bug guts on your screens.

Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at March 16, 2018 07:58 PM (tMFgx)

32 Adding a third dimension to a NASCAR race will be interesting.

Posted by: Mark1971 at March 16, 2018 07:58 PM (xPl2J)

33 Yeah, that's just what I want. HAL 9000 in charge when I'm trapped in a car at 1500 feet. How can this possibly go wrong??

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 07:59 PM (39g3+)

34 The reason we don't have flying cars is because it's an incandescently stupid idea. Always was, always will be.

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at March 16, 2018 07:59 PM (3MozY)

35 There may be something to this. I understand Porsche has been making large investments in Flubber technology.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 16, 2018 07:59 PM (Mouru)

36 Flying porches for the win!

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 16, 2018 07:59 PM (ptqGC)

37 Lol.
How about Porsche concentrates on making an engine that lasts more than 100k miles first.

Posted by: #neverskankles at March 16, 2018 07:59 PM (+TBy+)

38 28 How many people saw that Elon Musk just said that the people who go to Mars will probably die?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 07:58 PM (6Ll1u)

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I think I heard Rush mention and riff on that this past Wednesday -- when he was going off on Hawking dying ... but nowhere else.

Posted by: Formerly Self-Banned at March 16, 2018 07:59 PM (BiLU+)

39 25
Mile high, 100 feet high, it's still sex in the air.

Posted by: Traveling Man at March 16, 2018 07:57 PM (t0jSk)


What about the top bunk? Does it qualify?

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 16, 2018 08:00 PM (UsCnO)

40
How many people saw that Elon Musk just said that the people who go to Mars will probably die?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 07:58 PM (6Ll1u)


Lots of volunteers for a one-way trip to Mars.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2018 08:00 PM (WoIXK)

41 Flying car, voice activated flight controls.

I would name my flying car 'Brad'.

Brad, take me home via country flight lanes.

Brad, take me shopping.

Brad, let's go eat something high class, query yelp four stars nearby


Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 16, 2018 08:00 PM (roQNm)

42 Speaking of which, I used to have a '62 Comet. Sex in the back seat of it was just as good as the sex in the back seat of my '57 Chevy.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&& at March 16, 2018 08:00 PM (t0jSk)

43 i like the idea of flying cars because FLYING CARS!!!!

i don't like the idea of flying cars.....it seems chaotic

Posted by: phoenixgirl at March 16, 2018 08:00 PM (0O7c5)

44 How many people saw that Elon Musk just said that the people who go to Mars will probably die?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 07:58 PM (6Ll1u)



News Flash: So will the people who stay home. In fact, its a virtual certainty.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 16, 2018 08:01 PM (Mouru)

45 Is the passing lane "on high" or on the down low? Not sure if that makes sense. heh

Posted by: t-dubya-d at March 16, 2018 08:01 PM (RZWC0)

46 I remember my husband telling my late AF test pilot daddy that he wanted to learn to fly and get his license.

My dad said, "Honey, please discourage him. I love your husband like a son, but he's the worst driver I've ever ridden in a car with."

And Daddy was right.

Flying cars: No

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 16, 2018 08:01 PM (ptqGC)

47 4 Flying Porches ????

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018

Get you to Oz in a hurry, those will.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2018 08:01 PM (BuS20)

48
In Houston there will be automotive dogfights.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2018 08:01 PM (WoIXK)

49 i'm sure they will banned here in #Failifornia as an affront to Gaia or some such stupidity.

besides, i don't want to travel in anything that is under computer control, because it WILL be hacked, sooner or later.

that and what's to stop the govt from landing you where ever they want, should they desire to?

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 16, 2018 08:01 PM (CV53w)

50 28 How many people saw that Elon Musk just said that the people who go to Mars will probably die?
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 07:58 PM (6Ll1u)


To be fair, people who don't go to Mars will die too.

It's just a question of when and where.

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2018 08:01 PM (sdi6R)

51 Hope they can hover in place and creep along at 1mph, you know, for Los Angeles.

Posted by: wth at March 16, 2018 08:01 PM (HgMAr)

52 How do you know who goes first at a 16-way stop?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 16, 2018 08:02 PM (Mouru)

53

Does it have a back seat so I can tickle GF6's fancy?

Posted by: In Vino Veritits Vibrating Bot Plugs Now BOGO! at March 16, 2018 08:02 PM (UFLLM)

54 41 Flying car, voice activated flight controls.

I would name my flying car 'Brad'.

Brad, take me home via country flight lanes.

Brad, take me shopping.

Brad, let's go eat something high class, query yelp four stars nearby


Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 16, 2018 08:00 PM (roQNm)

===========

What if Alexa and Brad got into a fight?

Posted by: Formerly Self-Banned at March 16, 2018 08:02 PM (BiLU+)

55 Can you imagine how this will affect dogs?!

They will lose their minds with joy!

Will need to buckle them in though.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 08:02 PM (oScPm)

56 I am still waiting for my jet pack since 1960.

Posted by: Hairyback Guy at March 16, 2018 08:02 PM (EoRCO)

57 Teenagers and the elderly in flying cars? Sweet jeebus. NO.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 16, 2018 08:02 PM (ptqGC)

58 I want a flying car with miniguns.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 16, 2018 08:02 PM (NWiLs)

59 I was promised flying cars, not a damned porch!

Posted by: t-bird at March 16, 2018 08:02 PM (XaSia)

60 And rocket pods.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 16, 2018 08:03 PM (NWiLs)

61 I can't decide if Elon Musk is just a con man bilking stupid people and the government out of billions, or if he's a lunatic who plans things that cannot happen and bilks stupid people and the government out of billions?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:03 PM (39g3+)

62 What about the top bunk? Does it qualify?
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 16, 2018 08:00 PM (UsCnO)


Depends...was there someone sleeping in the lower bunk when you were bumping uglies in the top bunk? If so, then definitely qualifies.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&& at March 16, 2018 08:03 PM (t0jSk)

63 The kids can parachute into school in the morning.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 16, 2018 08:03 PM (Mouru)

64 Imagine waking up in the middle of the night with a flying VW in your roof.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 16, 2018 08:03 PM (ptqGC)

65 Prediction: It will oversteer like a summabitch.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2018 08:03 PM (9tO1t)

66 James T. Kirk does not have a hairy chest.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 08:03 PM (oScPm)

67 Call me back when they make a flying pickup truck.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 08:04 PM (fiGNd)

68 And rocket pods.
Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 16, 2018 08:03 PM (NWiLs)



For that you'll need to upgrade to the JATO trim level.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 16, 2018 08:04 PM (Mouru)

69 Lookout for flying Subarus with Coexist stickers. Or shoot them down.

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 16, 2018 08:04 PM (ptqGC)

70 The kids can parachute into school in the morning.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 16, 2018 08:03 PM (Mouru)


I think Jetsons does something like that. That family was so ahead of their time.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 08:05 PM (oScPm)

71 Is the future finally coming?




no

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 16, 2018 08:05 PM (MTjB1)

72 Porsche should tell everyone their flying car is steam-powered, because guaranteed it's vaporware.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2018 08:05 PM (Dbv1R)

73 There are about 6 million traffic accidents per year, on the ground.

I aint going in the air where 16 year olds are flying the deadly skies.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 16, 2018 08:05 PM (UfMVm)

74 Now muzzies can load one up with explosives and fly it into the mall.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 16, 2018 08:05 PM (Mouru)

75 I'm not getting in a self-driving car. I'm sure as hell not getting in a self-flying car.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2018 08:06 PM (5OO3x)

76 61 I can't decide if Elon Musk is just a con man bilking stupid people and the government out of billions, or if he's a lunatic who plans things that cannot happen and bilks stupid people and the government out of billions?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:03 PM (39g3+)

He' just a lunatic con man who realized we have no extradition treaty with Mars.

Posted by: Bilwis, Devourer of Low Glycemic Souls at March 16, 2018 08:06 PM (tMFgx)

77 We have a problem with drones near airports.

No to flying cars.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 16, 2018 08:06 PM (ptqGC)

78 What about stuff you can't do in a regular car, can you do it in a flying car? Like look at your cell phone, jerk off etc?

Posted by: Max Power at March 16, 2018 08:06 PM (q177U)

79 73 There are about 6 million traffic accidents per year, on the ground.

I aint going in the air where 16 year olds are flying the deadly skies.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 16, 2018 08:05 PM (UfMVm)

========

And texting while flying ...

Posted by: Formerly Self-Banned at March 16, 2018 08:06 PM (BiLU+)

80 I aint going in the air where 16 year olds are flying the deadly skies.

Yeah, plus, if you have a flat tire or an engine fail on the road, you slow down and stop. If your right rear prop blows out in the air, you just fall to your death. And crash on top of someone's house.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:06 PM (39g3+)

81 Just what I need to get around the fucking retards who get on the road during rush hour traffic and drive as slow as possible because they have nowhere to go. That or a James Bond car with machine guns and rocket launchers to take the bastards out.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 16, 2018 08:06 PM (SiINZ)

82 Still want a single seat drigible.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 16, 2018 08:07 PM (2DOZq)

83 watching Darkest Hour on dvd

What is our policy? To wage war.
What us our aim? Victory.

*GOPe faints in horror*

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 16, 2018 08:07 PM (hMwEB)

84 I want a flying bed, like that movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks, or whatever the name.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 08:07 PM (oScPm)

85 OTOH, the dogfights between the LEO's and the getaway cars might be pretty interesting.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2018 08:07 PM (5OO3x)

86 Satellite of love was always one of favorite song's

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 08:07 PM (6Ll1u)

87 There are about 6 million traffic accidents per year, on the ground.

Those are called crashes, not accidents.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&& at March 16, 2018 08:07 PM (t0jSk)

88 Still want a single seat drigible.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 16, 2018 08:07 PM (2DOZq)


Check with the Hillary camp. She was wearing one in India.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 16, 2018 08:07 PM (Mouru)

89
Screw the taxi, I want my own flying car. I was promised this when I was a kid. And it better have lazers. And a keg.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:08 PM (r+sAi)

90
I'm not getting in a self-driving car. I'm sure as hell not getting in a self-flying car.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2018 08:06 PM (5OO3x)


It will get you to the special FEMA camp faster.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2018 08:08 PM (WoIXK)

91 49
i'm sure they will banned here in #Failifornia as an affront to Gaia or some such stupidity.

besides, i don't want to travel in anything that is under computer control, because it WILL be hacked, sooner or later.

that and what's to stop the govt from landing you where ever they want, should they desire to?


Posted by: redc1c4 at March 16, 2018 08:01 PM (CV53w)

Watch the NORKS hack the car while you are in the air, and force you to make a bitcoin payment before your data is decrypted and you can land. Or just run out of fuel and crash. It will be a timed test.


Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 16, 2018 08:08 PM (UsCnO)

92 It.Moved.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 16, 2018 08:08 PM (OrxbI)

93 Would that be four different blinkers that old people can leave on? And four different sides I can use to pass Asians?

Posted by: Emmett Milbarge at March 16, 2018 08:08 PM (xzV6l)

94 I can't decide if Elon Musk is just a con man bilking stupid people and the government out of billions, or if he's a lunatic who plans things that cannot happen and bilks stupid people and the government out of billions?

yes

Posted by: Max Power at March 16, 2018 08:08 PM (q177U)

95 52 How do you know who goes first at a 16-way stop?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 16, 2018 08:02 PM (Mouru)


Well, airplanes can't stop, so...

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2018 08:08 PM (sdi6R)

96 How many people saw that Elon Musk just said that the people who go to Mars will probably die?

In the name of New World Order, no sacrifice is too big.

Posted by: That deplorable guy who always says... at March 16, 2018 08:09 PM (Tyii7)

97 77 We have a problem with drones near airports.

No to flying cars.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 16, 2018 08:06 PM (ptqGC)

===============

We had some wildfires last summer and the Forest Service firefighters were delayed for several hours because idiots were flying drones around them, and they refused to fly their planes and helicopters in to help put them out.

I was screaming upon hearing the news: "Just shoot those damn things out of the air!"

Posted by: Formerly Self-Banned at March 16, 2018 08:09 PM (BiLU+)

98 There are about 6 million traffic accidents per year, on the ground.

Those are called crashes, not accidents.


