Ok, we just had an odd office discussion based on something over at the book of ratings. Basically, we got into a debate over which spy car accessory you’d most like to have. Most of our wishes were, predictably, based on the poor Ann Arbor driving situation. WorkKevin wanted tractor/repulsor beams to move people off the road. My boss was more interested in a sort of energy field that would slow things down gradually as they got closer to the car. I decided to avoid traffic entirely with some of those folding hover-tire things from the DeLorean at the end of “Back to the Future.”
In retrospect, those sort of things seem more like accessories for a sci-fi car than one from a spy movie. Scaling down the technology level a bit, I’d go with a car with a shielded electrical system and a directed electromagnetic pulse generator. Just think, with the mere touch of a button there’d be a sinister hum, a flare of sparks, and the guy in the SUV with the loud music and the cellphone glued to the side of his head finds himself coasting over to the side of the road in blessed silence and free from distracting conversations…
Other than that, I think I’d like the standard bulletproof Turtle Wax treatment. You know the stuff… It somehow transforms bullets to a mild spark and a faint stain of smoke on the body panel. I’m not likely to drive through a hail of gunfire any time soon, but I’m sure it’d take the worry out of having to follow a gravel truck on US-23.