> Merriam Webster: > > Full Definition of CAR > > > 1 > > : a vehicle moving on wheels: as > > a archaic : carriage, chariot > > b : a vehicle designed to move on rails (as of a railroad) > > c : automobile > > 2 > > : the passenger compartment of an elevator > > > 3 > > : the part of an airship or balloon that carries the passengers and cargo > > > I guess you could use the last part of the definition loosely, but it's describing a > PART of an AIRSHIP, not the whole thing. > > In the video, the guy drives out of his garage, drives around town, fills it up at a > standard gas station, then he goes to the airport and flies somewhere. It's real. He > uses it. It's street legal. It's a flying car. > > > The aerial vehicle you are proposing can not and will not exist in our lifetime, and > nobody has ever proposed that exact idea could be created and made available en > masse. What you saw in the video is what has always been proposed and attempted, > except for what is sited on Wikipedia as a project who's goal was to have something > similar to your idea of a flying car by 2015. > > So in your defense, Wikipedia does use the terminology you are talking about > (roadable vehicle). In my defense, anybody can make entries on Wikipedia and no > college allows that site as a reference for ANYTHING. I'm trying to stick more with > the logical side on this one.
Car means anything anyone wants it to mean and doesn't need a dictionary, as it logically includes all the things called cars, like I said. It especially doesn't need a definition from a dictionary that thinks "meter" is a unit of mass. (Ref: dekameter)
Again, it HAS been proposed, in the incarnation of the Moller Skycar, which vehicle, as we began this, has been smoke and mirrors for four decades and millions of dollars of other people's money. The fact that it "can't" work is a good part of the point.
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