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The latest flying car may indeed be both a crappy car and a crappy plane, but
that's not the problem. Plenty of people drive crappy cars and get plenty of
utility out of them without even being able to fly, and plenty of others fly
crappy planes that are not roadable and still don't complain.

Oh, I think that it's part of the problem, anyway. If it were a crappy
car and a crappy plane *and cost as much as one*, that would be fine.
The trouble is that you're spending enough to get a *good* car and a
*good* plane and *another* good car at your destination, and the result
is a crappy car and a crappy plane.

Maybe I'm missing something, but I feel the utility of a flying car today is
about comparable to that of a quick-release bathtub.

This part is certainly a big problem as well, though!

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