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I'm sure that's not legal, but then, neither are more conventional blasts down the highway.

>the occasional blast down the highway

if he were to install the engine into the vertical position, he could have enjoyed occasional blast _over_ highway as the thrust of this engine (even without adding turbofan) seems to be just about enough to lift a stripped down VW Beetle.

I've also seen a mini-cooper on youtube with a jet in the back doing the same thing on the highway :)

It might be cool from an engineering perspective, but it's fucking stupid from a "there are other people on the road who's lives are now in danger" perspective.

Maybe. There are certainly places where you can find long straight runs of highway with no on ramps. Do that in the middle of the night and you are unlikely to encounter another vehicle.

Go to a racetrack. Unlikely isn't good enough.