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You know, That Guy who thinks that the best way to keep a car from overheating is to roll down the window. That Guy who hires the neighborhood kid to wash his car 'cause he’s allergic to “going outside and doing things.” There are lots of ways to be That Guy, but only one way not

to be: by regaining your self-sufficiency and learning the basics about car care. Using STP® is a good first step. And while we can’t do the rest for you, we'll give you a few pointers. Check out the tutorials. Take a look at the videos. And get under your hood. Good luck, and Don't Be That Guy.

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    TOP TEN REASONS FLYING CARS ARE A BAD IDEA

    Posted in: Car Culture
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    “Uh-oh. Did you forget to fill up the tank?”

    So, it’s 2011. And the question on everybody’s mind is, “Shouldn’t we all have a flying car by now?” What’s taking so long? Back to the Future Part II showed a sky full of flying cars in the year 2015. So what’s the friggin’ hold up?

    While a version of the flying car has already been invented by an aviation company called Terrafugia, there are numerous reasons you don’t see any of them flying around. In the most comedically satisfying order, here are the Top 10 Reasons Flying Cars Are a Bad Idea.

    10. Your crazy ex-girlfriend or boyfriend can now do fly-bys outside your bedroom window — taking stalking to a whole new level … literally.

    9. Every bad driver is now a bad pilot. Look out below, above, and side-to-side. (It’s not the funky chicken — it’s the “stay alive” dance!).

    8. Try hailing a cab when it’s hailing cars. If I wanted it to be nearly impossible to hail a cab, I’d move to LA. (Oh! Rim shot!)

    7. Planes would just become the equivalent of flying buses. People used to dress up to fly on a plane, it was a big deal — oh, never mind, planes are already the equivalent of flying buses.

    6. Being an air traffic controller would just be blippin’ loco. All the blips on their radars would just merge into one big massive blip, and they’d say some words before quitting that we’d have to blip out.

    5. Birds would become the new bugs on a windshield. While no one thinks twice about a mosquito going splat on their windshield, cleaning off seagull remnants would just be a big birdy bummer.

    4. It would be harder to enjoy a sunny day with so many cars blocking the sun all the time. Tan lines would look like trapping patterns.

    3. Stalling becomes falling. What happens now when your car stalls, nowadays? You stop in the middle of the street, embarrassed as cars drive around you — which is still better than going out like Thelma and Louise, wouldn’t you say?
     
    2. People who are afraid to fly would now just be afraid to exist. If you were to get pooped on by a bird in this world, you’d feel lucky it was just poop and not a multi-ton hunk of metal. Speaking of which, that leads us right into reason numero uno …

    1. Pileups would take on a whole new meaning. What would be a mere fender bender on the road might lead to an insanely high-number pileup — and I do mean pileUP. Or, look honey, our teenager forgot to put gas in the car. Well, let’s try not to hit any other cars on the way down — the crash that’s going to happen at street level will be bad enough.

    You could argue that there could be some built-in safety features that could prevent the accidents, so that we could all fly our cars in peace and harmony. Well, let’s invent those safety features here on the ground first before we think about doing it in the air. Until then, let’s leave the flying car where it belongs, in the movies.

    Drive safe, amigos.

    STV, STP® Blogger

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  • Tommy Davis
    03.11.11

    Are yu kidding people will be texting while flying.

  • Jax Rhapsody
    06.24.11

    Yeah I want my cars to have between 3 and 18 wheels. with a steering wheel I can use, a transmission I shift and a throttle I throttle.

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