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A comment on Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle. Parent comment

Re:Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle by dzdt on Thursday October 05, 2023 @11:11AM (#37779616)
Its street legal to drive using the standard motor with the jet engine OFF.
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Re:Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle by omginternets on Thursday October 05, 2023 @11:13AM (#37779652)
Oooh, it's a hybrid!
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Re:Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle by dylan604 on Thursday October 05, 2023 @11:34AM (#37779960)
"Hmmm, the car has two engines making the car a hybrid so maybe we can drive in the commuter lanes along with the Toyota Priuses. "
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Re:Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle by omginternets on Thursday October 05, 2023 @11:36AM (#37779981)
Imagine being the cop who has to argue over the ticket with that guy ^^
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Re:Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle by ceejayoz on Thursday October 05, 2023 @12:30PM (#37780680)
"I'm... gonna park a little further back."
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Re:Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle by dylan604 on Thursday October 05, 2023 @12:54PM (#37780987)
There's a paragraph and photo of this very thing in the TFA
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Re:Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle by aidos on Thursday October 05, 2023 @11:45AM (#37780113)
> That doesn't stop me from the occasional blast on the highway though.
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Re:Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle by skeaker on Thursday October 05, 2023 @05:39PM (#37784613)
Something being road-illegal doesn't stop you from doing it anyways...
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