Tailgating this car carries a heavy penalty

http://hackadaycom.files.wordpress.c...jet-engine.jpg

This hack seems simple enough:

1. Open hatchback
2. Insert jet engine
3. Profit
Actually, the guy who added a jet engine to a VW Beetle has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford. He claims this is street legal, and even has a snapshot of the police trying to figure out what to charge him with after stopping him on the road. There’s plenty of details and we’re not questioning [Ron Patrick's] competence, but having the intake for the turbine inside the cab of the vehicle seems a bit insane. He remarks that “it’s a little windy but not unbearable”… yeah.

One the same page you’ll find his dual-jet modified scooter. The starting cost there is considerably less, especially if you build your own ram jets.

http://hackaday.com/2010/07/21/tailg...heavy-penalty/