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16 Dec 2008, 1:00 pm

...And did you think it was the coolest car ever?

Just felt like making a thread about my obsession!

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16 Dec 2008, 1:07 pm

ive never seen one. sounds fancy, is it? i like scooters and minis mostley since those look like my only options to actually driving

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16 Dec 2008, 1:07 pm

I saw one in the 1990s. The 'stainless' steel body was marked really badly with fingerprints- they were really prominent, especially around the doors.

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16 Dec 2008, 1:11 pm

A bloke I used to work with was obsessed with them. No offense, but it got quite boring listening to him prattle on about them. They were a very short lived car, and there's only so much you can say about them.

Having said that, yes, they're interesting. I do admire the daring styling, and the frame made by Lotus is nice.

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16 Dec 2008, 1:12 pm

The DeLorean is the car off Back To The Future, for those of you who havent seen it before heres a picture:

Its a classic 80s sports car

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16 Dec 2008, 1:19 pm

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

Each to their own, I love them!

The best part of the look of the car is the gullwing doors in my opinion, take a look!

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16 Dec 2008, 1:20 pm

~ahem~

They're a bit under powered.

But they do have a look all their own ...

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16 Dec 2008, 1:21 pm

Prof_Pretorius wrote:

~ahem~

They're a bit under powered.

But they do have a look all their own ...

Indeed, but for a 80s sports car they are very good on fuel and there are some DeLoreans with performance enhancements that work well!

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16 Dec 2008, 1:24 pm

I must admit I'm impressed with the prices they fetch (! !! !)

Not a cheap car to purchase if it's properly restored...

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16 Dec 2008, 1:30 pm

I've seen them now and then. Someone in Mesa, AZ (where I grew up owns) one.

Actually I just looked it up and there's lots of people who own them in AZ, there's a club!

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16 Dec 2008, 1:37 pm

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I've seen them now and then. Someone in Mesa, AZ (where I grew up owns) one.

Actually I just looked it up and there's lots of people who own them in AZ, there's a club!

Ask what they pay for a nicely restored one ! ! If Ebay is any indicator, they command a good price ! !!

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16 Dec 2008, 1:50 pm

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I've seen them now and then. Someone in Mesa, AZ (where I grew up owns) one.

Actually I just looked it up and there's lots of people who own them in AZ, there's a club!

Yep, theres DeLorean clubs everywhere!

Prof_Pretorius, you can get a running one that's reliable and in great condition for about $16,000... http://www.dmctalk.com/showthread.php?t ... light=sale

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16 Dec 2008, 1:58 pm

I've seen them at car museums and car shows.

They're very cool, but I always end up being more impressed by custom-built cars with a similar design.

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16 Dec 2008, 2:03 pm

The ones I've seen on Ebay are often priced above 20,000 USD.

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16 Dec 2008, 2:17 pm

DeLoreanDude wrote:

The DeLorean is the car off Back To The Future, for those of you who havent seen it before heres a picture:

oh wow that automatically makes it cool. what a cool car!

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16 Dec 2008, 2:36 pm

I love DeLoreans, mainly becasue I have realised, that, they just look so futuristic, even today, if a new version would be released, it would be one of the coolest cars ever...WOO!

I love the interior, how the seats are leaned back and cool...

Oooh Yeah!

Anyway, check this out... Great news!
http://redlightnaps.wordpress.com/2007/ ... on-market/

Good News:

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According to the LA Times, DeLorean Motors is planning on re-releasing the DeLorean car in the next year or so. Since production of the car ended 25 years ago, the company has been repairing and refurbishing the more than 6,500 DeLoreans still on the road.

And Bad News:

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However, if you’d like to own one of the new DeLoreans due out, you’d better put your order in early. The DeLorean Motor Company is only expecting to produce 20 or so at a time. Although no price was mentioned in the article, I bet you can expect a pretty price tag. The cars ran in the $20,000 bracket in the ’80s.

Anybody want one?

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Oh, and here's some other news...

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My overbearing opinion out of the way, the crux of the biscuit is that DeLorean Motor Company may soon start building new DeLoreans. They’ll be produced as kit cars, side-stepping the tighter restrictions placed on truly serial-produced cars. Once DeLorean Motor Company has cleared its plate of restoration work, likely by March or April 2008, it’ll start on the new cars. We’ll be keeping our eye on what materializes on the DMC front - being old enough to have seen BTF in the theatres, of course we’ve got a lust to have a DMC-12 sitting in our driveway, whether or not we have the optional Mr. Fusion installed

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