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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    "Nights in white satin
    Never reaching the end..."

    Oh, wait, you said Highways of Future Past. My apologies. I'll take my moody blues elsewhere.
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    Image of MechaMunch MechaMunch
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    Couldn't stop humming I.G.Y. while watching the video.

    What a beautiful world this will be. What a glorious time to be free.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    Well what about the Aliens Under Denver International? They have this weird electromotive vehicle that is driven by huge disembodied heads. Does that count?
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    Image of beercheck beercheck
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    Recommended Speed: 85
    Present: 55-80
    Are we there yet: No.
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    Since the richest country in the world has bankrupted itself bombing various peoples into the Stone-Age so they won't behave like Stone-Age peoples, I'm not sure who's going to pay for all that shiny stuff.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    The future isn't what it used to be. I don't think the highways of future past are coming true (yet).
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    Image of tonyola tonyola
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    Anyone who's interested in retro-future stuff like this should check out the artwork of Syd Mead. He did tons of wonderful illustrations about the possible future of vehicles, and also created designs for a lot of scifi movies.
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    Image of evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars evoCS-Hench-Minion to the stars
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    If there was actual helicopter vehicle removal available today, I think I'd crash my car at least once a month.
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    Image of LuciferV8 LuciferV8
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    Where, oh where, is my Ford Nucleon?
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    No highway escalators, but we do have car elevators. This one is particularly futurpastistic.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    The controlled access highway is pretty well realized via the Interstate. Everything else is a bit much. We're still moving our cars by burning fossil fuels, after all. It turns out that you can't even trust some pilots to do the flying right, so there's no way in hell I'd trust Joe Six Pack with a flying car. And when we're adding significant percentages to our utility bill just by plugging in our cell phone and iPod chargers, can you imagine what the national electric meter would do if you plugged all the roads into the grid? And that just for ice melting? Puh-leeze.

    The film should have shown the zombie-like empty stare of the sausagey children in the back, mesmerized by the little glowing square and the peculiar, brightly-colored singing and dancing shapes thereon. But Disney wouldn't have wanted to give too much away, way back then.
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    Image of oddfish oddfish
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    Helicopter car removal exists.

    [[jalopnik.com]]
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    12/09/09

    @oddfish: Hah, almost. That's sort of backwards. If only we could use that on the clogged roads OUTSIDE texas motor speedway.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    We may not have achieved everything we set out to achieve in the 1950s, but we have achieved one thing that Walt Disney would be proud of: Dual-View screens in cars, so a man can be a pervert and watch his porn as he drives, all without disrupting the Friends episode that his wife is also watching on the screen.
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    Image of mytdawg mytdawg
    12/09/09

    In reply to Highways Of Future Past: How Close Are We?
    I don't think we're doing such a hot job with the highways of the past. I'm not feeling so optimistic about future ones. But that's a character flaw of mine regardless. I tend to disbelieve.
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    Image of skaycog skaycog
    12/09/09

    @mytdawg: I have my doubts about disbelief.
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    Image of Ford Tempo Fanatic Ford Tempo Fanatic
    12/09/09

    In reply to Henry Ford Did Not Invent The Assembly Line
    Ford had the Model T. A car that used the assembly line as a means to achieve the impossible: mass transport for the common man.

    Ransom E. Olds did not do this.

    Ford Tempo Fan saves the day again, keeping history intact.
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