Where is my flying ride?

When I was younger I had a book that instructed me on how to draw cars in 3D. I'm horrible at drawing, so it didn't help. The last section of the book talked about the cars of the future. How at the turn of the millennium, our cars would have the power of flight. The world's skies would be full of cars powered by jet engines, and the roads would be just landing strips to the destination. The picture in the book showed floating traffic lights, floating traffic signs and happy motorists riding in floating cars like this:

Ugly, but freaking cool! Cars that owned the road at the time looked more like this:

So, here it is 2008, almost 2009, and I have been waiting over three decades for a flying car. At this point, I expect to look up and have the sunlight interrupted by undercarriages involved in sky-ly traffic jams. Instead, I see these vehicles rule the sky road: