Oh boy – I can’t wait to bring this up at tonight’s dinner table.

http://men.msn.com/articlepm.aspx?cp-documentid=5444427&GT1=10416

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

$50 wifey gets one before you!

Yeah, I've talked to this guy in Mexico about my projects. He has been selling those jet packs for a while now. Definitely a nice millionaire toy. The fuel which is 95% H2O2 (hydrogen peroxide) is not cheap to buy or distill. It's actually pretty simple to build a jet pack. I'd say no more than $12K. It just uses a silver catalyst in the combustion chamber to brake down the H2O2 molecule which is injected via a pressurized tank. Pretty simple stuff.
Adam

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Current Stable:
01 ML55 AMG
92 500E (a few mods)
87 300E (lots of mods)
00 Chevy 3500HD Diesel Box Truck
68 18' Donzi Marine
06 GT i-Drive7 1.0 Mountain Bike (with GPS!)

PREVIOUSLY OWNED:83 300SD, 87 420SEL, 88 420SEL, 90 420SEL, 86 560SEL, 86 190E 2.3-16V AMG, 94 E320

$250 big ones for 30 seconds,,,, sign me up !!!!

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95 SL500 Smoke Silver, Parchment 64K
07 E350 4matic Station Wagon White 34K
02 E320 4Matic Silver/grey 80K
05 F150 Silver 44K

30 seconds? Whats the big deal? Sounds like a waste to me. Where you going in 30 seconds? 10 seconds probably just for landing safely. Death trap for sure.

30 minutes, oh yea now were talkin going places and having fun.

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Question Authority before it Questions you.

Helmets extra.

Wait 6 months they will come down in price. I wonder if the propane model comes with a warning"Do Not Eat At Taco Bell For At Least 30 minutes Before Take-Off."

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"It's normal for these things to empty your wallet and break your heart in the process."
2012 SLK 350
1987 420 SEL

Well – I waited until last night and the neighbors came over for cocktails to bring it up.

It wasn’t pretty. I was out numbered 3 to 1.

Maybe I’ll take it up with Santa.

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

Come on you know you want it! Just buy it the wife won't notice!

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Ditto. Oh boy, a 200 lb guy with a jet pack is liable to land on me while I'm minding my business on the sidewalk.

The jet pack should stay on the pages of sci fi. Impractical raised to the 27th power.

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1986 300SDL, 362K
1984 300D, 138K

Wow 4 to 1 –

Funny, I didn’t see you there……

Put a female with an English accent behind those words and you’re almost dead on.

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1980 300D - Veggie Burner !

"Widgery plans to release the T73 Turbine by the end of the year; it's a $200,000 model that will burn jet fuel, allowing it to stay airborne for 19 minutes."

I'll take two. Now, wheres that winning lotto ticket..

Sounds fun (ever since Connery's in Thunderball) but the risk of failure is too high because you'd be crashing to the ground WITH the fuel and no safety systems whatsoever.

Why is the one made in Mexico $100,000 more?

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

Every time they tested one in Mexico it had to be retrieved in Texas. That adds up.

There has to be some kind of rental.