The best car EVER

[Steadders]

I decided to have a look around for a new car today. I was browsing ebay, so obviously the first car make to catch my eye was Delorian. This is just amazing if you ask me.

http://i7.ebayimg.com/04/i/08/a7/5f/fe_3.JPG

http://i5.ebayimg.com/03/i/08/af/6b/14_3.JPG

http://i5.ebayimg.com/03/i/08/af/6a/bc_3.JPG

Only $44,000 so far.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE-DELOREAN_W0QQitemZ160040809427QQihZ006QQcategoryZ31830QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[Guigsy]

bargain
unfortunately delarians drive like **** :)

[Steadders]

Who drives Delorians?

[Dentist]

No one, they are a work of art to be viewed not used :P

[gemini]

Anyone see that car on YouTube it was a 1960's Vauxhall and it did 0-60 in like a second cause the guy put some stupid engine in it.

[bright_]

it's a Vauxhall victor iirc, fastest road-legal car in the world.

[pos]

Vauxhalls do kick ass to be fair, cheap parts, pretty sturdy etc. And get a nice TDi and you can go pretty far, pretty fast

[Baz]

theres a delorian that drives around Bristol occasionaly, with the full Mr.Fusion conversion, don't think its for sale though :)

[Elbonio]

I want a DeLorean - obviously to be the BTTF car.

They are deathtraps apparently. Crumple like tin cans in an accident.

[Guigsy]

bttf2 was on today. my fave one :)

[Cabe]

great numberplate (licence?) on it as well.

[Unplugged]

Wasent the delorian in BTTF black?

Anyone using that around here in the UK will prob find some chav has damanged it in some way when they get back to it.

There was a police car on ebay once supposidly completly legal if you cover up the P or put a line though POL so its obscured a bit.

[Zenith]

The Delorean I've sat in was BETTER than yours Steadders!
http://www.zenith-solutions.co.uk/images/zendelo.jpg

Mine had a FLUX CAPACITOR!
http://www.zenith-solutions.co.uk/images/flux.jpg

Pictures taken at Treasure Park, Redruth on midsummer this year.
Like Guigsy, I watched BTTF2 on Saturday as well. Great fun!

[Steadders]

What Delorean doesn't have a flux capacitor?

http://i17.ebayimg.com/05/i/08/a4/ca/27_3.JPG

But still, I've never actually sat in a delorean :)

[Switch`]

Unplugged no it was not black....

FURTHERMORE as elbonio stated, the entire car is infact one big crumple zone.

[catbeef]

there is a nice delorean not too far away from me. although i havn't gone by it in a few months.

i'm only going to learn to drive if i can get a delorean. but not with all the **** over it, they only made so many it kinda makes me sick so many people are ****ing them up, sure it's a good film, but when i'm on the motorway i don't want a ****ing coffee bean grinding smashing my windscreen.

i adore back to the future, but it is anoying everyone copying it. if you want to customise your car like that use your own imagination :(

[Wildc@rd]

I thought the Delorians were made of tin foil and sticky back plastic, good luck walking away from a crash!?

[catbeef]

they were manufactured in ireland and exported to america, but because all the money that was there to build them went up mr. deloreans nose, when they got to america they had to be completely rebuilt.

also, what do you expect. it was made for style, not smashing into people!

[Tsung]

http://static.flickr.com/10/13101105_406d778535_o.jpg

It's a close run thing, however, strange fact.... The chap who designed K.I.T.T. designed the Delorean as well :)

KITT was originally designed by Michael Scheffe (http://www.knightrideronline.com/wiki/doku.php?id=michael_scheffe%23array), who’s credits also include the Delorean Time Machine from Back to the Future.

From this website (http://www.knightrideronline.com/wiki/doku.php?id=k.i.t.t)

[King-Kodiak]

The thing with cars that have Swingwing doors (I think thats what they are called?) is that you could never park one in a car park, as the amount of clearence you need to be able to get into / out of the doors without doing a yoga manouvre is huge.

[tigger]

didn't kitt have ejector seats? :)

[Neon]

Can't the classic old school Batmobile! ;)

[Gunsmith]

true, but EVERYTHING pales in comparison to the Tumbler and its ridiculous engine roar.

[Portia]

Hmmm... One of my cars looks a bit like KITT. I'm tempted to do a cheesy retro bonnet hack...

[Switch`]

the name for the doors is "Gull wing" due to the appearence of a gull in flight when both are fully open.

and as for the ammount of space, they can open in the same ammount of space (roughly) as a largish car doors fully open

http://www.whitburnbirding.co.uk/images/TomTams/Iceland%20Gull%20Feb02%20(2).jpghttp://www.bmwworld.com/images/cars/concepts/picturbo_2.jpg

[Portia]

Mmmmm.... Gull wing....

http://www.caamdp.com.ar/images/Fangio03/Mercedes%20GullWing%20300SL.jpg

[Guigsy]

aint those mercs worth like £stupid

[Switch`]

its a merc, so yes

[Cabe]

more importantly, its a classic merc.

[Switch`]

like an e-type

[lyn]

Delorian's only come in silver.
K.I.T.T is made out of 2 cars put together to make, basically a cut and shut.
Switch an E-Type doesn't have gullwing doors, and they aren't worth anywhere near the amount a classic Merc is. Most e-types look nice but underneath they are rusty as hell. (spent many years working in a Jag dealership)

Personally i think one of the best cars ever is
http://www.fotostitch.co.uk/bou2.jpg
Althou it is 35 years old. When new cost more than the E-type.
The newer version is just as nice
http://www.pistonheads.com/fastcars/images/marcos-04.jpg
With a 0-60 of 3.9secs and 0-100-0 again in 10secs.

[King-Kodiak]

the name for the doors is "Gull wing" due to the appearence of a gull in flight when both are fully open.

and as for the ammount of space, they can open in the same ammount of space (roughly) as a largish car doors fully open

http://www.whitburnbirding.co.uk/images/TomTams/Iceland%20Gull%20Feb02%20(2).jpghttp://www.bmwworld.com/images/cars/concepts/picturbo_2.jpg

Gull wing, indeed.

The amount of space they need to open may be the same as a normal car door, but what you cannot do is squeeze out of a gullwing door. A normal car door, you can open just enough for you to be able to squeeze in and out of, but as a Gullwing door hinges at the top, unless you want to crawl into / out of it, this is why you need more space for Gull wing doors.

[Mastacheif]

The delorian was pure stainless steel if i'm not mistaken, which is part of the reason its handles like ****.

The best car overall ever has to be the Mini.

Allthough the Lotus 7 and its now kit cars are up there as well as the stupidly expensive but perfect Bugatti Veyron

For me any how

Dax Rush with a 1.3 hayabusa engine and evo intercooler. <----Means 0 - Death sub 3 seconds

[catbeef]

The thing with cars that have Swingwing doors (I think thats what they are called?) is that you could never park one in a car park, as the amount of clearence you need to be able to get into / out of the doors without doing a yoga manouvre is huge.
The gullwing doors on the delorean require 14 inches to open. thats a lot less than your average door ;o

there, just to make it clear.

[Count Googlebob]

http://www.swen.uwaterloo.ca/~kassam/images/010-cars-640.jpg

This Car also eats other road users for you when they cut you up. Perfect for you steadders

[Ryvita]

Vauxhall Victor FU's you all...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtxfbxGz1u4

Ryv