quick, someone give me 35k

have you ever seen one in such good condition?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1983-ALL-ORIGINAL-5-SPEED-MANUAL-MUST-SEE-100-PICTURES_W0QQitemZ160426427052QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item255a2902ac

no thanks. it's merely just a really cool, all-original hunk of crap.
maybe if it had the later engine (either the 90's one or the 2004 one) that actually, y'know, worked.

or maybe I'd rather have the black one that was on AF years ago with the FD rotary swap.

Don't those things only have like 130hp? Cool factor aside, that's got to be slower than shit.

To be honest. I like DeLoreans as much as you Honor, but it's not worth $35k. 3,300 miles means there are going to be major issues if someone started to drive it on the weekends or something. Cars that sit then are sold 30 years later, are just as bad a a car with 150k .

If they said $15k, then I would say that was an appropriate price. Luckily there are a couple companies that sell resto parts for DeLoreans now.

Talon wrote:Don't those things only have like 130hp? Cool factor aside, that's got to be slower than shit.

You dont buy every car to be fast. Like what if you were gonna buy a Model T or something?


But yeah, they definitely were underpowered. I cant wait until summer so I can get my hands on one in Forza 3 and make it have the power to match it's looks.

SBF wrote:To be honest. I like DeLoreans as much as you Honor, but it's not worth $35k. 3,300 miles means there are going to be major issues if someone started to drive it on the weekends or something. Cars that sit then are sold 30 years later, are just as bad a a car with 150k .

If they said $15k, then I would say that was an appropriate price. Luckily there are a couple companies that sell resto parts for DeLoreans now.

Oh I wouldnt buy that unless I hit the 150 million powerball or something. There are other cars I'd rather have for that price, like a used C5 Z06, 370Z, or an Evo. If it werent for BTTF I'd probably wouldnt think much of DeLoreans.

To be fair though, all cars from the early 80s more or less were much weaker and slower than they should have been. Even a Camaro with a 350 had like 170hp and the Corvette had 200. It was a sad time for performance cars.

True, even a Testarossa had "only" 390hp, and did 0-60 in a shade under 6 seconds. Ferrari would scoff at that performance today.

Regardless of having 130 hp, it was never really a sports car. As Jay Leno said in one of his recent webisodes that it's more or less a Grand Tourer, a car to just cruise in.

If I were to get one though, there would definitely be an engine swap, probably with some form of a Jap V6.

SBF wrote:Regardless of having 130 hp, it was never really a sports car. As Jay Leno said in one of his recent webisodes that it's more or less a Grand Tourer, a car to just cruise in.

If I were to get one though, there would definitely be an engine swap, probably with some form of a Jap V6.

2jz with a big single?

No. I'll pass! Always thought the DeLorean to be rather ugly.

ascona wrote:

SBF wrote:Regardless of having 130 hp, it was never really a sports car. As Jay Leno said in one of his recent webisodes that it's more or less a Grand Tourer, a car to just cruise in.

If I were to get one though, there would definitely be an engine swap, probably with some form of a Jap V6.

2jz with a big single?

I said V6 not Straight 6.

And I would probably use a Honda engine opposed to a Toyota engine.

For christs sake, I don't want to unintendidly accelerate myself into 1955.

fuck both of 'em. go Nissan or Mazda.

There's not a lot of point to a DeLorean unless you're keeping it stock. Or BTTFing it.

here's the black Rotary DMC I was talking about earlier. Apparently it's a 3-rotor, 20B from the Eunos Cosmo, not an FD.
http://www.eliseusa.com/rotary.htm

Apparently my joke failed.

do it cheap. it's <1k GBP

Oh lord

SBF wrote:And I would probably use a Honda engine opposed to a Toyota engine.

For christs sake, I don't want to unintendidly accelerate myself into 1955.

SBF wrote:Apparently my joke failed.

Feel better?

Deloreans suck.

Talon wrote:

SBF wrote:And I would probably use a Honda engine opposed to a Toyota engine.

For christs sake, I don't want to unintendidly accelerate myself into 1955.

SBF wrote:Apparently my joke failed.

Feel better?

Not now

Either way, 130hp? It should be at least able to get out of its own way.

Talon wrote:Either way, 130hp? It should be at least able to get out of its own way.

all those cars were slow. the mustang gt only had 165hp iirc. the 5.0 camaro had like 155. it was pathetic. even a kia from today would probably be faster.

Honor wrote:

Talon wrote:Either way, 130hp? It should be at least able to get out of its own way.

all those cars were slow. the mustang gt only had 165hp iirc. the 5.0 camaro had like 155. it was pathetic. even a kia from today would probably be faster.

I don't care about other cars. The Euro DeLorean had like 200hp. I could live with that.

Turbojett wrote:fuck both of 'em. go Nissan or Mazda.

they do make a transaxle SR, KA and VQ..just sayin

okay. I have to admit this looks pretty badass.


http://jalopnik.com/5435552/most-realistic-back-to-the-future-delorean-ever-hits-ebay

somedody commented: "When this baby hits $88,000 you're gonna see some serious shit!"

Fuckin' A I love me some 80's icon movie/TV cars. Saw this the other day and jizzled my pizzles.

Turbojett wrote:okay. I have to admit this looks pretty badass.


http://jalopnik.com/5435552/most-realistic-back-to-the-future-delorean-ever-hits-ebay

somedody commented: "When this baby hits $88,000 you're gonna see some serious shit!"

Haha just saw it was from December '09

eh. that's only 5 months.
who cares. it looks fucking awesome.

Looks good with the Cooper Cobras.

Well since Goodyear doesn't make Eagle GT's anymore in raised white letter......

It stated that the auction included a set.

Probably Dry Rotted to hell.

here's a question for you : in back to the future 3, why did doc and marty even bother trying to see how fast a team of horses could pull the delorean? did they honestly think they would even close to 88mph?

probably desperation. there wasn;t much back then that could go very fast other than, well...a train.
actually that may ever have been embellished a bit, I don't think the trains could get up that fast back then either. not if train robbers could ride a hose up alongside them and keep decent pace.

And anyway, there had to have been some quick fix for the fuel line that they could have implemented in time to get them the hell out of there before Tannen shot Doc (or Marty). maybe some sort of crude welding technique or a splice. And I know they had gasoline back then. They had oil, and the car was invented the year afterwards. Plus ol' Hank Ford was already building small engines in his sink basin.

also, they could have built a hot air balloon, lifted the delorean up a couple thousand feet, and then dropped it. would easily reach 88mph. then of course you would have to trust your life to a parachute made by doc brown.

actually i guess it would take a pretty big fucking balloon to lift a car. like approaching zeppelin size.