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    VIDEO: How To Disassemble A DeLorean DMC-12

    Great Scot! Google Street View Captures Line Of DeLoreans Outside DMC HQ

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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/13/09

    In reply to VIDEO: How To Disassemble A DeLorean DMC-12
    Were they looking for cocaine? #delorean
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/13/09

    @skaycog: Considering that they condensed the process of taking apart a car into two minutes and thirty-five seconds, I'd say they found some. #delorean
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/13/09

    @pauljones: If John DeLorean hadn't been arrested on that cocaine deal, I wonder if he could have salvaged his car company? I guess that's one of those "what ifs". #delorean
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    11/13/09

    In reply to VIDEO: How To Disassemble A DeLorean DMC-12
    Disassembly is easy. Keeping track of the pieces and getting it back together is the challenge. #delorean
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/13/09

    @smalleyxb122: That's usually why I try to refrain from doing any serious mechanical work to my car.

    I perfectly capable of it, but the problem is that I tend to become a little absent-minded when I get involved in something like that, especially when it comes to remembering where the hell I put parts.

    Yeah, building model plane kits as a kid was a bit of a frustrating experience, too. #delorean
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    11/13/09

    In reply to VIDEO: How To Disassemble A DeLorean DMC-12
    I missed the part where they replaced the motor with an LS. #delorean
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    11/13/09

    In reply to VIDEO: How To Disassemble A DeLorean DMC-12
    That's a whole lot of complication involved in disassembling a DeLorean. They could have saved themselves a whole hell of a lot of time and effort by just taking the car for a drive and letting it disassemble itself. #delorean
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    Image of Chris Hertfelder Chris Hertfelder
    03/16/09

    In reply to Great Scot! Google Street View Captures Line Of DeLoreans Outside DMC HQ
    Seeing these awesome restorations really pains me, I actually have a Delorean. It's a pain in the ass to try to try and restore when you've been downsized. Know anyone with 6500 and a lot of free time to restore an infamous Delorean?
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    03/16/09

    @Chris Hertfelder: I don't think these are all restorations. I'm pretty certain that These guys bought the tooling and parts inventory and are building new cars as well as doing restorations.
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    Image of Clay Davis Clay Davis
    03/15/09

    In reply to Great Scot! Google Street View Captures Line Of DeLoreans Outside DMC HQ
    I don't personally, I'm just going off my roommate's knowledge of all things odd and from the 80s.


    Also, Wikipedia isn't always right.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    03/15/09

    @Clay Davis: It's true that Wikipedia isn't always right, but in the absence of reliable information to the contrary, I tend to trust it.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/15/09

    In reply to Great Scot! Google Street View Captures Line Of DeLoreans Outside DMC HQ
    So If I go back in time and snag a the doc's Delorean, can I got back in time and land a few minutes before the last landing, and snag it again? In other words, are these all the same Delorean, retrieved over and over again?
    I need a drink.
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    Image of JDisnidiet JDisnidiet
    03/15/09

    @Novaload Misses Murilee: Dude, that is very heavy. I think I just tore my space-time continuum.


    Of course this was addressed in the movie by Emmett Brown himself - he said that if he was was to travel through time and meet himself then that would be a pair of docs.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/16/09

    @JDisnidiet: Ouch! That's going to leave a mark!
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/15/09

    In reply to Great Scot! Google Street View Captures Line Of DeLoreans Outside DMC HQ
    Wouldn't that make a helluva fleet for some company? The message would be all over the place, cool, crappy, original, independent, out of touch but consistent, dammit!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    03/15/09

    In reply to Great Scot! Google Street View Captures Line Of DeLoreans Outside DMC HQ
    Great idea, woefully incomplete execution. Not the ideal capstone to Johhny Z's career. Such a shame. If only he could have stuck it out at GM and kept on topping the Trans Am. There would have been all the white stuff anyone could have ever wanted, for person, medicinal use of course, and none of that pesky legal stuff.
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    Image of Joshua Alvarado Joshua Alvarado
    03/15/09

    In reply to Great Scot! Google Street View Captures Line Of DeLoreans Outside DMC HQ
    haha, good thing only live 20-25 min away. you can only see the place from a sharp angle from the main highway. and you have to go down a residential road to get there. ive been there before and they dont really have a "tour" or really anything you see. other than a few windows to the main warehouse holding the tons of part there and the few delorean in the showroom.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    03/15/09

    @Joshua Alvarado: I quit watching when the fellow said "this was one of the earliest cars to use a form of fuel injection". Apparently he's never heard of Chevrolet.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    03/15/09

    @Mike the Dog: Or Mercedes...
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    Image of Joshua Voigt Joshua Voigt
    03/15/09

    In reply to Great Scot! Google Street View Captures Line Of DeLoreans Outside DMC HQ
    Today I saw the first two Delorean's not silver, that ugly orange one, and a black one at the end of the line. Had to go to google maps to check it out.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    03/15/09

    @Joshua Voigt: Pics or it didn't happen!
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    Image of philibuster philibuster
    03/15/09

    In reply to Great Scot! Google Street View Captures Line Of DeLoreans Outside DMC HQ
    1985? Who's the president in 1985? Ronald Reagan? The actor? Who's vice president? Jerry Lewis?


