Ok, let’s say Batman had an invisible car that worked the same way as Wonder Woman’s invisible jet.
Is there any benefit to this? Or would other drivers just constantly be driving into him?
No, the dotted outline gives it away. 
Seriously, yes. It might clue some in seeing Batman sitting in the air doing 60 but you still can’t see how long or wide the car is.
Even worse when he parks.
Considering the traffic volume everywhere today the car would be useless.
Other drivers would be driving into him - if, you know, the Batmobile ever actually was on the road with other cars. He’d look silly. He’d lose the intimidation factor of The Batmobile. He’d never be able to find where he parked it.
An invisible motorcycle, on the other hand… Specifically one ridden prone, rather than upright. Short and close enough to the same length as him that drivers would have a general idea where it was, and he’d look like he was flying, which would be awesome.
I’d like to see him on invisible roller skates. Now that would be cool. He’d look as if he was gliding, man!
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy have one. After they got it they realized it was a stupid idea. They can never find it when they need it, they push the wrong buttons and they’ve been burned by the exhaust pipe on more then one occasion.
Yeah, I watch Sponge Bob, wanna fight about it.
I don’t know if we’ve ever discussed this before, but this brings up the whole question of “how the heck can the Batmobile not get followed by the authorities?” It would make more sense for Batman to drive a fairly nondescript car (which I believe he did in the 1970s era). Or an invisible car might work if you mean the car and everything inside it was invisible, like how it’s hypothetically possible to build a container that bends light completely around it.
There’s a bit in one of the Bureau 13 books where they had to drive their armored motorhome cross country very quickly. At one point they decided to turn it invisible (magic), then very shortly dropped that tactic because it was too dangerous. Without being able to see them, people tended to change lanes right in front of them or directly into them.
As a clarification, I meant the car is invisible like the Wonder jet. So you still see Batman sitting inside. It does not work like James Bond’s invisible car. So Batman could not park it by criminals for stealth surveillance.
One idea was that the Batmobile moves far faster than regular traffic when the jet burner is engaged. Therefore, Batman must have superior driving skills and reflexes to avoid other cars. If he drives that way, it doesn’t matter if his car is invisible or not.
I always thought the idea of Wonder Woman’s plane having a cloaking device makes more sense than just being invisible, where she’s not invisible as she flies it.
It’s going to be a real bitch to figure out when he needs to get gas, I’ll tell you that right now.
On the plus side, he doesn’t have to worry about bullet proofing the glass…just use (invisible) plate steel. 'Course, that also means he’s slightly more dead if he needs to get out of the car in a hurry (like if he drives off a pier).
Honestly, I think the best use would probably be if he pulled one of the invisible doors off and used it like a shield, so he could make people think he was deflecting bullets and melee attacks with his mind or something.
I never understood what was the point of Wonder Woman having an invisible plane when objects inside are still visible. :dubious: Also if the inside was invisible too then she wouldn’t she not be able to see the controls so how the hell did she fly it in the first place?
It’d be a bitch to service that thing.
Don’t ever forget where you parked it.
If it is stolen, how you going to describe it to the police? Or find it?
A plane is a lot bigger and more obvious than a person; and unlike an invisible car she’s far up in the sky, making her harder to see. That part actually makes a certain amount of sense.
Invisible controls though are a bit more problematic…
You’d need an audible altimeter, fuel gauge, horizon thingy, etc.
Hm. Does an invisible car have headlights?
Sure, but they’re invisible, so you can’t tell if they’re on or not. This makes it a bitch to remember to turn them off.
<Points to empty parking spot> “It looks just like that one!”
Wait. . . . It is that one! :smack:
Instruments are an aid to navigation, not an absolute necessity.
An engine fire warning light would be kinda handy, though.
They are if you’re in a cloud, flying at night, or just about any possible weather condition short of ‘absolutely perfect’.