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minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink14•2 years agoThe only thing this will be good for is when they do a Back to The Future reboot in 10 years time…
minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink4•edit-22 years agoIn the reboot or in real life? 'Cause they were shit in real life. I don’t think the asthmatic v6 they came with could even make it to 88mph
minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink6•edit-22 years agoI can’t find a top speed figure but it did have a 0-60mph of 10.5 seconds…and that was the manual. When equipped with a manual transmission, the DeLorean accelerated from 0 to 60 miles per hour (0 to 97 km/h) in 10.5 seconds as tested by Road & Track magazine. So it may have made it to 88 but it would take a looooong time to get there. Certainly longer than the Libyans need to hit it with an RPG.
minus-squareBoneheadlinkfedilink2•2 years agoEven better, the original DeLorean didn’t have a speedometer that went to 88mph. They had to change the gauge cluster for the movie.
minus-squareSenexlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoI can confirm this. My friends neighbor had a DeLorean and it sat in the driveway covered in a tarp waiting for “parts” 98% of the time. I can count the times I saw him drive it on one hand.
minus-squareoriginaluciferlinkfedilink4•2 years agobut it could be tweaked back into life and had some actually interesting features. its a shit vehicle, but it could have been more. the cybertruck is just landfill material.
minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink4•2 years agoThe whole reason it was used in the original was that it was already a massive joke of a car. Looks ok but runs like shit, the gull wing doors broke all the time and leaked like a sive. It’s use in BTTF actually saved its reputation and gave it a place in people’s heart’s it never had before. That was why I made the comparison. Shit car that needs a movie to make it relevant and slightly cool.
minus-squaremuselinkfedilink2•2 years agoPrecisely. That’s even why Doc Brown sees it as being stylish - he’s a bit out of touch
minus-squareSenexlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoDon’t send it to the landfill! I bet you could make a few stainless steel sinks out of it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoYes. At least a DeLorean is a Lotus underneath, and the weak engine can be/has been solved.
minus-squareares35linkfedilink4•2 years agoi fucking hope not. there’s a few films and series that should never be remade or ‘rebooted’, and bttf is one of them.
minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink1•2 years agoI agree completely but we both know that is not going to stop them doing it. They did it to Ghostbusters.
minus-squareares35linkfedilink1•2 years agoyes. yes they did. i still haven’t been able to get all the way through the ‘reboot’.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoThen this one will be the ancient historical coach and people would ask where the horses are :-)
minus-squareoriginaluciferlinkfedilink2•2 years ago You built a time machine out of a cybertruck ?! i dont see it. the delorean was actually a neat vehicle with a few drawbacks. the cybertruck is 100% hot garbage.
minus-squarePons_Aeliuslinkfedilink1•2 years agoJust say the stainless steel body helps the flux capacitor work and you are good to go. Most reboots are about call backs that are not as good as the original.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoI think it’ll be better suited to a Mad Max reboot.
The only thing this will be good for is when they do a Back to The Future reboot in 10 years time…
I would still prefer a Delorean.
In the reboot or in real life?
'Cause they were shit in real life. I don’t think the asthmatic v6 they came with could even make it to 88mph
Really? That’s disappointing.
I can’t find a top speed figure but it did have a 0-60mph of 10.5 seconds…and that was the manual.
When equipped with a manual transmission, the DeLorean accelerated from 0 to 60 miles per hour (0 to 97 km/h) in 10.5 seconds as tested by Road & Track magazine.
So it may have made it to 88 but it would take a looooong time to get there. Certainly longer than the Libyans need to hit it with an RPG.
A 1975 econobox was that slow. Lol
Even better, the original DeLorean didn’t have a speedometer that went to 88mph. They had to change the gauge cluster for the movie.
In the reboot.
I can confirm this. My friends neighbor had a DeLorean and it sat in the driveway covered in a tarp waiting for “parts” 98% of the time. I can count the times I saw him drive it on one hand.
but it could be tweaked back into life and had some actually interesting features. its a shit vehicle, but it could have been more.
the cybertruck is just landfill material.
The whole reason it was used in the original was that it was already a massive joke of a car.
Looks ok but runs like shit, the gull wing doors broke all the time and leaked like a sive.
It’s use in BTTF actually saved its reputation and gave it a place in people’s heart’s it never had before.
That was why I made the comparison. Shit car that needs a movie to make it relevant and slightly cool.
Precisely. That’s even why Doc Brown sees it as being stylish - he’s a bit out of touch
Don’t send it to the landfill! I bet you could make a few stainless steel sinks out of it.
Yes. At least a DeLorean is a Lotus underneath, and the weak engine can be/has been solved.
i fucking hope not. there’s a few films and series that should never be remade or ‘rebooted’, and bttf is one of them.
I agree completely but we both know that is not going to stop them doing it.
They did it to Ghostbusters.
yes. yes they did. i still haven’t been able to get all the way through the ‘reboot’.
Then this one will be the ancient historical coach and people would ask where the horses are :-)
i dont see it. the delorean was actually a neat vehicle with a few drawbacks. the cybertruck is 100% hot garbage.
Just say the stainless steel body helps the flux capacitor work and you are good to go.
Most reboots are about call backs that are not as good as the original.
I think it’ll be better suited to a Mad Max reboot.