No its "collision" because accident implies nobody is to blame per Hot Fuzz

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:09 PM (39g3+)

99 Still want a single seat drigible.




Lawn chair and 99 helium filled luff balloons.

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 16, 2018 08:09 PM (roQNm)

100

Flying brothels, hmmmm... Blue Sky Nookie Factory, Sky's the Limit!

Posted by: In Vino Veritits Vibrating Bot Plugs Now BOGO! at March 16, 2018 08:09 PM (UFLLM)

101 If your right rear prop blows out in the air, you just fall to your death.

nah, pay extra for the auto parachute.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:10 PM (r+sAi)

102 Flying cars had better work better than Flippy, the supposed robot burger-flipper story from a few days ago that's a complete bullshit fabrication.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 16, 2018 08:10 PM (398bZ)

103 I want a flying bed, like that movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks, or whatever the name.
Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla
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"Whoever sitteth on this carpet and willeth in thought to be taken up and set down upon other site will, in the twinkling of an eye, be borne thither, be that place nearhand or distant many a day's journey and difficult to reach."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2018 08:10 PM (5OO3x)

104 I do like the idea of the private airship. Slow, but nice relaxing way to travel.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:10 PM (39g3+)

105 sure...why not a drone style aircraft for people

Posted by: Chaos! At the White House at March 16, 2018 08:10 PM (V3U1L)

106 72
Porsche should tell everyone their flying car is steam-powered, because guaranteed it's vaporware.


Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2018 08:05 PM (Dbv1R)

Are you here all weekend, with 2 shows on Saturday?
And yes, I tipped my waitstaff.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (UsCnO)

107 Still want a single seat drigible.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 16, 2018 08:07 PM (2DOZq)

Doink!

Posted by: just the punchline at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (Dbv1R)

108 I vet doggeh would love an air joyride

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (hMwEB)

109 I don't know the destination: LOOK OUT. Please repeat. I'm sorry, I don't know the destination: OH GOD WE'RE GOING TO DIE.

Posted by: Johnny Flying Cab at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (OrxbI)

110 Dammit, 2 hours and I am still chilled. I better not be getting that dreaded flu. Gonna try a hot shower. If I don't come back, I slipped and broke something. Like my hero...Hillary.

BBL...or not

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (oScPm)

111 Jet Packs hardest hit.

Posted by: eleven at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (+lOpA)

112 the Jetsons show those cars flying everywhere ... it would require computer power to navigate thousands of flying cars .. BUT considering the ability to use altitudes for various directions and even for various speeds, it could be pretty nifty.

Any crashes might well be fatal, but they could have dynamic parachutes. But will people have property rights over their land ... or will people now have traffic right over their homes?

meh ... it will be another 40 years at least, if the terminators don't emerge first.

Posted by: illiniwek at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (bT8Z4)

113 61 I can't decide if Elon Musk is just a con man bilking stupid people and the government out of billions, or if he's a lunatic who plans things that cannot happen and bilks stupid people and the government out of billions?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:03 PM (39g3+)

I like the pneumatic transportation tube even before Musk thought to try to develop this long existing idea.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (2DOZq)

114 If your right rear prop blows out in the air, you just fall to your death.

nah, pay extra for the auto parachute.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk
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Ah. That pesky #3 cylinder problem.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (w1zJX)

115 from the other thread...wllow

The idea that Rush floated...it's insane. Was this Rush musing or did he get the leak?

1. this assumes that the IRS could do this
2. that the fight over a $6billion bill from the IRS would not be fought in an epic battle that would last a decade.
3. that trump would be required to pay all Six Billyone Dollars at once
4. that trump wouldn't FIRE EVERYONE if there became a whiff of this being true.

then again, trump hasn't fired everyone...isn't koskein still on at the IRS despite he needing to be fired like McCabhe?

Posted by: Chaos! At the White House at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (V3U1L)

116 Can I haz my own personal Spinner?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (6GRjM)

117 JT Marlin upgrades Mr. Fusion Technologies to STRONG BUY

Posted by: JT Marlin at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (Mouru)

118
How many people saw that Elon Musk just said that the people who go to Mars will probably die?

Hillary can be President of Mars.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2018 08:12 PM (WoIXK)

119 About.
Damn.
Time.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 16, 2018 08:12 PM (+y/Ru)

120 To save fuel, cars may fly no higher than 1 ft over properly prepared and marked Asphalt surfaces.

Posted by: California at March 16, 2018 08:13 PM (XaSia)

121 What could go wrong?

Posted by: Michael Crichton at March 16, 2018 08:13 PM (aLFi2)

122 Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 16, 2018 08:09 PM (roQNm)

Drigible = steerable

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 16, 2018 08:13 PM (2DOZq)

123 The idea that Rush floated...it's insane. Was this Rush musing or did he get the leak?

The Deep State can do Any Damn Thing It Pleases ... until somebody just says NO. Then the fun starts.

This notion of Rules. Or Laws. Well - they don't apply anymore.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 08:13 PM (fiGNd)

124 The #3 cylinder overheat was originally 'fixed' by retarding #3 cylinder. Then they moved oil cooler out of the fan shroud where it had sat directly over the #3 cylinder.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 16, 2018 08:13 PM (6GRjM)

125 118


How many people saw that Elon Musk just said that the people who go to Mars will probably die?



Hillary can be President of Mars.



Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2018 08:12 PM (WoIXK)


Seconded.
All in favor say "Aye".

maybe the beaotch will shut up and go away.

Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at March 16, 2018 08:14 PM (UsCnO)

126 What could go wrong?
Posted by: Michael Crichton at March 16, 2018 08:13 PM (aLFi2)



Hey, nobody's talking about bringing back dinosaurs. We're not STUPID, you know.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at March 16, 2018 08:14 PM (Mouru)

127 I aint going in the air where 16 year olds are flying the deadly skies.

Posted by: Kreplach at March 16, 2018 08:05 PM (UfMVm)
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not to worry, the wreckage will find you on the ground...

Posted by: redc1c4 at March 16, 2018 08:14 PM (CV53w)

128 the idea of a 23 year old tax bill being overturned and due upon demand is so fucking stupid, it could be from the movie Brazil.

Posted by: Chaos! At the White House at March 16, 2018 08:15 PM (V3U1L)

129 Dammit, 2 hours and I am still chilled.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (oScPm)


All that pushing people out of trees shit was bound to get ya' sooner or later.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 08:15 PM (fiGNd)

130 Don't forget to send Maxine Waters to Mars to recover the US flag.

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 16, 2018 08:15 PM (6GRjM)

131 What if Alexa and Brad got into a fight?

Posted by: Formerly Self-Banned at March 16, 2018 08:02 PM (BiLU+)

It would probably go something like this;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvdNCDVmRPo

Posted by: kbdabear at March 16, 2018 08:15 PM (eh0Va)

132 Mile high, 100 feet high, it's still sex in the air.

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You can't feel the Earth move.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 16, 2018 08:15 PM (+y/Ru)

133 What could go wrong?

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Kudlow, as Economics Adviser, makes a speech on advanced avionics technology, artificial intelligence, and the economic benefits that would bring economic prosperity to all, lower unemployment rate to zero, and require massive third world immigrants to fill the jobs american just won't do?

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 16, 2018 08:15 PM (roQNm)

134 104 I do like the idea of the private airship. Slow, but nice relaxing way to travel.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:10 PM (39g3+)


Or this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV7ZTwqC8ZI

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2018 08:15 PM (sdi6R)

135 Will no one think of the CONTRAILS??

Posted by: Evergreen State Dept of Tranny Environmentalists at March 16, 2018 08:16 PM (398bZ)

136 I have a rant.
I want to come back as a plumber
I want my mind to work quicker so I can figure out the same fix the $500.00 plumber used and do it instead.

I love my $15.00 an hour hole digger.

Posted by: Ben Had at March 16, 2018 08:16 PM (AwiO7)

137 I like the pneumatic transportation tube even before Musk thought to try to develop this long existing idea.

Yeah the Victorian English weren't using that idea in the 19th century or anything. Its like electric cars, the cutting edge brand new technology from 1897.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:16 PM (39g3+)

138 the idea of a 23 year old tax bill being overturned and due upon demand is so fucking stupid, it could be from the movie Brazil.

Posted by: Chaos! At the White House at March 16, 2018 08:15 PM (V3U1L)


The idea of sending Martha Stewart to jail, even though she was innocent of the original charge, was crazy.

But they did it.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 08:16 PM (fiGNd)

139 Drigible = steerable

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 16, 2018 08:13 PM (2DOZq)

For some values of "steerable".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2018 08:17 PM (Dbv1R)

140 128 the idea of a 23 year old tax bill being overturned and due upon demand is so fucking stupid, it could be from the movie Brazil.

Posted by: Chaos! At the White House at March 16, 2018 08:15 PM (V3U1L)

================

As was the idea to sell 20% of our uranium to Russia for $150+ million in bribes ...

Posted by: Formerly Self-Banned at March 16, 2018 08:17 PM (BiLU+)

141 In the 70's a local couple and their equally drunk friends decided to fly their cessna after leaving the bar. Apparantley tried some stunt which exceeded the structural limits of the aircraft, which rained aircraft parts and bodies all over the neighborhood. Quite gruesome. So, no flying cars thank you.

Posted by: BluesFish at March 16, 2018 08:17 PM (3g9Il)

142 I have always wanted to try a Powered Chute. http://bit.ly/2GAnWF4

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 16, 2018 08:17 PM (OrxbI)

143 Don't forget to send Maxine Waters to Mars to recover the US flag.

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Ground control to Major Max . . .

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 16, 2018 08:17 PM (+y/Ru)

144 Just make sure none of the Florida bridge designers are involved in the project.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 16, 2018 08:18 PM (/qEW2)

145 Will no one think of the CONTRAILS??

Posted by: Evergreen State Dept of Tranny Environmentalists at March 16, 2018 08:16 PM (398bZ)

Those aren't contrails they're CHEMTRAILS!

And have you seen the water coming out of the sprinkler? It, like, has rainbows because of the chemicals they are adding!!!

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 08:18 PM (T71PA)

146 Sounds terrifying

Posted by: mugiwara at March 16, 2018 08:18 PM (AK1lh)

147
Hordes of lawyers are doing the Snoopy dance.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 16, 2018 08:19 PM (S/hVx)

148 Let's list ways that you can die on Mars

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 08:19 PM (6Ll1u)

149 It'll take George Jetson technology to get Hillary to the top of the stairs.

Posted by: t-bird at March 16, 2018 08:19 PM (XaSia)

150
I am far from an early adopter on technology, call me the last adopter, but if this ever came about, I am camping outside the store for the midnight release.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:20 PM (r+sAi)

151 JT Marlin upgrades Mr. Fusion Technologies to STRONG BUY
Posted by: JT Marlin
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Stock up now: https://preview.tinyurl.com/y7we7wcf

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2018 08:20 PM (9tO1t)

152 "in anticipation of a shift in the transport market away from
conventional cars to self-driving vehicles shared via ride-hailing apps."


Huh?


Outside limited niche applications in a few of the densest markets, and esp. outside the US - and this is essentially just unmanned taxis - I don't see such a shift happening.


Then again I'm baffled by the excitement over, and apparent appeal (to some), of "self-driving" cars. Some of the newer gizmos are nice - back-up cameras and space-keeping sensors for freeway use - but I think "self-driving" is a completely different thing, and will not be a mass-market item.


Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2018 08:20 PM (QDnY+)

153 1. this assumes that the IRS could do this

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I've seen lots of impossible things these last ten years.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 16, 2018 08:20 PM (+y/Ru)

154 if this ever came about, I am camping outside the store for the midnight release.

I'll say a kind word at your wake.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:21 PM (39g3+)

155 148 Let's list ways that you can die on Mars
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 08:19 PM (6Ll1u)

1. Slowly and painfully
2. Quickly and painfully

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 16, 2018 08:21 PM (hMwEB)

156 helicopters are versatile ... but they have to watch traffic even when there is only one other helicopter

this is in the cockpit with a woman drying cherries with her little helicopter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mmA_nZXbeQ

Posted by: illiniwek at March 16, 2018 08:21 PM (bT8Z4)

157 139 Drigible = steerable

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 16, 2018 08:13 PM (2DOZq)

For some values of "steerable".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2018 08:17 PM (Dbv1R)


Well, at least now we have modern weather satellites to make sure your personal dirigible never goes near a storm. Because dirigibles don't play well with storms.

