I'm pretty sure there are no quarter million dollar flying cars which are not obvious death traps. The original flying car was the light helicopter, particular

I'm pretty sure there are no quarter million dollar flying cars which are not obvious death traps. The original flying car was the light helicopter, particularly the designs by Robinson Helicopter in the 1970s. The idea was that upper middle class professionals (doctors, lawyers, maybe computer programmers, etc) would prefer to learn the helicopter and commute into the city from the countryside than drive to work. This idea didn't pan out, because many/most professionals prefer city life (once the race riots stopped in the 70s), and flying light helicopters is both difficult/stressful, extremely expensive ($200/hr) and fairly dangerous (motorcycle tier or worse). Those who do it, do it as a hobby. https://philip.greenspun.com/flying/helicopters https://philip.greenspun.com/flying/helicopters