I've wondered about integrating firearms into an automobile. Because I probably can't acquire fully automatic weapons like the .30 caliber machine guns in Kato's Black Beauty, I suspect I'd have to settle for semiautomatic shotguns like the Saiga-12, with drum magazines, as the next best thing.
I'd like some evasion features as well to discourage pursuers, for example tire-busting spikes, oil slicks and smoke screens, low-tech improvisations which just about anyone could build into a car.
On the other hand, many new cars come with gadgets which would have sounded like Batmobile stuff not that long ago: GPS navigation systems which talk to you in synthesized voices, OnStar, DVD players, etc. You could probably integrate a laptop into the dashboard and access the internet over a wireless services network as well.
As for protection from blasts, bullets and shrapnel, I might line the car doors and roof with something like the X-Flex fabric I read about in Popular Science a couple years ago. If this material doesn't obscure visibility too much, I might line the glass with it as well.
I can't say now why I would need such a car. But knowing how to build one would look impressive as a Lazarus Long skill, something you would want to add to the tool kit for surviving a long time, if that ever becomes possible. And that knowledge could very well make the difference between life and death in some unforeseeable situations.
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