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2018 08:21 PM (sdi6R)

158 Outside limited niche applications in a few of the densest markets, and esp. outside the US - and this is essentially just unmanned taxis - I don't see such a shift happening.

I could see it in downtown areas of very populated urban centers but outside that? No. Mom can't get her groceries and 3 kids to the store and back in a self driving prius.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:22 PM (39g3+)

159 Let's list ways that you can die on Mars

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 08:19 PM (6Ll1u)




zombie David Bowie: Is there really life on Mars

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 16, 2018 08:22 PM (SiINZ)

160
water jet pack - only works over water.

https://preview.tinyurl.com/y6vu42sz

Posted by: Skandia Recluse at March 16, 2018 08:22 PM (roQNm)

161 eh, I could die in a car crash too. I rather do it falling and screaming with a view.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:22 PM (r+sAi)

162 Someone could also create peddle planes like the Gossamer Albatross.

I like the idea of air travel. Roads: 1d, Ships: 2d, air: 3d. No traffic jams, less possibility of collision, etc.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 16, 2018 08:22 PM (/qEW2)

163 25 Mile high, 100 feet high, it's still sex in the air.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&& at March 16, 2018 07:57 PM (t0jSk)

3 inches, 6 inches, a foot, it's all a matter of perspective, honey.

Posted by: tcn in AK at March 16, 2018 08:22 PM (7UW64)

164 147
Hordes of lawyers are doing the Snoopy dance.
Posted by: irongrampa at March 16, 2018 08:19 PM (S/hVx)

Not this one. I'm doing the slumped on my couch devoid of all motivation non-dance.

Posted by: Insomniac - Nowhere Man at March 16, 2018 08:22 PM (NWiLs)

165 My mom drives a subaru...she asked if we wanted it...yeah, no...

Posted by: lin-duh at March 16, 2018 08:22 PM (kufk0)

166 I'm keeping my flip phone. Fuck y'all.

Posted by: Cloyd Freud, Unemployed at March 16, 2018 08:23 PM (398bZ)

167 Well, at least now we have modern weather satellites
to make sure your personal dirigible never goes near a storm. Because
dirigibles don't play well with storms.

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2018 08:21 PM (sdi6R)

And where do you run to, if a big-ass storm is approaching?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2018 08:24 PM (Dbv1R)

168 I've always wanted to die by explosive decompression, or from a mid-coital aneurysm, but mostly the mid-coital aneurysm thing.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 16, 2018 08:24 PM (OrxbI)

169 165 My mom drives a subaru...she asked if we wanted it...yeah, no...
Posted by: lin-duh at March 16, 2018 08:22 PM (kufk0)

subarus are actually fun to drive
too bad about the sjwness

Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot at March 16, 2018 08:24 PM (hMwEB)

170 Anyone who gets in any driverless vehicle is batshit crazy.

Posted by: Legion of Gloomer at March 16, 2018 08:24 PM (mqNBT)

171 Just make sure none of the Florida bridge designers are involved in the project.

The bridge flew fine. It was the landing that needs work.

Pilot today bringing us into BWI in 20-30 mph winds: bang! He just slams us into the runway with no bounces and no remarks at all. I thought it was impressive.

Posted by: t-bird at March 16, 2018 08:24 PM (XaSia)

172 Ziggy Stardust won't ever die

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 08:25 PM (6Ll1u)

173 It would probably go something like this;



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvdNCDVmRPo



Posted by: kbdabear at March 16, 2018 08:15 PM (eh0Va)

=============

Heh.

Posted by: Nostradamus at March 16, 2018 08:26 PM (BiLU+)

174 I have always wanted to try a Powered Chute. http://bit.ly/2GAnWF4
Posted by: Grump928
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As an aside, a guy I know had engine trouble with his ultralight. Landed it on a rural softball complex. Fixed the problem, which was a fuel petcock snafu, then took off.

As he was flying away he noticed a confluence of emergency vehicles converging at the ball fields.

Someone had phoned in a plane crash. The plane cops were waiting for him at the airport. Don't remember how it was resolved.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2018 08:26 PM (QxXRY)

175 If they preshipped shipped supplies to Mars that would be meant to last 20 years ( including shelter repair supplies) , I would go to Mars . Why not?

It would have to be 20 years because who knows what would occur within that 20 years on earth that would prevent resupply.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 16, 2018 08:26 PM (2DOZq)

176 Or major tom

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 08:26 PM (6Ll1u)

177 Like a leper messiah

Posted by: Grump928(C) at March 16, 2018 08:27 PM (OrxbI)

178
Just to be clear, I want to drive my flying car, computer backup only for evasive action. And stopping at pie shops.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:27 PM (r+sAi)

179 Anyone who gets in any driverless vehicle is batshit crazy.
Posted by: Legion of Gloomer
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Actually, they pretty much do it all of the time, kinda, they just don't know it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2018 08:28 PM (QxXRY)

180 vm,
I'm more of a full sized SUV person. I've driven it a few times and didn't like it. Seating isn't comfortable for me and I couldn't see shit. I like to be up high off the ground... but not flying.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 16, 2018 08:28 PM (kufk0)

181 Flying cars? Some FAA petty functionary will put a stop to that right quick.

Posted by: Mrs. Leggy at March 16, 2018 08:28 PM (prxs+)

182 People are so excited about self-driving whatevers without realizing that the motivational force isn't safety or efficiency but increasing the time available for mom, dad, kid #1, and kid #2 to stare at additional advertisements on their phones.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I'm No Longer Selling ARs Until My $300 Ones Will Go For $1000 at March 16, 2018 08:28 PM (zuUwB)

183 Here's a problem with flying cars: would that make the possibility of terrorist attacks by air more likely? I assume this would be less regulated than air traffic.

Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 16, 2018 08:29 PM (/qEW2)

184 Anyone who gets in any driverless vehicle is batshit crazy.


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Most drivers are already driving driverless vehicles.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I'm No Longer Selling ARs Until My $300 Ones Will Go For $1000 at March 16, 2018 08:29 PM (zuUwB)

185 ace, kinda funny typo in the headline - "Flying Porches"


Now that is an even *smaller* niche market than I predict for the self-driving and flying cars .....

Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2018 08:30 PM (QDnY+)

186 Lookout for flying Subarus with Coexist stickers. Or shoot them down.

*shifty eyes*
Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 16, 2018 08:04 PM

Be a real shame, it would, if one of those were to violate my airspace. Just sayin'.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at March 16, 2018 08:30 PM (BuS20)

187 You could be on this blog if you had a driverless car...just saying.

Posted by: lin-duh at March 16, 2018 08:30 PM (kufk0)

188 Before we get to your destination, the government will be picking up some refugees to share the subsidy we're giving you. Surely, you agree? [YES] [Try Again]

Posted by: Ford HAL 1000 at March 16, 2018 08:30 PM (XaSia)

189 subarus are actually fun to drive
too bad about the sjwness
Posted by: votermom certified russian matryoshka bot
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The Crosstrek is one of the few 'crossovers' that is available with a manual transmission. Too bad, but there it is.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2018 08:30 PM (QxXRY)

190 Flying RVs would be cool.

Posted by: eleven at March 16, 2018 08:31 PM (+lOpA)

191 inches, 6 inches, a foot, it's all a matter of perspective, honey.
Posted by: tcn in AK at March 16, 2018 08:22 PM (7UW64)


Well, my wife did say... never mind.

Posted by: Traveling Man&&& at March 16, 2018 08:31 PM (t0jSk)

192 183 Here's a problem with flying cars: would that make the possibility of terrorist attacks by air more likely? I assume this would be less regulated than air traffic.
Posted by: Steve and Cold Bear at March 16, 2018 08:29 PM (/qEW2)


Apart from terrorists, hackers must be salivating over the possibilities for creating mayhem.

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2018 08:31 PM (sdi6R)

193 It would be great until until a group of hackers, started playing Bumper-cars with the car your in

Posted by: Pog at March 16, 2018 08:31 PM (EOPif)

194 Now that is an even *smaller* niche market than I predict for the self-driving and flying cars .....


Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2018 08:30 PM (QDnY+)

Auntie Em! Auntie Em!

Posted by: Dorothy at March 16, 2018 08:31 PM (Dbv1R)

195 I think ground zero in an unexpected nuke is a good way to go. Not even enough time to think "ouch"

I can just imagine the salivating lust in the mines of tyrants as they consider how easy to control a nation of people in driverless, remotely accessible cars would be.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:31 PM (39g3+)

196
Someone had phoned in a plane crash. The plane cops were waiting for him at the airport. Don't remember how it was resolved.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2018 08:26 PM (QxXRY)


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That reminds me of that little black kid getting shot at the park. People blamed the cops, but someone (more than one IIRC) had called the cops to request they come and shoot him.

Not one person walked out to see what was actually happening.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I'm No Longer Selling ARs Until My $300 Ones Will Go For $1000 at March 16, 2018 08:32 PM (zuUwB)

197 I am getting the flying porch with the rocking chair, mini-fridge and hibachi options installed.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 08:32 PM (dDMQ9)

198
Many are assuming flying cars wouldn't have safety measures not built in, won't let you fly into other things. Drones right now avoid stuff all on their own. And once we get our individual flying cars we can have the whole nation bomb al queda on their vacation time.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:32 PM (r+sAi)

199 Yeah right...Porsche couldn't pull off cheating the EPA with diesel emissions
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Hope they redesigned that computer to be undetectable and redeployed it.

Posted by: gNewt at March 16, 2018 08:33 PM (fdz7u)

200 I saw a jacked up Crosstrek a few days ago. Jacked up as in lift kit and knobby tires.

It was magnificent.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I'm No Longer Selling ARs Until My $300 Ones Will Go For $1000 at March 16, 2018 08:33 PM (zuUwB)

201 Just don't let monkeys fly. I hate flying monkeys.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 16, 2018 08:33 PM (70cRb)

202 I'll just make so my car has wings, and fly away!

Posted by: Rod Farva at March 16, 2018 08:33 PM (wSC8T)

203 "How many people saw that Elon Musk just said that the people who go to Mars will probably die?"

Everyone dies.

Posted by: navybrat at March 16, 2018 08:34 PM (w7KSn)

204 I just watch a documentary on the Porsche factory. I always thought they started out as a car company but it wasn't until the son did they make their first sports car.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 16, 2018 08:34 PM (2DOZq)

205 Are you old enough to remember every beat of the "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" drum solo ?

Posted by: undocumented illegal David Hogg at March 16, 2018 08:34 PM (e8kgV)

206 They will hack flying cars faster than you can say my pillow

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 08:34 PM (6Ll1u)

207 200
I saw a jacked up Crosstrek a few days ago. Jacked up as in lift kit and knobby tires.

It was magnificent.


Posted by: Moron Robbie - I'm No Longer Selling ARs Until My $300 Ones Will Go For $1000 at March 16, 2018 08:33 PM (zuUwB)

A Jacked up Subaru? that must be one mean Lesbo driving it.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 16, 2018 08:35 PM (70cRb)

208 Or major tom

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 08:26 PM (6Ll1u)



But he is a junkie
Strung out in heaven's high

Posted by: TheQuietMan at March 16, 2018 08:35 PM (SiINZ)

209 198
Many are assuming flying cars wouldn't have safety measures not built in, won't let you fly into other things. Drones right now avoid stuff all on their own. And once we get our individual flying cars we can have the whole nation bomb al queda on their vacation time.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:32 PM (r+sAi)

Yeah I'm surprised at so many negative posts.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 16, 2018 08:35 PM (2DOZq)

210 And the first time one of these was weaponized by a member of the religion of child molestation, inbreeding and head-chopping, and rammed into a building full of innocent people would result in a yuge expansion of the TSA, with an additional 250,000 Somali cab drivers on staff.

Great.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 08:36 PM (dDMQ9)

211 eh, I could die in a car crash too. I rather do it falling and screaming with a view.

There is a light and it never goes out -

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 16, 2018 08:36 PM (6FqZa)

212 Crap I was all alone on the last long read and didnt even realize it

Posted by: LASue at March 16, 2018 08:36 PM (Z48ZB)

213

Airhead...

