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minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·10 months agoThe only thing this will be good for is when they do a Back to The Future reboot in 10 years time…
minus-squareGamers_Mate@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up14·10 months agoI would still prefer a Delorean.
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-210 months 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_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-210 months 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-squareBonehead@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months 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-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoA 1975 econobox was that slow. Lol
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·10 months 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_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months 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-squaremuse@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoPrecisely. That’s even why Doc Brown sees it as being stylish - he’s a bit out of touch
minus-squareSenex@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoDon’t send it to the landfill! I bet you could make a few stainless steel sinks out of it.
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoYes. At least a DeLorean is a Lotus underneath, and the weak engine can be/has been solved.
minus-squareSenex@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months 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-squareares35@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months 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_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI agree completely but we both know that is not going to stop them doing it. They did it to Ghostbusters.
minus-squareares35@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoyes. yes they did. i still haven’t been able to get all the way through the ‘reboot’.
minus-squareDiplomjodler@feddit.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·10 months agoI think it’ll be better suited to a Mad Max reboot.
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThen this one will be the ancient historical coach and people would ask where the horses are :-)
minus-squareoriginalucifer@moist.catsweat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·10 months 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.
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.
Even better, the original DeLorean didn’t have a speedometer that went to 88mph. They had to change the gauge cluster for the movie.
A 1975 econobox was that slow. Lol
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.
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.
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’.
I think it’ll be better suited to a Mad Max 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.