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points by cush 1 day ago | 0 comments

Elon truly was inspired by Delorean

[–] Zigurd 1 day ago

That's disrespectful to a guy who made a nicer car and had a less destructive drug habit.

[–] dylan604 1 day ago

In what way? That's a strained way to poke fun at someone just because.

[–] jjuel 1 day ago

"That's gold, Jerry. Gold."

[–] ramesh31 1 day ago

>"Elon truly was inspired by Delorean"

He wishes. Delorean is a modern classic, regardless of commercial success. Cybertruck will go down like the H1/H2; something entirely emblematic of the worst excesses in the time it was conceived and marketed in, that later generations will go "did they really think that was cool?".

[–] linksnapzz 1 day ago

A modern classic, thanks to Bob Zemeckis; without whom it would've been right up there with the Bricklin SV-1.

Setting aside JohnZ's personal failings, the car and its production was a catastrophe.

[–] mingus88 1 day ago

Hilariously the deloreon speedo didn’t even go up to 88

[–] linksnapzz 1 day ago

Part of that was a NHTSA rule that hilariously (from 79-82) made 85mph speedometers mandatory; but even later, because of tooling costs, those dials persisted.

Not that the DMC-1's PRV v6 and tall Renault 5-speed were gonna make getting to 85 easy...