Posted by: In Vino Veritits Vibrating Bot Plugs Now BOGO! at March 16, 2018 08:36 PM (UFLLM)

214 Teenagers and the elderly in flying cars? Sweet jeebus. NO.


Posted by: Jane D'oh at March 16, 2018 08:02 PM (ptqGC)
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Hellllllllzzzzzzzzz No!

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2018 08:37 PM (PvFoN)

215 Drones right now avoid stuff all on their own. And once we get our individual flying cars we can have the whole nation bomb al queda on their vacation time.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk
**********************

B-52s bomb bays full of mosquito hawk sized drones dropped on `em. Swarm them into submission.

Posted by: gNewt at March 16, 2018 08:37 PM (fdz7u)

216 I am getting the flying porch with the rocking chair, mini-fridge and hibachi options installed.

The issue is tying all that shit down before taking launch. I do assume you've seen "Up"

Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at March 16, 2018 08:37 PM (6FqZa)

217 subarus are capable but very expensive to repair.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 16, 2018 08:37 PM (MTjB1)

218 It's starting to look like I can't shout loud enough to keep people from doing stupid shit.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 16, 2018 08:38 PM (oVJmc)

219 When you are driving on the road, other traffic that might conflict with you is either in your own lane, or the oncoming lane, and in cross-streets.

In a flying car, you would have to be alert for other traffic approaching from in front, behind, above, below, or to either side, and also all the intermediate cases.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2018 08:38 PM (Dbv1R)

220
If they don't make it sound like the Jetsons' flying car, Porsche doesn't have balls.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 16, 2018 08:38 PM (eXA4G)

221 Just think, in the year 10191, we'll not only have flying cars, but Ming the Merciless, the stalwart captain of the U-96, Jean Luc Picard, and FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper all going for a jolly jaunt to pick up David Lynch from a day at the beach.

Posted by: The Trebuchet 1172 at March 16, 2018 08:38 PM (CBWL+)

222 Can you get a ticket for flying too fast?

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2018 08:39 PM (PvFoN)

223 would prefer subaru to land rover.

Posted by: yankeefifth at March 16, 2018 08:39 PM (MTjB1)

224 >>>Whoever sitteth on this carpet and willeth in thought to be taken up and set down upon other site will


Whomever can lyeth in this bed shall have the power of Thor.

Posted by: Some Dude at March 16, 2018 08:39 PM (q177U)

225 That reminds me of that little black kid getting shot at the park. People blamed the cops, but someone (more than one IIRC) had called the cops to request they come and shoot him.

Not one person walked out to see what was actually happening.
Posted by: Moron Robbie - I'm No Longer Selling ARs Until My $300 Ones Will Go For $1000 at March 16, 2018 08:32 PM (zuUwB)

Carrying around s toy rifle in the dark and pointing it at people didn't help much either.

Posted by: Legion of Gloomer at March 16, 2018 08:39 PM (mqNBT)

226
I am kinda glad few others want a flying car, less traffic.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:39 PM (r+sAi)

227 161 eh, I could die in a car crash too. I rather do it falling and screaming with a view.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:22 PM (r+sAi)


I guess that's what WWI pilots must have been thinking.

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2018 08:39 PM (sdi6R)

228 Yeah I'm surprised at so many negative posts.

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth

Anything conceived by, designed by, built by, or operated/controlled by humans ALWAYS results in utter disaster.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 08:39 PM (dDMQ9)

229 203 "How many people saw that Elon Musk just said that the people who go to Mars will probably die?"

Everyone dies.
Posted by: navybrat at March 16, 2018 08:34 PM (w7KSn)

100% of those who consume Dihydrogen Monoxide will eventually die.

Posted by: Amazing Facts! at March 16, 2018 08:39 PM (H+7tw)

230
The big problem is the one thing that every middle-aged man or woman knows intimately.

Gravity.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at March 16, 2018 08:40 PM (eXA4G)

231 And I'm falling in a most-a pec-u-li-ar way.

Posted by: Major Hillary! at March 16, 2018 08:40 PM (Tyii7)

232 The biggest argument for driverless cars is the condition of most today's drivers, who are engaged in everything BUT operating the vehicle.
They eat, drink, text, answer calls, press buttons on their dash, get beejers from their passenger, everything but drive the fkcuing car.

Posted by: navybrat at March 16, 2018 08:40 PM (w7KSn)

233 Peaches in Porsches pose perils.

Posted by: GnuBreed at March 16, 2018 08:40 PM (0ogQG)

234 In the year 2525, if still alive

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 08:40 PM (6Ll1u)

235 Can you get a ticket for flying too fast? <<<<<<,

No. What are you, a commie?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:40 PM (r+sAi)

236 This technology will come full circle back to it not being necessary for the constant handshake or the whereamI? mode.

Posted by: gNewt at March 16, 2018 08:40 PM (fdz7u)

237
A Jacked up Subaru? that must be one mean Lesbo driving it.


Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 16, 2018 08:35 PM (70cRb)


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I didn't see the driver, but I think it was probably an advertisement for the products involved in lifting it. Stickers and some dot com decal on the window. It looked like it would be a hoot, though. I wouldn't be surprised if there was an engine swap with the bigger (3.6?) powerplant, too.

One of the funniest photos I've ever seen was a mud-covered WRX parked next to a pristine and expensive heavily-modified off-road truck in a mall parking lot. I think the only clean-ish place on the Subaru was where the windshield wipers swept the glass.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I'm No Longer Selling ARs Until My $300 Ones Will Go For $1000 at March 16, 2018 08:40 PM (zuUwB)

238 Trump's wall just got taller.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2018 08:41 PM (PvFoN)

239 233 Peaches in Porsches pose perils.

No shit. She'll get whacked out on Lebanese blond hash and take Fluffy for drive by's...

Posted by: In Vino Veritits in a Pike Chair, Beeep Beeep at March 16, 2018 08:42 PM (UFLLM)

240 Flying RVs would be cool.
Posted by: eleven at March 16, 2018 08:31 PM (+lOpA)

Yeah, they are

Posted by: Lone Star at March 16, 2018 08:42 PM (T71PA)

241
All pipe dreams, along with self driving cars.

Way too many variables to account for.

We'll be driving autos for the foreseeable future.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 16, 2018 08:42 PM (S/hVx)

242
One more benefit of flying cars, avoiding bridges in FL.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:42 PM (r+sAi)

243 That said, I totally want one of these that looks like an SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 08:43 PM (dDMQ9)

244 In a flying car, you would have to be alert for other traffic approaching from in front, behind, above, below, or to either side, and also all the intermediate cases.

In a setting with no lanes, when even just clipping you can cause catastrophic failure that causes your car not to spin or stop but plunge to your death, on top of other people.

Hard to imagine why people might be negative bout this idea.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:43 PM (39g3+)

245 test

Posted by: Surfperch at March 16, 2018 08:43 PM (H+7tw)

246 Carrying around s toy rifle in the dark and pointing it at people didn't help much either.

Posted by: Legion of Gloomer at March 16, 2018 08:39 PM (mqNBT)


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Oh, absolutely. Those neighbors had let their area become a sh*thole and they knew it, and so they were fairly safe in assuming the black dude would shoot them. Because sh*thole. Which is why none of them were going out there.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I'm No Longer Selling ARs Until My $300 Ones Will Go For $1000 at March 16, 2018 08:44 PM (zuUwB)

247 That said, I totally want one of these that looks like an SBD Dauntless Dive Bomber.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 08:43 PM (dDMQ9)

Ooh. Ooh. I want one that looks like a Spitfire.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 08:44 PM (T71PA)

248 100% of those who consume Dihydrogen Monoxide will eventually die.
Posted by: Amazing Facts! at March 16, 2018 08:39 PM


Interestingly, the same fate awaits those who consume Oxygen Dihydride.

Which is why I blend racemic mixtures with ethanol as much as possible.

Posted by: Hillary! at March 16, 2018 08:44 PM (iwaXH)

249 Yeah, they are
Posted by: Lone Star


"Don't let him foo you, I do all the driving"
--Barf

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:45 PM (39g3+)

250 116 Can I haz my own personal Spinner?

Posted by: Anna Puma (HQCaR) at March 16, 2018 08:11 PM (6GRjM)


Final descent... Now on glide path... On course... Over the landing threshold.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at March 16, 2018 08:45 PM (NL6wI)

251 LMAO!!!

Posted by: Kim Jong-fu at March 16, 2018 08:46 PM (artIV)

252 I'm going to put on Heavy Metal, what a soundtrack

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 08:46 PM (6Ll1u)

253 Porsche? Air cooled vs water cooled wars redux. And throttle lift oversteer. And timing chain tensioners that take 25 years to sort out And . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 16, 2018 08:47 PM (QLvwG)

254 And an F-14 Tomcat.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 08:47 PM (dDMQ9)

255 ...my friends all fly Porches, I must make a-mends...

Posted by: Zettai Roshia-no Botto at March 16, 2018 08:47 PM (e9G8E)

256 And an F-14 Tomcat.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 08:47 PM (dDMQ9)


I want mine to look like Tom Cruise's plane in Made in America.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 08:47 PM (fiGNd)

257 Or, F-86 Saber

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 08:47 PM (T71PA)

258 I don't know why but I bought the big flask of Jagermeister along with my beer on the way home tonight.

Posted by: jsg at March 16, 2018 08:47 PM (QjUQj)

259
Oh video games since the 70's have been showing you the other vehicles flying nearby. Its doable if a flying car is doable.

I am beginning to suspect you people are the reason I don't have a flying car.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:48 PM (r+sAi)

260
Interestingly, the same fate awaits those who consume Oxygen Dihydride.

*sniffs haughtily*

Only barbaric Americans call it Oxygen Dihydride. We sophisticated Europeans call it Hydroxylic Acid.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2018 08:48 PM (1uR8b)

261 I don't know why but I bought the big flask of Jagermeister along with my beer on the way home tonight.

Posted by: jsg at March 16, 2018 08:47 PM (QjUQj)


Just as an outsider looking in ... I'm thinking you bought it to drink the shit.

Just spit-ballin' here.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 08:48 PM (fiGNd)

262 Flying porches?

Posted by: Dorothy Gale at March 16, 2018 08:49 PM (Sp1NT)

263 Anything conceived by, designed by, built by, or operated/controlled by humans ALWAYS results in utter disaster.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 08:39 PM (dDMQ9)

IT IS TIME FOR SOME COMMONSENSEHUMANCONTROL.exe.

Posted by: ROBOTS EVERYWHERE at March 16, 2018 08:49 PM (H+7tw)

264 We sophisticated Europeans call it Hydroxylic Acid.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at March 16, 2018 08:48 PM (1uR8b)

Watch out for the brown acid, man.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 08:49 PM (T71PA)

265 i want one that looks like an a-10. preferably armed. i'll make my own way.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 08:49 PM (KP5rU)

266
Just spit-ballin' here.
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 08:48 PM (fiGNd)

Total impulse. Maybe my body needs it.

Posted by: jsg at March 16, 2018 08:50 PM (QjUQj)

267 Flying Porsche cars. The dicks are still on the inside.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 16, 2018 08:50 PM (QLvwG)

268 218
It's starting to look like I can't shout loud enough to keep people from doing stupid shit.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at March 16, 2018 08:38 PM (oVJmc)

This is about me isn't it.?

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 16, 2018 08:50 PM (70cRb)

269 We're signed up for dozens!!!!!!

SUCK IT, FLYOVER COUNTRY!! THIS WILL NEVER COME BACK TO HAUNT US!~!!!!! EVAAAAAH!!!!

Posted by: Your Betters at NRO at March 16, 2018 08:51 PM (KXVP7)

270 And a Fokker Tri-plane like what The Red Baron flew.

I'm not greedy, but I am very particular.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 08:51 PM (dDMQ9)

271 Total impulse. Maybe my body needs it.

Posted by: jsg at March 16, 2018 08:50 PM (QjUQj)


Typically ... your first answer is the correct one. Go with it.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 08:51 PM (fiGNd)

272 Popular Science promised me in 1973 that I would have my hovercar by now!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2018 08:51 PM (EZebt)

273 I hate anything that tastes like black licorice

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 08:51 PM (6Ll1u)

274 For taking the family on vacations, I want a flying car that looks like a Catalina.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 08:52 PM (T71PA)

275 I just watch a documentary on the Porsche factory. I always thought they started out as a car company but it wasn't until the son did they make their first sports car.
Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth
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Tractors...and vehicles for the Nazis, but mostly vehicles for the Nazis.


