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When this thing was first announced, I asked my pilot friend how quickly one could feasibly get in the air with one of these, assuming you've just arrived at an airport like John Wayne that caters to a lot of small craft traffic. He figured, assuming you've got all your pre-flight stuff done, ~15 minutes. Based on that, + travel time to and from airports on either end...I came up with ~150 miles as the threshold for when it starts to make sense to fly the car instead of just drive it. I don't recall all the numbers and assumptions I made to come up with that. But if you're a regular SD->LA commuter, it could be useful. Or if you head to Vegas from the LA area often. Or, assuming a refeuling stop isn't a major hassle, even LA->bay area.
If you're someone who can afford to drop the $200K, I bet you're someone who makes a lot of trips of that distance. The ability to just drive in and out of an airport might be pretty beneficial.
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