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Yeah, I just now checked to be sure. 0-60 in 10.5 seconds.  |
Hey the first Corvette took 11 secs...
Im sure if DeLorean was in business longer, the car woulda got better...
Name me a modern car company that had a good car right at starting up..
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02-02-2013, 04:20 AM
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I would ask what the hell DeLorean was on when he designed that car, but we all know the answer to that question.  |
Ya' know he was never found guilty...
I like the car because it was something new and revolutionary, and he failed.. Just like Tucker, and Jonathan Phillips.. 
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02-02-2013, 04:26 AM
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Name me a modern car company that had a good car right at starting up..
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Ford Model T. Say what you will but they changed the face of automotive history. I would call that " GOOD!!!
Back in the late '80's I bought a lime green 1973 Fiat 850 Spyder (that's a convertible for all you non-autophiles out there) for $50 from the auto tech program at the community college I was going to. Somebody had donated it with a blown head gasket. I fixed it after school and drove it home and used it to commute with for a year. It didn't have a top so I carried an umbrella in the rain. I had to do the head gasket a few more times, but that thing was FUN! It wasn't very fast, but if you set it up right you could corner like a skateboard. Set it up wrong and it would spin faster than spit.
I ended up selling it to the same guy twice for $200 each time. 
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02-02-2013, 04:36 AM
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Crazy as an outhouse Rat!
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Ford Model T. Say what you will but they changed the face of automotive history. I would call that " GOOD!!!
Back in the late '80's I bought a lime green 1973 Fiat 850 Spyder (that's a convertible for all you non-autophiles out there) for $50 from the auto tech program at the community college I was going to. Somebody had donated it with a blown head gasket. I fixed it after school and drove it home and used it to commute with for a year. It didn't have a top so I carried an umbrella in the rain. I had to do the head gasket a few more times, but that thing was FUN! It wasn't very fast, but if you set it up right you could corner like a skateboard. Set it up wrong and it would spin faster than spit.
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mine was 1978 124 Spyder. bright red with a tan interior. fun to drive but was gutless! traded it for a 1975 Pontiac Lemans Sport Coupe that needed an engine. here's what mine looked like.
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02-02-2013, 04:43 AM
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I will not comply. I will not lie down. I will not go quietly. I will not submit. I will not roll over. I will not shut up.
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Trez, is an AMC Gremlin on the list of cars you would like to own? I really don't think there is any hope for you...
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That which does not kill me had better run pretty damn fast.
Gotta keep a pair of horns so I have someplace to hang my halo.
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02-02-2013, 04:47 AM
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mine was 1978 124 Spyder. bright red with a tan interior. fun to drive but was gutless! traded it for a 1975 Pontiac Lemans Sport Coupe that needed an engine. here's what mine looked like.
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I never got any pictures of my Fiat that I can remember. They are tiny little cars, quite a bit smaller than your 124. I am 6'3" and when driving it I had to wear safety glasses because I had to look over the windshield!
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02-02-2013, 04:48 AM
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Crazy as an outhouse Rat!
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Trez, is an AMC Gremlin on the list of cars you would like to own? I really don't think there is any hope for you...
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hey, hey, the Gremlin was kind of cool in a nerdy way! put some Cragar SS mags on it with white letter 60's and some stripes down the center and a hood scoop! 
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02-02-2013, 04:49 AM
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When you said "Spider",I thought you were talking about the super-charged Corvair Monza,I had one ! 
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02-02-2013, 04:51 AM
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Trez, is an AMC Gremlin on the list of cars you would like to own? I really don't think there is any hope for you...
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Back when Speedvision (now the Speed channel) had just cam out they had these hilarious commercials- and I thought of Trez (notice the terrain in the commercial)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlPE4NiPCn8
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02-02-2013, 04:55 AM
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Ford Model T. Say what you will but they changed the face of automotive history. I would call that "GOOD!!!
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I said modern like the last 50 yrs or so.... The Model T was popular because people could afford it, not because it was "great".. Whats a model T's 0-60?? OH, thats right it had a top speed of 45.... And I dont have to worry about breaking my arm to start a DeLorean
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