Ferdinand Porsche was a fervent Nazi. I point this out to every Porsche owner that I talk to.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at March 16, 2018 08:52 PM (c/EDo)

276 Its my opinion that Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and the rest were all filthy liars.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:52 PM (39g3+)

277 272
Popular Science promised me in 1973 that I would have my hovercar by now!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2018 08:51 PM (EZebt)

Exactly. Those bastards lied to us. Ya know maybe everyone in Area 51 is laughing and zooming around in flying cars.

Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 16, 2018 08:53 PM (70cRb)

278 272 Popular Science promised me in 1973 that I would have my hovercar by now!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at March 16, 2018 08:51 PM (EZebt)


Hell, they were probably promising that in 1938.

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2018 08:53 PM (sdi6R)

279 253 Porsche? Air cooled vs water cooled wars redux. And throttle lift oversteer. And timing chain tensioners that take 25 years to sort out And . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at March 16, 2018 08:47 PM (QLvwG)

Don't forget turbocharge !

Posted by: Sebastian Melmoth at March 16, 2018 08:54 PM (2DOZq)

280 Its my opinion that Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and the rest were all filthy liars.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:52 PM (39g3+)


As was Jimmy Stewart in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 08:54 PM (fiGNd)

281 276; and, never that popular.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 08:54 PM (KP5rU)

282 We already have flying taxis. They're called helicopters. And they come in many makes, models, and colors.

Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2018 08:54 PM (zLDYs)

283

An updated Northrop HL-10 might fly as a car design.

Posted by: In Vino Veritits in a Pike Chair, Beeep Beeep at March 16, 2018 08:54 PM (UFLLM)

284 Tractors...and vehicles for the Nazis, but mostly vehicles for the Nazis.

He made a badass tank but unfortunately couldn't fix all the kinks in time for the showing, so it lost out to his competitor. Would have been a better tank, but he didn't have time to demonstrate it. Most of the Nazi war machine was limited by time and fuel. Had they not attacked Russia they might have had time to get their stuff done and the focus to get fuel by taking overt he Middle east more effectively.

Well, that and not have their ally attack the United States.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:54 PM (39g3+)

285 http://bit.ly/2HGFuPk
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Nolte: Disgraced Media Already Hit with Massive Layoffs in 2018

Posted by: DeploraBOT at March 16, 2018 08:54 PM (y3aQB)

286 and, never that popular.

Even the name was a lie!!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:55 PM (39g3+)

287 As a former 928S owner, no way I would get into a flying Porsche. New Porsches have a less than satisfactory reliability level. When they run they are great but they don't run that often.

Now a Toyota/Lexus flying taxi...

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 16, 2018 08:55 PM (pw+jk)

288 Its my opinion that Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, and the rest were all filthy liars.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:52 PM (39g3+)


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Here at Popular Science, we've decided that opinions are bad for science. That's why we're closing our comment section!

Posted by: Handsome, cool, and totes popular science that wants people to feel good about themselves and also g at March 16, 2018 08:55 PM (zuUwB)

289 Nolte: Disgraced Media Already Hit with Massive Layoffs in 2018

Posted by: DeploraBOT at March 16, 2018 08:54 PM (y3aQB)


*solemnly pours one on the ground for D-Lamp*

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 08:56 PM (fiGNd)

290
I will happily take my lovingly restored muscle car and exult in the thrill and sound of that big V8 working hard.

Just love it.

Posted by: irongrampa at March 16, 2018 08:56 PM (S/hVx)

291
Now Popular Mechanics, that was a magazine!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 08:56 PM (r+sAi)

292 >>> For taking the family on vacations, I want a flying car that looks like a Catalina.

Too late.

Posted by: Pontiac, RIP at March 16, 2018 08:56 PM (cHbmY)

293 273 I hate anything that tastes like black licorice
Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 08:51 PM (6Ll1u)

1st and 2nd shots went down perty darn good.

Posted by: jsg at March 16, 2018 08:57 PM (QjUQj)

294 As a former 928S owner, no way I would get into a flying Porsche. New Porsches have a less than satisfactory reliability level. When they run they are great but they don't run that often.

Still more reliable than British motorworks.

Seriously though, they do get it right eventually, they just are always so cutting edge and pushing it that they keep making things that don't quite work right at first. but the 900th edition of the 911 is a solid car. Just don't get their 4 wheel steer hybrid.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:58 PM (39g3+)

295 1st and 2nd shots went down perty darn good.

Posted by: jsg at March 16, 2018 08:57 PM (QjUQj)


I've been told the experience is not "authentic" until print no longer is legible.

Just sayin' ...

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 08:58 PM (fiGNd)

296 Hey everybody. I've written before:

If/when flying cars become affordable, they'll most likely be 95% automated/autopiloted. Or better still, guided from government-funded facilities.

It'll probably be a miracle if you can turn on/off the a/c yourself.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 08:58 PM (eMKNe)

297 274 For taking the family on vacations, I want a flying car that looks like a Catalina.
Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 08:52 PM (T71PA)

No no you want the Flying Family Truckster. A damn fine automoplane if I say so myself.

Posted by: jsg at March 16, 2018 08:58 PM (QjUQj)

298 Can you imagine flying a real F-14 Tomcat?

You'd be zipping along at 1750 KPH and suddenly you'd be like "Shit! My control surfaces suddenly aren't working!!!!!"

And then you'd realize you had ahold of your Johnson instead of the Stick.

Comedy gold.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 08:59 PM (dDMQ9)

299 I hate anything that tastes like black licorice

Avoid England. They put aniseed in damn near everything. No sense of taste as near as I can tell. And they could screw up toast. Oh wait, they do: only one side.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:59 PM (39g3+)

300 a flying car what looks like a 1957 Chevy Nomad would be boss

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2018 08:59 PM (KCxzN)

301 Christopher, what about fish and chips? ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 08:59 PM (eMKNe)

302 As a former 928S owner, no way I would get into a flying Porsche. New
Porsches have a less than satisfactory reliability level. When they run
they are great but they don't run that often.

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That's sort of my position. I like my friend's Porsches the same way I like another friend's Maserati. They're awesome, attractive, exhilarating cars, and I'm very glad they've got them.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I'm No Longer Selling ARs Until My $300 Ones Will Go For $1000 at March 16, 2018 08:59 PM (zuUwB)

303
Popular Nurses was quite the mag.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 09:00 PM (r+sAi)

304 Can you imagine flying a real F-14 Tomcat?

Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 08:59 PM (dDMQ9)


Weren't most of us aspiring Tomcats, really, back in the day ?

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 09:00 PM (fiGNd)

305 And then you'd realize you had ahold of your Johnson instead of the Stick.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 08:59 PM (dDMQ9)

I hat it when that happens

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 09:00 PM (T71PA)

306 Exactly. Those bastards lied to us. Ya know maybe everyone in Area 51 is laughing and zooming around in flying cars.


Posted by: Cannibal Bob at March 16, 2018 08:53 PM (70cRb)

Bugsport, Maine. Look it up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2018 09:00 PM (Dbv1R)

307 Seriously though, they do get it right eventually, they just are always
so cutting edge and pushing it that they keep making things that don't
quite work right at first. but the 900th edition of the 911 is a solid
car. Just don't get their 4 wheel steer hybrid.

============

Now normally I would agree but with the 928, my buddy bought a 1978 and it was reliable as shit. My 89 broke down every 500 miles.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 16, 2018 09:01 PM (pw+jk)

308 For taking the family on vacations, I want a flying car that looks like a Catalina Wagon Queen Family Truckster.



Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 08:52 PM (T71PA)

You think you hate it now, wait 'til you fly it!

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 16, 2018 09:01 PM (QLvwG)

309 I've been told the experience is not "authentic" until print no longer is legible.

Just sayin' ...
Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 08:58 PM (fiGNd)

Doubtful it will come to that. Damn sinuses have been bothering me though so what the frig...

Posted by: jsg at March 16, 2018 09:01 PM (QjUQj)

310 Just read that there's going to be a 4k bluray edition of 2001 in stores in April.

It's probably the *only* flick I'd buy a 4k copy of. I don't even have a 4k player or monitor yet.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 09:01 PM (eMKNe)

311 Late to the party, but has anyone mentioned what the insurance premiums might be?

Posted by: Vanya at March 16, 2018 09:01 PM (U7voe)

312 Dr. WTF, last year I read somewhere online - some interesting website that has such oddball stories - about the customized luxury PBY Catalinas that were done in the 50s (I think). Photos made it look very nice. Article included wild story about one family that had a spot of trouble with the locals ..... somewhere on the Red Sea


Anyway, while still a niche market, I'd say luxury Catalinas *would* sell. And would have my interest.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2018 09:01 PM (QDnY+)

313 Christopher, what about fish and chips?

OK they did get that right. And beer. But not warm beer.

British cuisine is boil everything and add aniseed when nobody is looking.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:01 PM (39g3+)

314
Popular Poplars was big amongst the tree huggers.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 09:02 PM (r+sAi)

315 I joined the Navy for Tomcats and wound up a Supply Officer.

Sigh.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 09:03 PM (dDMQ9)

316 Christopher, true. :-)

I'm Italian. Our general food advice is "tomato sauce and garlic make everything better." ;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 09:03 PM (eMKNe)

317 Just don't get their 4 wheel steer hybrid.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 08:58 PM (39g3+)


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Fun and little-known fact:

Honda had a completely mechanical 4 wheel steering system in their Preludes of the early 90s. Clever as heck, and completely wasted on that tiny little car.

I drove one and grinned like an idiot as I made a u-turn in what seemed like the space of a two lane road, and ever since then I wondered why something like that wasn't incorporated into Suburban-sized SUVs where it would really be useful and not just a parlor trick.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I'm No Longer Selling ARs Until My $300 Ones Will Go For $1000 at March 16, 2018 09:03 PM (zuUwB)

318 The problem I have with flying cars is, well, imagine this scene. You've probably seen something similar...

A rusted-out 1978 Saab, with its muffler held in place by a bent coat hanger, starts to roll through the intersection when the light turns green, but then stalls out. The driver then struggles to restart the engine while holding up traffic in all four directions.

Now, imagine this same scene playing out 12,000 feet above the ground. The instant that engine stalls, that car begins falling. Not only is that car-driver combo now in danger of becoming of becoming a metal pancake with people chunks in it, but it's also gonna fall through lower lanes of air traffic and eventually hit a few cars and/or buildings and/or pedestrians on the ground.

No daily commuter traffic in the sky, plzkthx.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 16, 2018 09:03 PM (wSC8T)

319 British cuisine is boil everything and add aniseed when nobody is looking.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:01 PM (39g3+)


What's the old joke ? In Heaven, all the British are Cops. In Hell, all the British are Cooks.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 09:03 PM (fiGNd)

320 Anyway, while still a niche market, I'd say luxury Catalinas *would* sell. And would have my interest.

Posted by: rhomboid at March 16, 2018 09:01 PM (QDnY+)

Totally. You can fly around with the rear windows open even.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 09:03 PM (T71PA)

321 I want a flying Buick Roadmaster wagon from about 1976

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:04 PM (39g3+)

322 Ancient Astronaut Theorists say .. Nothing was stranger than being yourself

Posted by: undocumented illegal SMOD at March 16, 2018 09:04 PM (e8kgV)

323 I joined the Navy for Tomcats and wound up a Supply Officer.

Sigh.
Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 09:03 PM (dDMQ9)

Hahahhahhahaha!

Posted by: Every Recruiter Ever at March 16, 2018 09:04 PM (U7voe)

324 Well, that and not have their ally attack the United States.

I have always maintained that the smart play for Hitler on Dec 8th, 1941 would have been to declare war on Japan.

