Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
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Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
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Re: Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
#2Apparently the post is from 2006. I wonder if this contraption is still street-legal.
Re: Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
#3This is a hacker classic. Would be curious to know what eventually became of it.
Re: Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
#4How on earth is it street legal to emit a high-pressure plume of jet exhaust behind you?
Re: Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
#5Comments from 2018:
Re: Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
#6How on earth is it street legal to emit a high-pressure plume of jet exhaust behind you?
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Re: Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
#7How on earth is it street legal to emit a high-pressure plume of jet exhaust behind you?
Its street legal to drive using the standard motor with the jet engine OFF.
Re: Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
#8How on earth is it street legal to emit a high-pressure plume of jet exhaust behind you?
We live in a society where things are legal by default. Why would adding a jet engine to a car be a priori illegal? If he harms somebody or otherwise causes damage, that itself is what's illegal and he'd be liable regardless of motor vehicle regulations. If this mod became a larger trend, especially consumer-available, then regulations would be implemented to head it off. But for a few lone instances it's not particularly necessary.
Re: Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
#9Re: Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
#10Apparently the post is from 2006. I wonder if this contraption is still street-legal.
what I really want to know if he ever finished his scooter!