Calling Micheal J Fox...I need your car.

[Broomjockey]

Besides, have you ever seen a Stargate fly?

There was the time they strapped it to the bottom of an X-301 and launched it into space, the numerous space-gates in the Pegasus galaxy, and the time they used one to syphon off some stellar matter to cause a sun to go nova.

[RootedPhoenix]

Besides, have you ever seen a Stargate fly? Nope. But a police box hovering down the freeway, now THAT'S a sight to see!

...just imagine the headlines from THAT one.

The Delorean got ran into by Doc's train. So you would need the Train

....[enter amusing mental picture here with the train flying through town] (Sorry, not enough sleep. I don't even remember if it really flew or not.)

What kind of drug is that person taking?

Possibly a nice little mix of several interesting ones.

[Broomjockey]

I don't even remember if it really flew or not.

Further cementing my geekery, yes, it flew. The train flying into the screen was the last shot of the movie.

[Gerrinson]

Well, if anyone is interested, there's a Delorean for sale 1/2 a mile from my apartment. At a dealership, even. I drive by it every day on my way to work. Unfortunately, it's out of my price range.

[jerkface11]

Well, if anyone is interested, there's a Delorean for sale 1/2 a mile from my apartment. At a dealership, even. I drive by it every day on my way to work. Unfortunately, it's out of my price range.

They've got a FIAT engine anyway best to stay away from them.

[Lace Neil Singer]

But... it's just so cool looking! If I had the money, I would buy one right away. Then I'd have to get a car driving licence, and convert it so it actually worked... but I've wanted one ever since I first saw the movie. Also, Ace Frehley had one... XD

[Gawdzillers]

Maybe he needs more Jiggawatts.

Also, I heard that Michael J. Fox doesn't need a car anymore to get up to 88 mph.


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[Chromatix]

Actually, it's a PVR (Peugeot-Volvo-Renault) V6 engine, the same as used in early years of the Volvo 760. It's a very reliable engine, *if* you remember to change the timing belt on schedule. (It's an "interference" design, so if the timing belt breaks, the pistons will collide with the valves, which is Bad.) So if such an engine is still running, chances are it will keep on running indefinitely with proper servicing.

Later years of the Volvo 760 - from about 1987, IIRC - had a new V6 engine design, which is not an "interference" design and therefore doesn't have such a strict depedency on the timing belt.

Volvos in general of that age have a reputation for running for hundreds of thousands of miles without any real trouble - bad electrics maybe, but everything is fixable. So the engine is very unlikely to be the worst part of a Delorean.

In fact, both Volvo and Renault had very good reputations for engine reliability at that time, which is why a PVR engine is also well respected. Usually a Renault engine would easily outlast a Renault car body - I've heard of people buying raw bodies from the factory and sticking in the old engine from their rusted-out one, thus effectively making one perfectly good car.

[Dave1982]

They've got a FIAT engine anyway best to stay away from them.

Where did you hear that? Because that's not even close.

Actually, it's a PVR (Peugeot-Volvo-Renault) V6 engine, the same as used in early years of the Volvo 760. It's a very reliable engine, *if* you remember to change the timing belt on schedule.

Ok, nit-picking here, but strictly speaking, it's "PRV" not "PVR," and the one used on the DeLorean has a timing chain, not a timing belt. And I've never heard of one breaking.

In general, the PRV family of engines is very reliable, provided of course that it is properly maintained. It's an aluminum block, so it's very prone to catastrophic damage from overheating, even more so than other aluminum engines. This is of particular concern in the DeLorean since it's mounted in the rear, resulting in a very long cooling loop with lots of places for air bubbles to hide (air in the cooling system is VERY bad). I had to deal with this just the other day, when I was desperately bleeding the lines on The Greatest Customer of All Time's DeLorean so I could take it to a local car show.

And let's not get started on the nightmare that is Bosch K-Jetronic Fuel Injection.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRV_engine The second picture is from a DeLorean.

But yes, the DeLorean's problems do not rest with the engine, except for the fact that it only produces 130 hp.

And if you need a DeLorean to travel in time, you can always come see me. It'll be bring your own Flux Capacitor though





Or you can go here http://www.time-car.com/
I've gotten a ride in that very car. It was way cool.

[PepperElf]

wait... is this the new series TARDIS or the original one?
cos heck with #4 you might get there. But you'd probably be a few years (or centuries early).

tho at least you'd have a warm scarf to bundle up in while waiting...

[edible_hat]

...ask and ye shall receive...

http://www.delorean.com/

-Wembley

You don't need a DeLorean, just the flux capacitor. Which (like many things) you can get online: http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/9fc6/

[strawbabies]

Me: Look at when you requested that it be done...is that a typo?

SC: ummmm.....no they have a meeting today at 1pm.

Me: You do know that it is 2:45 PM..?

SC: Yes. (as if to say "What's your point?")

Me: ok......umm.....so you want it a hour an 45 minutes ago?

SC: yes, for a meeting.

Pointing out that they've already missed the meeting (in the simplest way you can muster) may have snapped this guy out of his stupor.

[Bradester]

Gawdzillers, you and I both are going to Hell. You for posting that, and I for laughing.

[Dips]

I have a theory about this SC...

He was told by his boss two weeks ago to have a quote ready for a meeting at 1pm on 8/15.

He forgot or procrasinated and showed up at the meeting.

At said meeting his boss asked him about the quote and he didn't have it.

When the boss asked him why, he decided to make up an excuse:

"Jeez, boss. I really tried to get that quote but those people at the office furniture company never got back to me. Why, I sent them a high-priority email just today telling them I needed the quote by 1pm!"

The boss seems skeptical (because the SC seems to miss a lot of deadlines), but lets it go telling him to just get the quote ASAP. The SC senses his boss smells bullshit and knows he's on thin ice.

Off the hook for the moment, the employee decides to cover his ass by creating and sending the email at 2:45. His master plan is to show it to his boss and "prove" he wasn't lying about trying to get the quote.

When you pointed out the time stamp on the email to him, I bet you made him sweat.

Had you replied by email, pointed out the time discrepancy and CC'D HIS BOSS, you'd have completely destroyed his day.

Again. This is only a theory. I thought of it because I had something similar happen to me. In that case, I DID cc the boss my reply.

[Sparky]

What the heck is wrong with you people?

He doesn't need a Tardis, or a Stargate, or even a DeLorean. All he needs is a simple time machine.

What confuses me is, was the customer an Eloi or a Morlock? His nasty demeanor makes me think Morlock, but only an Eloi could be that stupid.