Posted by: Grump928 at March 16, 2018 09:04 PM (OrxbI)

325 In a flying Porsche, the #2 cylinder will be oil starved in high gforce left banking turns. As usual.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 16, 2018 09:04 PM (QLvwG)

326 I'm just going to go ahead, and not believe the Porsche guy.

Posted by: Chris M at March 16, 2018 09:04 PM (6RZos)

327 I want a flying Buick Roadmaster wagon from about 1976
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:04 PM (39g3+)

Today's solar eclipse brought to you by...

Posted by: Vanya at March 16, 2018 09:05 PM (U7voe)

328 Totally. You can fly around with the rear windows open even.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 09:03 PM (T71PA)

And every place you can land has a beach.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 16, 2018 09:05 PM (Dbv1R)

329 I also had a 3.0 Cs that was bullet proof.....except it rusted right in front of my eyes.

Bought because I read an Autoweek article that was titled "Europe at 2 miles a minute." That and it is one of the most beautiful cars ever to have been made. At 2 MPM it felt and LOOKED like you were doing 50MPH. so much glass... and rust.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 16, 2018 09:05 PM (pw+jk)

330 Was the Catalina the one with the sleeper cab underneath the rear window ? I think we had one of those beasts.

Posted by: jsg at March 16, 2018 09:06 PM (QjUQj)

331 There was an episode of M*A*S*H, starring Ed Begley Jr., as an infantryman who, it turned out, was a masterful cook.

Scene where Ed says he told the recruiter guy that, that he could cook, so they put him in the infantry.

When Hawkeye and everyone brings his talent to everyone's attention, of course Ed finally gets to be a cook in the Army... for the generals.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 09:06 PM (eMKNe)

332 I might be officially old I dont care about flying cars and would be happy if all smart cell phones went back to dumb phones And today I told the fishmonger a story about how I used to dig clams on bainbridge island He laughed and seemed interested, but as I walked away I thought, OMG Ive turned into one of those old women who talks about their childhood with strangers. Cringe.

Posted by: LASue at March 16, 2018 09:06 PM (Z48ZB)

333 What happened with the solar flare that was going to hit us?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 09:06 PM (6Ll1u)

334 I have always maintained that the smart play for Hitler on Dec 8th, 1941 would have been to declare war on Japan.

Yeah that would have been genius. Then the USA could NOT declare war on Germany or even aid the English so much. Guys like Lindberg would have been ecstatic. And we probably wouldn't have helped the British fool Germany into thinking Russia was about to attack.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:07 PM (39g3+)

335
Late to the party, but has anyone mentioned what the insurance premiums might be?
Posted by: Vanya


If you have to ask...

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 16, 2018 09:07 PM (IqV8l)

336 After the second or third time one of those things auger in it might be hard to convince people to ride in one.

Posted by: Client Number 9 at March 16, 2018 09:07 PM (UdKB7)

337 The greatest Porsches ever built are still mired up to their hubs in the mud of Kirsk.

Their corporate signature is on an irrevocable pledge to cease the construction of all internal combustion engines in the next, is it six?, years. Und so, vattever you thought you new of their marvelous shporting conveyances yes? Forget that. Thott. Ist. Over.

They're casting about for the next thing the Fuehrer requires, much as Zeppelin went into the backhoe business.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 16, 2018 09:08 PM (H5rtT)

338 Is posting YouTube links allowed here?

Posted by: Vanya at March 16, 2018 09:08 PM (U7voe)

339 It is, yes, Vanya.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 16, 2018 09:08 PM (wSC8T)

340 I also had a 3.0 Cs that was bullet proof.....except it rusted right in front of my eyes.

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That's heartbreaking. One of my favorites. And yes, they're gorgeous.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I'm No Longer Selling ARs Until My $300 Ones Will Go For $1000 at March 16, 2018 09:08 PM (zuUwB)

341 So what's McCabe going to do now that he's be fired ?

Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:09 PM (VWsDy)

342 I have always maintained that the smart play for Hitler on Dec 8th, 1941 would have been to declare war on Japan.

Posted by: Grump928 at March 16, 2018 09:04 PM (OrxbI)


One of my favorite topics ever ...

1 - Capture 300,000 Brits at Dunkirk. Put Britain out.
2 - Stop after taking Czechs. Maybe swap for Danzig. Wait on Stalin to declare first.
3 - Don't screw with the Yugos. Beeline for Moscow as soon as the mud dries.

Posted by: ScoggDog at March 16, 2018 09:09 PM (fiGNd)

343 Is posting YouTube links allowed here? <<<<<<,

almost anything is allowed here.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 09:09 PM (r+sAi)

344 I can't remember the year of the Roadmaster that had that cool extra window on the roof, like a viewport for the gunner. We had one of those. It was glorious

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:09 PM (39g3+)

345 "Honda had a completely mechanical 4 wheel steering system in their
Preludes of the early 90s. Clever as heck, and completely wasted on that
tiny little car."

==============


Favorite Road Track cover was from around 84 and had the new Honda CRX and the new Lotus.

"Honda CRX, beats Lotus on the skid pad, $48K less."

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 16, 2018 09:09 PM (pw+jk)

346 338 Is posting YouTube links allowed here?
Posted by: Vanya at March 16, 2018 09:08 PM (U7voe)

Just don't blow the margins

Posted by: jsg at March 16, 2018 09:09 PM (QjUQj)

347 if porsche is building flying cars, they better come with a swivel pilot seat the way they want to swap ends. fuck that.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:09 PM (KP5rU)

348 almost anything is allowed here.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 09:09 PM (r+sAi)

Except the Irish.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 09:09 PM (T71PA)

349 Jukin, my very first car was a 1985 Honda CRX.

I loved that car. Would still be driving it if I could.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 09:10 PM (eMKNe)

350 Ok then. This was about self driving cars, but I think it applies to flyers too...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4ktVlc_hgY

Posted by: Vanya at March 16, 2018 09:10 PM (U7voe)

351 Flying Corvair. Hell, it's already got a Lycoming engine. Yeah, yeah, I know. Magnetos.

Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2018 09:10 PM (zLDYs)

352 Redacted, he'll team back up with Mrs Miller.
;-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 09:10 PM (eMKNe)

353 There was an episode of M*A*S*H, starring Ed Begley Jr., as an infantryman who, it turned out, was a masterful cook.

I feel bad for him but Ed Begley jr makes me want to punch him in the face. Its almost uncontrollable. If I met him, I'm afraid I'd let one fly.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:10 PM (39g3+)

354
What happened with the solar flare that was going to hit us?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby
.............
It was a really small G1 storm.. overhyped on the interwebs, of course!

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at March 16, 2018 09:11 PM (5tSKk)

355 You think I wear this hat for nothing?

Posted by: Tinfoilbaby at March 16, 2018 09:11 PM (6Ll1u)

356 After the second or third time one of those things auger in it might be hard to convince people to ride in one.

---

Ha. See also: Porsche 911.

They'll be able to charge double once people start dropping them ass-first into football fields.

Posted by: Moron Robbie - I'm No Longer Selling ARs Until My $300 Ones Will Go For $1000 at March 16, 2018 09:11 PM (zuUwB)

357 If my kindle knows which way is up, I think my flying car should.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 09:11 PM (r+sAi)

358 Flying Corvair. Hell, it's already got a Lycoming engine. Yeah, yeah, I know. Magnetos.
Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2018 09:10 PM (zLDYs)

My favorite car I ever owned was a convertible Corvair.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 09:12 PM (T71PA)

359 Christopher Taylor, it was an Olds VistaCruiser. I had one. 350 diesel for the death by medium mileage.

Posted by: Eromero at March 16, 2018 09:12 PM (zLDYs)

360 I stopped hating Ed Begley when he appeared in arrested development as the guy with fake eyebrows

Posted by: LASue at March 16, 2018 09:12 PM (Z48ZB)

361 Except the Irish.

We'll take the Irish for St Patty's day but not Methodists!!

Those 80s era Hondas were wonderful little cars, more durable than you'd expect and quick. And you could get ridiculous mileage out of them, far better than hybrids do today. Of course, they didn't have 500 pounds of government-mandated crap strapped on either.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:12 PM (39g3+)

362 Pretty sure I saw Zeppllin open for the Fuher

Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:12 PM (VWsDy)

363 Christopher, it's easier to watch Begley early in his career, before he became a professional bigmouth. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 09:13 PM (eMKNe)

364 QDPSteve @9:10... are you talking about this Mrs. Miller?

https://youtu.be/o2wheSpxL94

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 16, 2018 09:13 PM (wSC8T)

365 Christopher Taylor, it was an Olds VistaCruiser. I had one. 350 diesel for the death by medium mileage.

That's what it was! Yeah not great for mileage, but none of those station wagons were. Great car, for an American beast in that era.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:13 PM (39g3+)

366 Prothonotary, no, this one.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067411/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 09:14 PM (eMKNe)

367 every time i post or refresh, my name and e-mail go away? wtf? annoying.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:14 PM (KP5rU)

368 Pretty sure I saw Zeppllin open for the Fuher
Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:12 PM (VWsDy)

There's video of them opening for Exploding Hydrogen in Jersey in '37.

Posted by: Vanya at March 16, 2018 09:14 PM (U7voe)

369 Christopher, it's easier to watch Begley early in his career, before he became a professional bigmouth

Its not his actions its just his face. Its not his fault at all. He just looks like someone who deserves a nose full of fist. I can't even explain why. James Spader does the same thing to me.

I think I just went to school with a lot of rich coke-snorting aholes and they remind me of the worst of that lot.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:15 PM (39g3+)

370 367 every time i post or refresh, my name and e-mail go away? wtf? annoying.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:14 PM (KP5rU)

Nice try BSG

Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:15 PM (VWsDy)

371
My parents had a VW bus when we were kids, I thought it was cool, most people laughed at them, those classics sell for $80K now.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at March 16, 2018 09:15 PM (r+sAi)

372 Christopher, ever see James Spader in Pretty In Pink?

OMG, talk about punchable. Then again Spader seems to have always specialized in playing assholes, even if he isn't one himself.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 09:16 PM (eMKNe)

373 every time i post or refresh, my name and e-mail go away? wtf? annoying.

I think they are saved as cookies, or maybe form data.

Posted by: Grump928 at March 16, 2018 09:16 PM (OrxbI)

374 There's video of them opening for Exploding Hydrogen in Jersey in '37.
Posted by: Vanya at March 16, 2018 09:14 PM (U7voe)

I was on the rope line

Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:16 PM (VWsDy)

375 373: thanks grump928.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:17 PM (KP5rU)

376 "Oh the humanity!"

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 09:17 PM (eMKNe)

377 I was on the rope line
Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:16 PM (VWsDy)

So you're not cool with flaming debris falling out of the sky, I take it.

Posted by: DR.WTF? at March 16, 2018 09:17 PM (T71PA)

378 Spader's the guy from Secretary, right? Yeah... Weird.

Posted by: Vanya at March 16, 2018 09:17 PM (U7voe)

379 >>>but as I walked away I thought, OMG Ive turned into one of those old women who talks about their childhood with strangers. Cringe.
Posted by: LASue

lol LASue
cheers!

Posted by: concrete girl at March 16, 2018 09:18 PM (N0sw0)

380 OMG, talk about punchable. Then again Spader seems to have always specialized in playing assholes, even if he isn't one himself.

I was too distracted by my super crush Molly Ringwald.

He was really great in Stargate though, total role change for him. Very nice guy.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:18 PM (39g3+)

381 Christopher, yeah, Molly's hard to take your eyes off of. Especially if you came of age in that era, like I did.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 09:19 PM (eMKNe)

382 Oh, I see now. That makes a lot more sense, Steve!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 16, 2018 09:19 PM (wSC8T)

383 Evidently California is looking to lower the tax rate on weed, because it drives the prices so high people are just still buying it illegally. Funny how they can see how taxes work on the economy in this one area but no others.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:19 PM (39g3+)

384 Hahahhahhahaha!

Posted by: Every Recruiter Ever

Indeed.

Posted by: Sharkman at March 16, 2018 09:20 PM (BfOXk)

385 Well, apparently hiring R. Lee Ermey to, er, 'persuade' the hamsters back into line, worked.

Only downside: The fattest hamster went into the latrine with his rifle and ate a bullet. Shame, that.

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 09:22 PM (eMKNe)

386 I confess that I watched that awful movie where Molly Ringwald goes topless just to see her boobies, and I was amazed: she's really stacked.

