• tonyn@lemmy.ml
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      3 months ago

      A million doesn’t get you what it used to, and you’d be shocked at how many quiet millionaires there are out there.

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        3 months ago

        There might be a lot more millionaires than before, but it’d still be a much smaller number who could drop $1M on a flying car.

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          3 months ago

          It’s cheaper than a private jet and there are LOADS of them buzzing around polluting the skies.

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              3 months ago

              I’m still of an opinion that private aircraft is for sports and for farmers and for doctors\firefighters\rescuers in remote areas like rural Siberia. And, of course, for people wiping their ass with money.

              It’s unfortunately not the same as having a spaceship in some sci-fi universe. The word “ship” hints why, the legal infrastructure, the expenses and most of all required qualifications make flying a plane more demanding.

              I don’t see how making a weird car-like plane changes that.

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            3 months ago

            That may be true, but private jets are significantly more practical than this. If you’ve got private jet money, you can just afford to buy a jet and a decent car at your destination.

      • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝@sopuli.xyz
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        3 months ago

        I mean you can get a licence for 20-30k, the maintenance is deadly on a plane though, you could buy a very nice car each year on that money.