DeLorean

[ATM]

I just found out that one of my new colleagues at work has a DeLorean and actually drives it around. Its his main car / daily driver etc.

[tbc]

definitely a penis extension than a drivers car

I have driven one and to be honest the steering and handling reminded me of the time I drove a Fire engine.

[*Al*]

Pictures please complete with flaming rubber tyre marks!

[Negative Creep]

Ask him what happens when he reaches 88mph. I bet he's never heard that one before

[AndyT77]

Funnily enough i've just rewatched the BTTF trilogy. The DeLorean in the films makes a hell of a nice rumble, what engine do they have?

[cuprabob]

AndyT77 said:

Funnily enough i've just rewatched the BTTF trilogy. The DeLorean in the films makes a hell of a nice rumble, what engine do they have?

A V6 produced by Peugeot, Renault and Volvo

[Ved]

AndyT77 said:

Funnily enough i've just rewatched the BTTF trilogy. The DeLorean in the films makes a hell of a nice rumble, what engine do they have?

More believable that it went back in time than it genuinely sounding nice

[Urban Sports]

AndyT77 said:

Funnily enough i've just rewatched the BTTF trilogy. The DeLorean in the films makes a hell of a nice rumble, what engine do they have?

IIRC they added a V8 soundtrack.

[davepoth]

Since in real life they had a fairly weedy v6.

[bakerstreet]

Urban Sports said:

IIRC they added a V8 soundtrack.

Hollywood has a habit of doing that. I think it was the Matrix film, but if memory serves they put the soundtrack of an IL4 bike engine onto footage of a Ducat 916 V-Twin

[fourpointsixgt]

Way too much attention, did you see the one Ed China did up on WD. Made a tidy profit aswell.

[fatboy69]

Truly horrible cars in every sense of the word. Unlucky enough to have driven two of the damn things. An experience that i never want to have again. Ever!

[Madrabbit]

bakerstreet said:

Hollywood has a habit of doing that. I think it was the Matrix film, but if memory serves they put the soundtrack of an IL4 bike engine onto footage of a Ducat 916 V-Twin

And Starsky and Hutch's (the 70's TV series) Ford Torino had a V8 soundtrack over it's V6. And I guess we don't talk about Fast and furi

[VxDuncan]

In contrast, I love them. I think it's probably an age thing. Of the Maggie era = crap experiment, awful car. Back to the future era = cool car with futuristic styling and genuinely unique. Younger than that = old crap car that isn't a corsa with a redtop engine in it.

[Urban Sports]

fatboy69 said:

Truly horrible cars in every sense of the word. Unlucky enough to have driven two of the damn things. An experience that i never want to have again. Ever!

I suppose you flew the millennium falcon as well and are going to spoil that for me? FFS

[calibrax]

fatboy69 said:

Truly horrible cars in every sense of the word. Unlucky enough to have driven two of the damn things. An experience that i never want to have again. Ever!

They say never meet your heroes. It applies to most legendary cars too... very few live up to the dream in real life.

[xRIEx]

bakerstreet said:

Urban Sports said:

IIRC they added a V8 soundtrack.

Hollywood has a habit of doing that. I think it was the Matrix film, but if memory serves they put the soundtrack of an IL4 bike engine onto footage of a Ducat 916 V-Twin

Just had to check that and it sounds like a V to me, especially at idle.

And it was a 996

Edited by xRIEx on Thursday 23 August 21:51

[Motown Junk]

Madrabbit said:

And Starsky and Hutch's (the 70's TV series) Ford Torino had a V8 soundtrack over it's V6.

WTF are you talking about?

[fourpointsixgt]

Motown Junk said:

Madrabbit said:

And Starsky and Hutch's (the 70's TV series) Ford Torino had a V8 soundtrack over it's V6.

WTF are you talking about?

Daft as that sounds, a very rare 6 cyl version was used for filming the Ben Stiller movie.

[Urban Sports]

fourpointsixgt said:

Daft as that sounds, a very rare 6 cyl version was used for filming the Ben Stiller movie.

Wikipedia says this but what about the 70s show?