Then I saw an old film called Tempest where she's like 13 and she's swimming around, and she had a pretty big bosom at that age. Hughes just dressed her really carefully so you couldn't tell as easily in his movies.

I guess she's really not a very pleasant person in real life but she sure was a sweety in the movies.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:23 PM (39g3+)

387 Bought a 1980, 1800cc, Honda Civic hatchback, 4spd w/#5 as overdrive. Brutalized it for 80,000 miles.
Replaced the plugs once and the right front rotor which was my fault.

In mpg mode it could achieve 38mpg highway and 33/35 city. I usually got 30. A friend said Toys are better. I responded; How?

Posted by: gNewt at March 16, 2018 09:23 PM (fdz7u)

388 379 >>>but as I walked away I thought, OMG Ive turned into one of those old women who talks about their childhood with strangers. Cringe.
Posted by: LASue
I love to her about peoples childhood. Never had much of myself.

Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:23 PM (VWsDy)

389 383 Evidently California is looking to lower the tax rate on weed, because it drives the prices so high people are just still buying it illegally. Funny how they can see how taxes work on the economy in this one area but no others.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:19 PM (39g3+)

They thought legalization was monopoly.

Bzzzttt.

Posted by: jsg at March 16, 2018 09:24 PM (QjUQj)

390 Never had much of one myself

Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:24 PM (VWsDy)

391 Flying cars should not be allowed to deviate from any and all existing roads.

We need to thin the herd.

Posted by: Fritz at March 16, 2018 09:24 PM (bJ0w+)

392 an open cockpit flying car would kick ass. leather skull cap, goggles, and a big ass scarf like an old barnstormer.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:24 PM (KP5rU)

393 "Evidently California is looking to lower the tax rate on weed, because it drives the prices so high people are just still buying it illegally."

The more things change...

Posted by: navybrat at March 16, 2018 09:25 PM (w7KSn)

394 Yankeefifth- Subarus are expensive to repair. Ask me about my Range Rover.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at March 16, 2018 09:26 PM (w7U7L)

395 >>>My parents had a VW bus

double slug bug!

Posted by: concrete girl at March 16, 2018 09:26 PM (N0sw0)

396 Um, I'm not sure what flying cars have to do with gay figure skating. Can we get back on topic? This kinda bores me.

Posted by: Adam Rippon at March 16, 2018 09:27 PM (/qEW2)

397 Republican leadership is going to fund sanctuary cities in the must-pass spending bill next week, giving Democrats a huge victory while simultaneously undercutting conservatives who put them in power, a senior GOP aide told The Daily Caller News Foundation.

Posted by: gNewt at March 16, 2018 09:27 PM (fdz7u)

398 Limiting flying cars to like 35 mph would be a decent move. That way they're no use long distance, and since you're avoiding traffic lights, traffic, and having to go around obstructions, its probably a lot faster than 55 on the ground.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:27 PM (39g3+)

399 chavez, sounds like Snoopy chasing the Red Baron. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve at March 16, 2018 09:28 PM (eMKNe)

400 399: sort of. i was thinking more like second hand lions.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:29 PM (KP5rU)

401 Broke the Range Rover drivers door handle after an ice storm. Six week repair. They needed the vehicle vin number to make a new handle in England. $1500.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at March 16, 2018 09:29 PM (w7U7L)

402 Republican leadership is going to fund sanctuary cities in the must-pass spending bill next week, giving Democrats a huge victory while simultaneously undercutting conservatives who put them in power, a senior GOP aide told The Daily Caller News Foundation.


Mitch McConnell, what's the point of you?

Posted by: Grump928 at March 16, 2018 09:29 PM (OrxbI)

403 I read a Heinlein novel not too long ago that had flying cars.

And aliens that read and controlled your thoughts.

Posted by: JAS at March 16, 2018 09:29 PM (sCN2W)

404 My parents had a VW bus

I used to try to convince my dad to buy one when I was a kid, but he wasn't interested.

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2018 09:29 PM (sdi6R)

405 Now normally I would agree but with the 928, my buddy bought a 1978 and it was reliable as shit. My 89 broke down every 500 miles.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at March 16, 2018 09:01 PM (pw+jk)

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Just saw a guy today with a 911 Covertible Turbo in a parking lot with his motor clanging, clunking and belching blue smoke out the exhaust. Put a little smile on my face thinking how much that rebuild/new motor and turbo unit was gonna cost him. Seemed like a fairly recent model year too.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 16, 2018 09:29 PM (0t14c)

406 Limiting flying cars to like 35 mph would be a decent move. That way they're no use long distance, and since you're avoiding traffic lights, traffic, and having to go around obstructions, its probably a lot faster than 55 on the ground.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
*******************************

Nya nya nya. let freedom ring.

Posted by: gNewt at March 16, 2018 09:30 PM (fdz7u)

407 I want my Renault 4cv Back

Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:31 PM (VWsDy)

408 i had a flying car one saturday night. for about a second. then, it couldn't clear a fucking culvert. the aero package on it sucked ass.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:31 PM (KP5rU)

409 Fun fact about James Spader, Vanya... once he was "established" as an actor, he started choosing his roles based on what actresses would be getting naked on-screen with him. He said as much in an interview.

I once told that to a female co-worker who liked Spader, and she suddenly decided he was now a pig utterly unworthy of her notice.

I was a little confused by this. I mean, nude scenes are fairly common in Hollywood movies, and it makes total sense to me that an actor would choose his roles based on getting to see pretty girls naked, up close and personal.

I can't blame the guy for that; it's a legitimate part of the job. And if it's the part of the job he enjoys most, more power to him!

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 16, 2018 09:31 PM (wSC8T)

410 "The Puppet Masters"

Posted by: JAS at March 16, 2018 09:32 PM (sCN2W)

411 Broke the Range Rover drivers door handle after an ice storm. Six week repair. They needed the vehicle vin number to make a new handle in England. $1500.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at March 16, 2018 09:29 PM (w7U7L)
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Sort of an oxymoron; a survival vehicle that can't be fixed.

Posted by: gNewt at March 16, 2018 09:32 PM (fdz7u)

412 I first saw James Spader in Sex Lies and Videotape.

I think that was the last movie that Andie McDowell was cast correctly in (as a repressed, unresponsive woman under great stress trying to do the correct thing)

Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2018 09:33 PM (2K6fY)

413 397 Republican leadership is going to fund sanctuary cities in the must-pass spending bill next week, giving Democrats a huge victory while simultaneously undercutting conservatives who put them in power, a senior GOP aide told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Posted by: gNewt at March 16, 2018 09:27 PM (fdz7u)


I've said it before: The GOPe is going to throw the midterms. The Uniparty/Deep State wants Trump gone, and the easiest way to do that is to let the Democrats take Congress and then impeach him.

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2018 09:33 PM (sdi6R)

414 My brother had a Renault LeCar. Flimsy little thing that was convertible but it really lasted and was easy to work on. And you could literally lift it out of a ditch if you went off the road. Some of those dumb crap little cars were pretty darn nice and cheap.

My other brother had this wierd Euro car called a Simca. He drove the heck out of that thing, it had wheels about as big around as my outstretched hand. The undercarriage was one big plate. It wasn't very tough or reliable but it was a funny little thing.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:33 PM (39g3+)

415

Irish soda bread in the oven. Check.

Corned beef about done in crock pot. Check.

GF6. AWOL! Release the hounds Smithers!

Posted by: In Vino Veritits in a Pike Chair, Beeep Beeep at March 16, 2018 09:34 PM (UFLLM)

416 I've said it before: The GOPe is going to throw the midterms. The Uniparty/Deep State wants Trump gone, and the easiest way to do that is to let the Democrats take Congress and then impeach him.


That's when the shooting starts.

Posted by: Grump928 at March 16, 2018 09:34 PM (OrxbI)

417 Yeah but Spader didn't have a nice new condo in Denver.
So he had to go after something.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at March 16, 2018 09:34 PM (H5rtT)

418 I was a little confused by this. I mean, nude scenes are fairly common in Hollywood movies, and it makes total sense to me that an actor would choose his roles based on getting to see pretty girls naked, up close and personal.

Yeah if you're going to have to do something intimate and up close, better to be someone you'd like to be with than someone you're forced to. Like she wouldn't do the same thing in his place.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:35 PM (39g3+)

419 Oh, and because we broke into the car with AAA help, the Range Rover disabled the ignition.

It should be stated that it is still my favorite car, and I have a 67 Firebird 400, since given to N**** the Valiant when he commissioned AF, and which he and I restored with his Lieutenant's loan; an F350 crew cab that I've run the snot out of; and a 47 CJ2A that Maegan the Virtuous bought for $600 when she was 18. We had it restored for $2000 which actually turned out to be $10,000.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at March 16, 2018 09:35 PM (w7U7L)

420 Limiting flying cars to like 35 mph would be a decent move. That way they're no use long distance, and since you're avoiding traffic lights, traffic, and having to go around obstructions, its probably a lot faster than 55 on the ground.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:27 PM (39g3+)

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Well, sure it would, because 35 MPH Airspeed is way below any reasonable flight stall speed. They would not have enough air coming in over control surfaces and would brick out of the sky.

You would do better to limit them to 100 MPH Airspeed, which is much different than ground speed.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 16, 2018 09:36 PM (0t14c)

421 416; don't forget the heads on pikes. and the burning. but, mostly the heads on pikes.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:36 PM (KP5rU)

422 67 Firebird is a work of art. I want a restomod one.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:37 PM (39g3+)

423 Yeah. Jack Nicholson must have really hated to see Kathy Bates in the hot tub.

Posted by: JAS at March 16, 2018 09:38 PM (sCN2W)

424 Well, sure it would, because 35 MPH Airspeed is way below any reasonable flight stall speed. They would not have enough air coming in over control surfaces and would brick out of the sky.

No, because if they're ever made, flying cars won't be like a plane with wings and all. They'll be more like a drone with multiple horizontal props. No stall speed at all.

Or some freaky unknown engine like a gravity warp nacelle or some crap.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:38 PM (39g3+)

425
Broke the Range Rover drivers door handle after an ice storm. Six week
repair. They needed the vehicle vin number to make a new handle in
England. $1500.
Posted by: Charles the Simple at March 16, 2018 09:29 PM (w7U7L)


Migawd. That's what I spent on my last 1997 Honda Accord.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 16, 2018 09:38 PM (2K6fY)

426 an english vehicle built by a company owned by ta ta. what could go wrong? better off with a kia.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:40 PM (KP5rU)

427 CRT- The Firebird 400 was the first car I ever drove (my dad was having a mid-life crisis) in 1969. Put 750,000 miles on that car. It looks beautiful, and it's still in my driveway as my son hasn't had it shipped to where he's stationed.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at March 16, 2018 09:41 PM (w7U7L)

428 You take the Catalina and I'll take the Grand Prix.

Posted by: gNewt at March 16, 2018 09:41 PM (fdz7u)

429 A guy that dated a friend of my sister back in high school had an Opel Kadett Wagon. He named it Daisy. It was no Chevy Van lovemachine but apparently teenagers can contort and cavort in any given space according to the stories I heard.

Posted by: Count de Monet at March 16, 2018 09:41 PM (QLvwG)

430 422; the original 1969 firebird trans am is a work of art.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:41 PM (KP5rU)

431 I had a Simca too. Rear engine, water cooled. It was kind of like a Fiat, but worse.

Posted by: freaked at March 16, 2018 09:42 PM (UdKB7)

432 Wonder if you'll be able to hook a 900 lb snowplow on one of these doojangles ??

Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:42 PM (VWsDy)

433 No, because if they're ever made, flying cars won't be like a plane with wings and all. They'll be more like a drone with multiple horizontal props. No stall speed at all.

Or some freaky unknown engine like a gravity warp nacelle or some crap.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:38 PM (39g3+)

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Fair point, but to date, any flying prototypes I have seen have been forward flight types. Admittedly, I haven't researched it much because IRL I am a Coroprate Jet Driver.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 16, 2018 09:42 PM (0t14c)

434 Stringer Davis, you just brought up a really intriguing question.

Would I rather have my condo, or get to touch a naked Charlize Theron, like, twenty years ago?

