@@Luftmysza. Irrelevant. And the Countach isn't that good either, considering it also had a terrible history of blindspots and you needed a damn periscope to see out.
I have a 82 DeLorean that i've owned for 19 yrs. Its a great daily driver! With running it's original warmed over upgraded engine, 5-speed and mechanical injection system its been a bullet proof super reliable classic. Even on road trips I knock down 30mpg while cruising at 70mph!
I drove an 81 Toyota without power steering for a while. I loved steering it may more than EPAS cars. As soon as I was over 5mph, the steering was light and easy. The secret was that when PS was a nonstandard option, the steering gear had an easier gear ratio.
I'm not sure why you would, the wheels have no weight over them my fiero had no power steering and it was great never an issue and feels better connected to the driving experience
I can't show off by driving with my doors up cause I have regular doors on my dream car, but you are perfectly right, windows down and collect peoples attention really is part of the dream! I also own my dream car, a 1973 Volvo 1800ES. And the way you show this car and talk about it makes me truly happy cause I hear that you have a similar feeling to what I have when driving my classic! Hope you get many amazing years with your time machine!
You’re absolutely right. If your riding your dream car, what’s the problem in enjoying however you like, screw the envious eyes saying you’re just showing off, those can be ignored.
Love your channel dude you really love DeLorean‘s and I think that’s cool that there are people keeping these cars alive and well. One of the most unique cars I think I’ve ever seen and I’m glad you haven’t put like an LS or some strange performance motor the way it came from the factory is is exactly appropriate, but I think that The suspension upgrade was necessary. American roads suck. And eibach is a great product
Little known fact! Gullwing doors are named after the Mercedes-Benz 300sl Gullwing coupe, which was the first production vehicle to equip these style doors. The reason for it is the 300sl was based off of a tube chassis race car and traditional style doors were next to impossible to adapt to the existing design. So the hinge was moved to the roof and the Gullwing was born.
There was a brief pause after he said "I tend to do this in Whole Foods" and I gotta say, it had me worried for about 0.0001 seconds then I remembered it'd be an upgrade to the store.
My "dream car" was always that black Toyota truck that Marty got as a present, lol !!! But here lately, I've been wanting to do something completely custom & unique: Inspired by the Deuce-and-a-half: An updated & modernized version that can serve as both cargo & personnel transport with fold down seats & fold down beds in the back :P
My friend has a ripsaw recreational tank and it has small gullwing doors in order to see out of it we usually leave them open when we drive around only time he closed them is when we're going to go through something messy and it's going to sling mud or muck all over the place
The IDEAS behind the DMC were good. The implementation and quality were not. It would be cool if someone did it over and did it right. Even an EV version. The parking problem could easily be solved with cameras.
The Lamborghini Countach was in a similar situation since there was practically no back windows to see out of and parallel method was to sit hang out of the door
In my case, disabled plates/placards work wonders(rare skin condition that's extremely painful and severe neuropathy is the short version why i have disabled plates) That and a lot of experience parking in DC and Baltimore helps. If one masters parallel parking in either one, you can park anywhere. Of course, if parking garages are cheap enough, available space, I'll of course avoid parallel parking altogether. Valet parking is a challenge though, most simply direct me to a spot and let me park my DeLorean myself as a lot of valets these days don't know how to drive a manual transmission car. It's fine with me, wouldn't trust them to do it anyway even if I had an automatic DeLorean.
You sir are my fucking spirit animal! A DeLorean has always been my dream car as well, and while I may never get one, for the time being I can live vicariously through you. The DeLorean is a symbol from one of the greatest movies of all time, from one of the best decades ever, and I am glad that I found your channel where you put this magnificent piece of '80s iconography front and center and break it down from bumper to bumper. Thank you for what you're doing. Also, as a side note if you ever happen to see this comment, I am a photographer and it would be my dream to be able to do a photo shoot with this this car because it still looks like the stock vehicle and hasn't been converted into a time machine yet like most of them have. But if that sounds like something you would like to do and would like to get a hold of me so we can make arrangements through email, by all means hit me up.
Bro, just install reversing camera and sensors. ;) When you're backing up with doors open, you see only your side, while obsticle can be present on the right side and you're not able to see it. And by the way install power steering also. ;)
You know what it might be feasible to retrofit your car with electrical power steering if you have a good alternator hydraulic might be a little more harder or easier I do not know but if power steering is an issue in a DeLorean I think they do make retrofit kits
Every time I park mine in the garage my dad watches me he loves how carful I am with that car I always use the doors to get more of a view while parking
During the making of the film, one of the directors originally wanted to use a 1980s Ford Crown Vic to have more space in the vehicle for part 2, I'm not saying that they should have not use the Delorean it's just would have been a different movie with a different car and the value of a Crown Vic would have gone up
