TheDieselTrain
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Post by TheDieselTrain on May 21, 2009 11:11:44 GMT -5
Might be a silly question to some but i'm being totally serious really why dont we have them yet? Growing up like most of you I woulda have at least thought we'd have them by the year 2000.
We have airplanes and rocket ships as air born transportation but whats stopping the creation of flying cars?
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The OP
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Post by The OP on May 21, 2009 11:12:50 GMT -5
People can't even keep from crashing into each other on the ground, do you really want a flying car to take a big nosedive into your living room?
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Post by The Tank on May 21, 2009 11:13:59 GMT -5
Didn't you watch that episode of South Park where Mr. Garrison built flying cars?
Sure, it wouldn't be like THOSE flying cars, but it did explain the reason.
It would murder the airline industry and cost thousands, probably tens of thousands their jobs.
So, there will never be flying cars.
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Post by Gopher Mod on May 21, 2009 11:16:38 GMT -5
Might be a silly question to some but i'm being totally serious really why dont we have them yet? Growing up like most of you I woulda have at least thought we'd have them by the year 2000. We have airplanes and rocket ships as air born transportation but whats stopping the creation of flying cars? The ability to put a car together that meets road regulations and air regulations, as well as the ability to make it cost-effective. At last check, I think the cheapest made flying car cost about $150-200 thousand dollars, so it'd be out of the range of most people. |
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Post by deadmanlfc on May 21, 2009 11:16:57 GMT -5
I would say because anti-gravity hasn't been invented yet and human civilizations are still designed around roads.
On a similar note, why don't I have a robot butler, jetpack, or meal in pill form? These were all promised to us around the same time as the flying car.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on May 21, 2009 11:20:03 GMT -5
Didn't you watch that episode of South Park where Mr. Garrison built flying cars? Sure, it wouldn't be like THOSE flying cars, but it did explain the reason. It would murder the airline industry and cost thousands, probably tens of thousands their jobs. So, there will never be flying cars. Those cars didn't fly. They just went really fast. |
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erisi236
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Post by erisi236 on May 21, 2009 11:20:38 GMT -5
Kind of strange that "The Future" is now almost 10 years ago.
2000 was such a big deal for so long, now it's just another relic of the past.
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Post by default on May 21, 2009 11:22:45 GMT -5
I want a car that runs on water... you think we'll ever go back to the moon?
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on May 21, 2009 11:26:37 GMT -5
The 1# Reason:
It's hard enough to trust Grandma driving an '88 Impala at speeds over 20mhp.
Imagine giving Granny a flying DeLorean that uses a Nuclear Power Source and 1.21 jiggawats.
Our Society and probably the entire world would be ashes within minutes.
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Post by The Tank on May 21, 2009 11:27:45 GMT -5
Didn't you watch that episode of South Park where Mr. Garrison built flying cars? Sure, it wouldn't be like THOSE flying cars, but it did explain the reason. It would murder the airline industry and cost thousands, probably tens of thousands their jobs. So, there will never be flying cars. Those cars didn't fly. They just went really fast. Hm. So they can't. I remember them flying for some reason. Still, it gave the reason I did. Would you want to deal with the annoyances of an airport if you could just use your flying car? |
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Post by SHAKEMASTER TV9 is Don Knotts on May 21, 2009 11:45:14 GMT -5
Forget the people, what about the cars? Cars break down all the time, right in the middle of the road sometimes. Imagine a flying car stalls and starts falling? There will be a parachute but I bet the panic gets the person more than anything. And what about the people on the ground.
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Eunös ✈
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Post by Eunös ✈ on May 21, 2009 11:46:29 GMT -5
We do.. their called Aeroplanes  |
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Post by heyguesswhatidid on May 21, 2009 11:48:09 GMT -5
Because it's a stupid idea.
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Post by Man Hating Horace on May 21, 2009 13:20:09 GMT -5
It's too late for them now, let's just focus on getting teleporters.
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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on May 21, 2009 14:13:25 GMT -5
I say we scrap the flying car scenario and just try focusing ourselves on using giant animals to fly. I'd feel much safer on a pigeon.
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AriadosMan
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Post by AriadosMan on May 21, 2009 14:18:42 GMT -5
I want a car that runs on farts.
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darthalexander
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Post by darthalexander on May 21, 2009 14:19:14 GMT -5
People can't even keep from crashing into each other on the ground, do you really want a flying car to take a big nosedive into your living room? Until technology in cars improves and become totally idiot-proof, I'd agree this is a bad idea. You'll see tons of cars go flying into buildings, etc. Not everyone would be bad of course, but as usual the few ruin it for the many. I would love to see flying cars, but it would take massive amounts of work to get this done. I doubt we'll see it though in our lifetime. I can see electric cars becoming the car of the future but flying ones won't appear for a while. |
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Post by Sigma: Current SRW Champ! on May 21, 2009 14:20:45 GMT -5
I want a car that runs on farts. That would mean everybody would eat at Taco Bell to get the proper fuel. Either way, nice idea, but the planet would stink all to hell. |
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Post by Alucard on May 21, 2009 14:34:55 GMT -5
Because it's not 2019 yet.
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Dave at the Movies
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Post by Dave at the Movies on May 21, 2009 14:47:06 GMT -5
We don't have them because smaller cell phones are more important.
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