This should be retitled "Now I'm going to finish adding jet engines to my wife's scooter."
Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
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#12How 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 particu…
I am not in the US, but where i am afaik anything that modifies the car like this would have to go through some sort of recertification process.
It would be perfectly legal on private property but not public roads
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#14He had it listed on Craigslist a few years ago... for $550k.
Anyone know the current status of it?
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/get-yourself-the-iconic-j...
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 particu…
I am not in the US, but where i am afaik anything that modifies the car like this would have to go through some sort of recertification process. It would be perfectly legal on private property but not public roads
Well not sure where you are, but where in EU I am, you can modify the insides of your car (people attach entire apartments to the insides of their cars...), and there's nothing wrong about stuff sticking outside - you just need to attach a red flag if it's over 1.5m out of the car (maybe red flame would be enough?).
The modified rear door might be a problem, but where I am you could simply keep the original open, or detach it.
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#18This should be retitled "Now I'm going to finish adding jet engines to my wife's scooter."
The scooter seems like it could be a poor idea due to asymmetric thrust, and I have to wonder if he just mocked it up in jest. It does look pretty awesome though.
Re: Ron Patrick's Street-Legal Jet Powered Volkswagen Beetle (2006)
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