I never noticed that DeLoreans have the same grill insert as a Cavalier/Cimarron.

How the hell? Stupid GM.

I want one :(

Get those horrible farking rims off that work of (when unpolished) art for FARK SAKES. JESUS

I'll take one with the optional flux capacitor and Mr. Fusion upgrades.

I wonder if you'll be able to see serious shiat upon reaching speeds of 88 MPH...

MorseCodeNowInHiDef: Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener: I wonder if you'll be able to see serious shiat upon reaching speeds of 88 MPH...

It's a DeLorean, so the chance of that is nil.
Always wondered what one would be like if made from all Titanium like originally planned.



Im fairly sure it would be gutted in the middle of some scrap yard.

I used to have one of those things: It got 35 miles to the gram---I mean, gallon---but the horn didn't go "honk-honk," it went "toot-toot."

\\\ aisle seat, please.

johndalek: delorean used to work at pontiac

also--i wonder what would happen if said car is motoring down the highway and the cops pull out a laser for speeding--would the laser just reflect all over the place and not give an accurate reading----does anyone know--or have any clue?

inquiring minds want to know

When shooting laser, you aim for the headlamp or the license plate. Two objects that are designed to reflect light back at same angle it enters. Try shining a laser pointer at either object at a similar angle (less than 30 degreese IIRC) as police do when they're shooting laser or radar and you'll see the reflection just fine.

When I lived in Germany, I could buy these things all day long for about DM--200; roughly $62 in 1970 money.



Don't like to think what I passed up, or how much it would be worth today.

If you can find a Delorean, I would say grab it. Even if you don't gert rich, you have a fun toy.

This is the best of the 21 motor vehicles I have owned in my life:



It was a 1996 Suzuki GN-125, and I paid $1918 with 3000 miles on the odometer. It was one year old.

I drove it 6 years, put 96,000 hard city miles on it, and it never failed me. It routinely delivered 85 mpg in the city, 95+ on the road; got 109 mpg once on a long trip but that was a fluke; I had a strong tailwind.

Insurance was $35 per year, and it would hit 55 in a dead calm on flat ground. $120 for a regulator rectifier was my only significant repair, other than oil, plugs, tires--stuff you expect to wear out.

It cost me $0.83/day to own it, and I still wish I could find another. It paid for itself three times over in savings.

If you can ever find one---grab it, you will not be sorry. Trust a stupid old fart just once in your life.

ouijaqueen:
in 2002 i was lucky enough to be a security guard at the concourse de elegance car show in pebble beach where they actually had a tucker. i got to sit in it. at that time it was listed at 200,000 to 250,000. it did not sell.

At the present time, collectibles are on the rise and a good investment if you know what you're doing. I doubt you could touch a Tucker for $250K today, and the people who passed it in 2002 are now cursing themselves for being so stupid.

This is likely to continue as the Dollar slides down.

In 1970 I also saw American double eagle gold pieces on sale in every bank window, $58 on the buy, $62 on the sell.

They would fetch a minimum of $1500 today, rare mint marks significantly higher. It works out to about 8.3% per year.

The general rule is, you have to be in the right place at the right time with the right money---and you have to know what you are doing.

When I got back from Europe---after passing up the double Eagles and the Messerschmitts---I passed a chance to grab a Ford Fairlane Talladega for $1595 at a Key West used car lot.

It would be worth about $150 large today, but since it would go 185 mph, not much chance either the car or me would have survived that long, not with the lead foot I had at 23!

We get too soon old---and too late smart.