Hmm, tough choice! But, yeah, I think I'm gonna have to go with the condo.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 16, 2018 09:43 PM (wSC8T)

435 Triggered!

David Wade
@davidwade
Mass. State Rep wants General Hooker sign (the last name of a Civil War General) taken down at the State House. She says she has seen teen girls teased near the sign.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 16, 2018 09:43 PM (+y/Ru)

436 I had a Simca too. Rear engine, water cooled. It was kind of like a Fiat, but worse.

The wheels on that thing cracked me up, they had 3 lugs, and were the size of skateboard wheels

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:45 PM (39g3+)

437 I actually like the 70 better myself.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at March 16, 2018 09:46 PM (w7U7L)

438 >>>413
I've said it before: The GOPe is going to throw the midterms. The Uniparty/Deep State wants Trump gone, and the easiest way to do that is to let the Democrats take Congress and then impeach him.
Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2018 09:33 PM (sdi6R)
________
Do they want a civil war?
Because that's how you get one.

Posted by: Fascist Pikachu at March 16, 2018 09:46 PM (LAUiD)

439 With today's technology, nothing can go wrong . . . go wrong . . . go wrong . . .

http://bit.ly/2ItFweF

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 16, 2018 09:46 PM (+y/Ru)

440 The White House, that name is just racist, was built by slaves and should be burnt to the ground and the earth salted.

Posted by: gNewt at March 16, 2018 09:46 PM (fdz7u)

441 Hmm, tough choice! But, yeah, I think I'm gonna have to go with the condo.

But would yo have 20 years ago?

Aren't condos basically time share apartments? I think maybe the Theron touch may be the better choice.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:46 PM (39g3+)

442 You want a flying Porsche. You will accept a flying Subaru. You get a flying Squid.


Welcome to the future.

Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at March 16, 2018 09:47 PM (XMjzX)

443 435 Triggered!

David Wade
@davidwade
Mass. State Rep wants General Hooker sign (the last name of a Civil War General) taken down at the State House. She says she has seen teen girls teased near the sign.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 16, 2018 09:43 PM (+y/Ru)


So the Left moves from taking down Confederate memorials to taking down Union memorials.

Well, it's more than 10 miles away from me, so I guess I shouldn't get upset by efforts to erase American history.

Posted by: rickl at March 16, 2018 09:47 PM (sdi6R)

444 "The wheels on that thing cracked me up"

My Simca was white with orange shag carpet. 1100cc, 12" wheels iirc.

Posted by: freaked at March 16, 2018 09:47 PM (UdKB7)

445

Land The Taxi HAL!

I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that...

Posted by: In Vino Veritits in a Pike Chair, Beeep Beeep at March 16, 2018 09:47 PM (UFLLM)

446 >>Flying Corvair.


'Unsafe at any altitude.'

Posted by: garrett at March 16, 2018 09:47 PM (6AhoN)

447 I forgot to mention in my 9:43 comment that Spader got to touch a naked young Charlize in the movie Two Days In The Valley.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 16, 2018 09:47 PM (wSC8T)

448 >>With today's technology, nothing can go wrong . . . go wrong . . . go wrong


is that the Georgian Ski Lift video, again?

Posted by: garrett at March 16, 2018 09:48 PM (6AhoN)

449 Can I go back and touch a naked 50s era Marilyn Monroe?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:50 PM (39g3+)

450 Christopher Taylor @9:46... Twenty years ago, yeah, I might very well have chosen touching Charlize's nice perky little boobies over being a homeowner.

It's probably a good thing for me that I didn't have that choice at the time.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 16, 2018 09:51 PM (wSC8T)

451 >>>442 You want a flying Porsche. You will accept a flying Subaru. You get a flying Squid.


Welcome to the future.
Posted by: Cicero Boom chicka boom Kaboom! Kid, at March 16, 2018 09:47 PM (XMjzX)
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I want the flying squid.

I will name him Squidallow and he will be unladed.

Posted by: Fascist Pikachu at March 16, 2018 09:51 PM (LAUiD)

452 When N**** the Valiant was in intel school San Angelo Tx, I lost a radiator on the Sat. of 4th of July weekend. A very good shop couldn't locate one. It took a week to ship one from San Antonio (4th of July played a part.) Gal at desk said, "Do you know this was made in the UK?" I said that since it was British, I figured as much.

Posted by: Charles the Simple at March 16, 2018 09:52 PM (w7U7L)

453 McCABE, FIRED

Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:54 PM (VWsDy)

454 Here's the White House deal; it's all white and all Christian.

Those slavers who bought humans sent to the Indies forced them leave their native religions, constructed building where they were forced to renounce their god and adopt the white man's devil god. They were forced to learn his words and obey them then they carted off to DC to build his Temple.

Posted by: gNewt at March 16, 2018 09:54 PM (fdz7u)

455 McCabe has been FIRED!

Posted by: Concerned Peoples Front at March 16, 2018 09:54 PM (rdl6o)

456 McCABE, FIRED

Unpossible, I was assured Sessions was comatose, incompetent, and a deep state mole.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:54 PM (39g3+)

457 DOWN GOES MCABE

DOWN GOES MCABE



Posted by: woody summer at March 16, 2018 09:55 PM (IkIB1)

458 I'm still waiting for my Rosie the Robot. Screw the flying car. That doesn't clean my house while I do interesting stuff.

Posted by: Deplorable Lady with Only Two Deplorable Cats at March 16, 2018 09:55 PM (RGd0U)

459 WAPO reporting McCabe fired.

Posted by: Larsen E. Whipsnade at March 16, 2018 09:55 PM (bML9A)

460 McCABE, FIRED

Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:54 PM (VWsDy)
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Laura Ingraham just announced

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2018 09:55 PM (PvFoN)

461 Finally, McSnoozy actually did his fucking job!

Posted by: Concerned Peoples Front at March 16, 2018 09:55 PM (rdl6o)

462 what about mrs. miller?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:56 PM (KP5rU)

463 woohoo, Andy McCabe has been fired!

Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2018 09:56 PM (yJ1e6)

464 I'm still waiting for my Rosie the Robot. Screw the flying car. That doesn't clean my house while I do interesting stuff.

yeah I don't want a sexbot. I want a cook and clean bot. Mow the lawn, clean the gutters. Wash the windows. Leave me able to just write.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:56 PM (39g3+)

465 Sara Carter on now

Posted by: redridinghood at March 16, 2018 09:56 PM (PvFoN)

466



Fuck you, McCabe you pusillanmous shit. Your "career" will have an asterisk next to it . Forever.


Suck it , bitch.

Posted by: woody summer at March 16, 2018 09:56 PM (IkIB1)

467 WaPo just said McCabe has been fired

WaPo on Twitter

Posted by: AltonJackson at March 16, 2018 09:56 PM (mgw+4)

468 McCABE, FIRED
Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:54 PM (VWsDy)

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Examples, being made. Most excellent. Watch out, deep state. New Sheriff in town, and it ain't Snoozy Sessions.

Posted by: Calm Mentor at March 16, 2018 09:56 PM (0t14c)

469 Wonder why WaPo was the source to get news of McCabe firing.

Posted by: Serious Cat at March 16, 2018 09:56 PM (GtG/j)

470

Mcabe goes down?

What's his knickname? Bob?

Posted by: In Vino Veritits in a Pike Chair, Beeep Beeep at March 16, 2018 09:57 PM (UFLLM)

471 *ONT is NOOD!*

Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1), (T) at March 16, 2018 09:57 PM (Ckg4U)

472 463; Farmer! How's things?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:57 PM (KP5rU)

473 Unpossible, I was assured Sessions was comatose, incompetent, and a deep state mole.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 16, 2018 09:54 PM (39g3+)


Prolly Wray fired his lame ass. They must be gonna prosecute him. I mean why fire him at this date

Posted by: REDACTED at March 16, 2018 09:57 PM (VWsDy)

474 Eesh! Sara Carter has bad teeth. Meth?

Posted by: Serious Cat at March 16, 2018 09:58 PM (GtG/j)

475 McCabe fired. Okay. That's a step in the right direction, but when does he go to jail?

Posted by: Deplorable Lady with Only Two Deplorable Cats at March 16, 2018 09:58 PM (RGd0U)

476 Seriously, I was still a virgin in my mid-20s, and there were moments when I was that desperate, that I would've chosen touching Charlize Theron's boobies over buying a home.

Good thing I did not have that option at the time! I might very well have chosen poorly.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 16, 2018 09:58 PM (wSC8T)

477 Republican leadership is going to fund sanctuary cities in the must-pass spending bill next week, giving Democrats a huge victory while simultaneously undercutting conservatives who put them in power, a senior GOP aide told The Daily Caller News Foundation.
Posted by: gNewt at March 16, 2018 09:27 PM (



Okay, so if we don't want this, where is the mechanism to trip so that all the people who voted Trump in bcz they are sick of illegals, can call.

Where is it huh? Where is the broadcast e-mail? Where are the local RNC offices alerting their people to call their reps and say No!

Where? I'm not being rhetorical. How fvcking hard is it to have that set up in today's technological environment?

We don't want to lose? Why aren't we organized & fighting? Why aren't we telling people to pick up a phone and call.

JJ...you were asking what else could we do. We could do this. Like the DNC probably does. Or one of their arms.

How come the people who put Trump in office don't have this?

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 09:58 PM (oScPm)

478 Mrs. Miller?

She died of a heroine overdose.

Posted by: JAS at March 16, 2018 09:58 PM (sCN2W)

479 Jeff Flake Talks 2020 - 'It's Long Odds For Me'

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Yeah, I'd say his chances are about as good as mine.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at March 16, 2018 09:59 PM (+y/Ru)

480 Sorry Andy, I'm going back to Barney

Posted by: Mrs. Miller at March 16, 2018 09:59 PM (VWsDy)

481 463; Farmer! How's things?
Posted by: chavez the hugo at March 16, 2018 09:57

Good, and you Chavez? Nice to see McCabe got canned. See you on the ONT.

Posted by: Farmer at March 16, 2018 10:00 PM (yJ1e6)

482 The reason that airplanes are so much more expensive than cars is that every single metal part on an airplane has to be X-rayed to check for hidden cracks. If your camshaft in a car has a hidden crack your engine might shut down you have pull off to the side of the road. If the same thing happens in a flying car - oops.

Flying cars are a really stupid idea - like making a combination Pogo stick and a Zeppelin. A flying car would be neither a good car nor a good aircraft; it would be crappy at both jobs.



Posted by: An Observation at March 16, 2018 10:02 PM (TPKPX)

483 Self-driving cars is supposed to be the next big thing, but I think is pretty much bullshit. Many years away if ever.

Posted by: CM9000 at March 16, 2018 10:03 PM (T+Zh2)

484 Yeah. Jack Nicholson must have really hated to see Kathy Bates in the hot tub.

Posted by: JAS at March 16, 2018 09:38 PM (sCN2W)


Well Kathy must have felt the same way having to look at Nicholson's fat body and man-boobs.

Posted by: prof disarray, gumdrop gorilla channel at March 16, 2018 10:03 PM (oScPm)

485
McCabes been fired

Posted by: Deplorable Male Logic at March 16, 2018 10:04 PM (PtOP4)

486 Regarding Kathy Bates getting in About Schmidt... all I know is, I didn't need to see that. Incidentally, I am now blind, and I'm reading this site through a special Braille monitor.

Posted by: Prothonotary Warbler, Keyboard Cossack at March 16, 2018 10:07 PM (wSC8T)

487 McCabe launched.

Posted by: CM9000 at March 16, 2018 10:08 PM (T+Zh2)

488 McCabe claims he is a victim being singled out for the roll he played after the Comey firing.

No Mr. McCabe you were fired for false testimony given to Congress - among other things.

See Sleepy Jeff wakes up occasionally.

Posted by: An Observation at March 16, 2018 10:15 PM (TPKPX)

489 Lady, I painted your back Porsche, but it wasn't a Porsche. it was a Mercedes.

Posted by: Huck Finn at March 16, 2018 10:16 PM (fSf/G)

490 Interesting! Porsche did team up once with what was one of the USA's premier small aircraft manufacturers, Mooney Aircraft. Mooney aircraft were fast an nimble, and the had a Porsche model for a short time. If I recall it used a Porsche aircraft engine, the PFM 3200. I want one!

Posted by: Tim at March 16, 2018 10:56 PM (50Dz5)

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