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Sham bam bamina! posted:the delorean looked cool but the engineering was absolute trash, it was about as credible a sports car as those screaming chicken firebirds from the '70s which is to say it looked awesome
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as someone who came of age in the 80s, i can confirm that deloreans were A Thing long before bttf. everyone knew the dude with the delorean got the girl with the largest shoulder pads
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kalstrams posted:oh, it precedes the movie? lol
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how does it feel to be old
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i'm a millennial.
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As a Millennial I posted:i'm a millennial. 
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aren't deloreans like a pain in the rear end to maintain, and super expensive to find parts for?
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kalstrams posted:how does it feel to be old it sucks in many ways, but there are other ways where it's quite nice. i don't need to care about my social media brand presence, for example. and i don't have to worry about what pretty girls think, because they're definitely not going to be into me now 
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prefect posted:it sucks in many ways, but there are other ways where it's quite nice. i don't need to care about my social media brand presence, for example. and i don't have to worry about what pretty girls think, because they're definitely not going to be into me now
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kalstrams posted:eh i was more of being faux-mad at loling my knowledge of vitange americars i know; i was taking a facetious question seriously as kind of an inverted joke  also, i had been thinking about the benefits of being old earlier in the day. or maybe it was earlier in the week. clearly, my memory isn't improving with age 
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prefect posted:i know; i was taking a facetious question seriously as kind of an inverted joke
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Space-Pope posted:aren't deloreans like a pain in the rear end to maintain, and super expensive to find parts for? yeah, a friend of mine has one, it's in hans reiser mode with the space where the passenger seat should be full of random a/c system parts
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As a Millennial I posted:i'm a millennial. i'm an orgasmic phallus disguised as a dumb southerner in the navy
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Space-Pope posted:aren't deloreans like a pain in the rear end to maintain, and super expensive to find parts for? Nope, they use parts that are commonly used in other European cars, and there is a place in Texas who brought all the moulds and panel stamping equipment from Delorean so they can even build new cars.
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Space-Pope posted:aren't deloreans like a pain in the rear end to maintain, and super expensive to find parts for? the engine was a joint venture between peugot, renault, and volvo how do you imagine that panned out?
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i still would love to own a delorean. you know, so long as it was modded with some manner of modern engine and transmissions and all the rest so that it would be worth driving.
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fishmech posted:i still would love to own a delorean. anyone can own a delorian like this it's called the power of imaginaaaaaaaation
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a delorean with a lexus v8 or something
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fishmech posted:i still would love to own a delorean.
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Cocoa Crispies posted:yeah, a friend of mine has one, it's in hans reiser mode with the space where the passenger seat should be full of random a/c system parts You Am I posted:Nope, they use parts that are commonly used in other European cars, and there is a place in Texas who brought all the moulds and panel stamping equipment from Delorean so they can even build new cars.
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If they raised 1 mil from KS in 2013 I'm frankly amazed there's any left at all to hire a full time software guy to ~make it happen~ (albeit not till 2018) Unless there isn't and it's like a dude fresh out of school who don't know any better than to agree to make a doomed game for royalties or some poo poo Idk i didn't read past the first para
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Space-Pope posted:well now im just getting mixed signals, here This video will show some light, parts are not an issue for the DeLorean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX-_s-8DE0s And with 3D printing becoming more popular, as long as you someone who has the original part, you can get someone to print up a replacement part http://www.delorean.com
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You Am I posted:And with 3D printing becoming more popular, as long as you someone who has the original part, you can get someone to print up a replacement part 
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It's useful for interior parts and some plastic bits used in the engine bay
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the engine is low-stressed enough that you can just use cast parts for replacements, and you can 3d-print the cores for the moulds. at least that's my guess, i know that's how it works with classic bikes also the 3d printer boom has made 3- and 6-axis mills a lot cheaper for components that need to be stronger than cast
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I thought maintenence would be a total pain but when I found out I could cast or even mill my own parts I was like SO relieved
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Space-Pope posted:well now im just getting mixed signals, here it's exactly as reliable and cheap to maintain as other 1980s european cars. for instance, an early 80s s-class with jetronic fuel injection and air-powered central locking.
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am i crazy or aren't there situations where you can't get out of the car in like tight parking spaces
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theflyingorc posted:am i crazy or aren't there situations where you can't get out of the car in like tight parking spaces  bo & luke duke aint fittin thru them windows
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theflyingorc posted:am i crazy or aren't there situations where you can't get out of the car in like tight parking spaces well yeah but that happens with regular doors too.
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fishmech posted:well yeah but that happens with regular doors too.
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Sham bam bamina! posted:i would imagine that they require a comparable amount of space most people imagine that but it's not true https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6CLvA7Y5law hinge is almost on the centerline of the car so they swing up more than out, looks superior to normal doors for getting in or out in a tight spot imo
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BobHoward posted:most people imagine that but it's not true
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Dang, that's neat as hell. Seeing is believing. 10 inches from the other vehicle and no problemo
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blVR0VmdqM4 how come no miata fags have done this yet
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https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mountaineer/squeezers?ref=categoryquote:Hello, my name is John Barber and I have invented Squeezers. They were designed after squeezing a pimple. Squeezers have a thin rubber coating on the tips to protect the skin and produce "flat pressure"which is the correct way to deal with acne manually.My invention has been viewed and approved but moving forward has been my biggest challenge due to the fees required. All funds will go to licensing and marketing Squeezers im the hardware category
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Mister Sinewave posted:I thought maintenence would be a total pain but when I found out I could cast or even mill my own parts I was like SO relieved well no the point is that there are loads of enthusiasts churning out stuff now rather than spending months ringing every breakers yard in the world on the off-chance you might be able to find the exact right part, or paying thousands for an engineering shop to fabricate a part from scratch for you also don't pretend like you wouldn't have a six-axis mill if you had the space and money for one
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refleks posted:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mountaineer/squeezers?ref=category
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