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The Webster dictionary defines a car as a vehicle that moves on wheels which airplanes definitely are.
You can have your airplane in your driveway (or more commonly your grage). They are called fly-in communities and are more common than you think.
If you're having to resort to the dictionary definition, you know you're flailing.
The idea behind a flying car is that everyone could have one in their driveway (not the rare people who live in fly-in communities) and that they can use a combination of driving and flying to get places. That's what all the flying-car companies are working towards, that's what people dream of having. Having to live right next to an airport, or having to drive their car to the airport to get their plane isn't the "flying car" dream.