    It's the Libyans!!!

     Reply
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    Image of If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face If FromaBuick6 has to watch one more Chevy commercial, he's going to punch Howie Long in the face
    03/15/09

    @philibuster: I suppose Jane Wyman's the first lady!
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    Image of JDisnidiet JDisnidiet
    03/14/09

    In reply to Great Scot! Google Street View Captures Line Of DeLoreans Outside DMC HQ
    Those cars were absolute crap. I worked for a guy who drove one. He was an idiot and his automotive choices reflected that.


    They are gutless orphans. But they are unattractive.


    The reason they are always being worked on is because they always need work. They are freakin' Lotus/Renaults built in Ireland fer crissakes! Massive fail is involved. JZD couldn't even pull off a coke deal, how could he be expected to manage something as complex as building a decent car?


    This abominations make Bricklins look good.


    Phew - there now, I feel better. Just needed to get that off my chest. Now I will make like a tree and split...

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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    03/15/09

    @JDisnidiet: This abominations [sic] make Bricklins look good.


    Whoa. Say what you want about how the DeLorean drives, or about their reliability, but do not say it makes something else look good, especially if that something else is a Bricklin.



    I mean, damn. Everyone is entitled to his opinion, but that, my friend, is a dog.

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    Image of DoomMouse DoomMouse
    03/14/09

    In reply to Great Scot! Google Street View Captures Line Of DeLoreans Outside DMC HQ
    I didn't know where to post this because, there is no DUAN like thing on Jalopnik, but I need some advice. I'm currently about to trade in my '04 Benz C240, for a new car, and I can't choose between the Accord Coupe EX-L, and the Altima Coupe 3.5 SE. I've test driven both cars, and I am still completely unsure. Any input would help.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/14/09

    @DoomMouse: Well, the obvious answer is "a pre-owned G35/G37" - try 'em out before you dedicate yourself to a soulless car.
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    Image of DoomMouse DoomMouse
    03/14/09

    @FurtiveParsnip: I wish that was a viable option, but the only reason I'm trading in the Benz is because the maintenance/repairs, and the insurance for that car is killing me. And I'm definitely afraid I'd fall into a similar problem with an Infiniti. Also whichever car I choose, I plan on driving for the next 6 years or until it's completely dead whichever comes first, so i figure buying new is the best option.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/14/09

    @DoomMouse: Hmm, all right. Just don't buy a Solara.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    03/15/09

    @DoomMouse: Of the two you've listed, I'd go with the Accord (I just don't get the Altima Coupe though). But have you looked at the Genesis Coupe? It starts around $25k with the V6, and the general consensus seems to be that it's a very good budget G37.
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    Image of A strolling player A strolling player
    03/15/09

    @DoomMouse: How about this: Honda has a 3-year warranty. Infiniti has a 4-year warranty. Buy a one-year-old G37 for likely the price of the Accord, have the same amount of warranty left, and have a much more engaging car.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    03/15/09

    @DoomMouse: Ah, Grasshopper, it is sad that neither choice moves your emotions! That being so, flip a coin. For just as no man can look into another's mind and hear, so no one can see into the dark interior of an engine and transmission and tell you whether they will serve you well.
    Go in peace.
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    Image of joshkeady joshkeady
    03/14/09

    In reply to Great Scot! Google Street View Captures Line Of DeLoreans Outside DMC HQ
    After being on the DeLorean Mailing List Yahoo! Group for about 5 years, I can say, DeLorean owners are the biggest group of attention-starved, Ferrari wanna-bes in existence. I used to really want one, but then I got to thinking, maybe I'd have to interact with the other owners...


    Cool, quirky car, they swear it's a finely engineered Swiss watch and will fight anyone to the death who says that it's not or that they are not worth a lot of money.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/14/09

    @Josh Keady: A finely engineered Swiss watch with a two-third-French, utterly-woeful six-banger.
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    Image of joshkeady joshkeady
    03/14/09

    @FurtiveParsnip:


    Don't tell the DeLo people that, they will tell you that the car has just enough power, is very "sporty", handles great, complain that you've never driven one and can't possibly know, or if you have driven one, the one that you drove probably wasn't tuned right (though it seems hardly any of them ever are).


    You've never seen anyone defend a naturally aspirated PRV 6 with Bosch K-Jetronic like the DeLorean people.

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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    03/14/09

    @Josh Keady: Hey! K-Jetronic is pretty damn good, I'll have you know.


    I'm obligated to defend it, though, of course, just as I'm obligated to state that there's nothing wrong with the DeLorean that a B230FT and a lead foot can't cure.

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