I know that you're joking, but there's a new Delorean Motor Corporation operation, and they're selling refurbed and rebuilt Deloreans. They operate out of Texas, I think.
Yes they are in Texas. I think they are currently using original frames (original VINs) with 80% original stock pieces. The price is high for what is essentially a 30 year old car with 30 year old tech.
Yes they are in Texas. I think they are currently using original frames (original VINs) with 80% original stock pieces. The price is high for what is essentially a 30 year old car with 30 year old tech.
Well, not quite 30 year old tech - they upgrade a lot of stuff under the skin, essentially bring it up to the Spec that John Z intended, and then improving on it. IIRC, they completely replace the suspension, electronics, brakes, gearbox, and they upgrade from the old US 130hp motors, to new 215hp motors. They've even sorted out the interior problems, upgraded the door hydraulics, basically stem to stern refit, restoration, and upgraded. It looks like a factory-new 80s DeLorean, but they'll outperform one in just about every respect.
The one thing they didn't fix is having to host a panel discussion in every petrol station, parking lot, roadside, and everywhere else slow enough that people can shout out to you intelligibly.
However, you are right - it's still a frame and design from the 80s or so. They can fix a lot of it, but it's still not perfect as people imagine it. Then again, I think Regular Car Reviews put it best recently when they reviewed the stage 2 DeLorean:
"A DeLorean is a lot like Marilyn Monroe, everybody is in love with the legend, the shining impossible ideal that the reality couldn't possibly match. Nobody really loves Norma Jean, but they all love Marilyn. But Norma Jean deserves love too, if not more than Marilyn. Because Norma Jean was the real thing. Maybe the DeLorean isn't perfect, but that doesn't mean there's not a car here than can be loved unironically."
"A DeLorean is a lot like Marilyn Monroe, everybody is in love with the legend, the shining impossible ideal that the reality couldn't possibly match. Nobody really loves Norma Jean, but they all love Marilyn. But Norma Jean deserves love too, if not more than Marilyn. Because Norma Jean was the real thing. Maybe the DeLorean isn't perfect, but that doesn't mean there's not a car here than can be loved unironically."
Slowmo? I don't think there's any in the video, the speeds look odd because the camera is mounted on a Russian Arm, which is a sort of remote controlled and gyro-stabilized arm attached to a vehicle - they're not drifting, but they're trying to match speed with the other cars.
I enjoyed the video up until the gratuitous car wash porn shots. Really? Why shove objectification of women into my car video fun?
I'll be honest with you, I hate that shit at events. It's never helpful, and it inevitably clogs things up as you have to struggle through a crowd of assholes who have, apparently, not seen a woman in a bikini before to get anywhere around the damn thing.
The second video doesn't have Jack Black, that's the Tacky video from yesterday.
Al is putting out a new video every day for a week.
That said the video for Word Crimes is much better than the one for Tacky, but both parodies make for much more listenable songs than the originals.
Okay. I watched Word Crimes this morning and it's really, really good fun. I think I enjoyed the video so much because, not only was the typography and animation style very well executed, I also didn't have to look at Al Yankovic's face at all.
So I tried watching Tacky again, and got more than 3 seconds into it, but still didn't make it to the end. Not only do I have to see and ugly person, I have to see multiple ugly people wearing ugly clothes doing ugly dancing while lip-synching to badly auto-tuned singing of a badly re-written song. I turned off before Jack Black turned up, so at least my iPad survived without me breaking it over my knee.
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The one thing they didn't fix is having to host a panel discussion in every petrol station, parking lot, roadside, and everywhere else slow enough that people can shout out to you intelligibly.
However, you are right - it's still a frame and design from the 80s or so. They can fix a lot of it, but it's still not perfect as people imagine it. Then again, I think Regular Car Reviews put it best recently when they reviewed the stage 2 DeLorean:
"A DeLorean is a lot like Marilyn Monroe, everybody is in love with the legend, the shining impossible ideal that the reality couldn't possibly match. Nobody really loves Norma Jean, but they all love Marilyn. But Norma Jean deserves love too, if not more than Marilyn. Because Norma Jean was the real thing. Maybe the DeLorean isn't perfect, but that doesn't mean there's not a car here than can be loved unironically."
http://gcaptain.com/u-s-marine-corps-designs-crazy-ass-amphibious-tank/
Or drift it...
Oh wait, it's a POS Sunfire. Nevermind. Demo derby maybe.
The second Weird Al video is very fitting for the FRC.
Al is putting out a new video every day for a week.
That said the video for Word Crimes is much better than the one for Tacky, but both parodies make for much more listenable songs than the originals.
So I tried watching Tacky again, and got more than 3 seconds into it, but still didn't make it to the end. Not only do I have to see and ugly person, I have to see multiple ugly people wearing ugly clothes doing ugly dancing while lip-synching to badly auto-tuned singing of a badly re-written song. I turned off before Jack Black turned up, so at least my iPad survived without me breaking it over my knee.
What's for today?
Foil, apparently: