Comments on: DeLorean buffed to mirror-finish

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:54:00 +0000

Top Gear did it with a Camry, which is the same drivetrain, so you’re probably right. I know my own Rav4 is a lot faster than it needs to be. Which is A-OK with me.

By: Donald Petersen

Donald Petersen — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:51:00 +0000

My dad had some cancerous lesions removed from the left side of his face and left forearm as a result of several years of commuting southeast in the morning and heading back northwest in the afternoon.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:43:00 +0000

The shiny outside of my foil hat agrees with you!

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:38:00 +0000

I just realized that, from this angle, the Delorean is a Space-Pinto!

By: Chris Bradshaw

Chris Bradshaw — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:41:00 +0000

There are big trucks with shiny aluminum fuel trailers all over the freeways, I’m sure families will be just fine …

By: Standish

Standish — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:02:00 +0000

Don’t think it would be a danger on the road – people don’t seem to have too much trouble with polished Airstreams, truck bumpers, and tanker trailers.
It does look a bit tacky though, especially on a dirty street. Here’s a pic of a UK soccer player’s chrome Aston Martin. (Excuse the nasty Daily Mail link with their standard classist (and probably racist?) ‘people with more money than sense’ griping.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2064124/Jermaine-Pennant-chrome-Aston-Martin.html

By: gellfex

gellfex — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:46:00 +0000

“Nor one that looks so speedy, but is handily beaten in a drag race by a Toyota minivan. ”

That’s not saying much, today’s cars are so overpowered. I heard a V6 Rav4 beats Magnum PI’s Ferrari 0-60.

By: Mladen Kalinic

Mladen Kalinic — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:12:00 +0000

I wannaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

By: OgilvyTheAstronomer

OgilvyTheAstronomer — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:08:00 +0000

I used to walk past the two rotting in the Universal Studios parking lot (one of them in full Flux Capacitor detail). This was in the 90′s, I hope they have been rescued since.

By: OgilvyTheAstronomer

OgilvyTheAstronomer — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:06:00 +0000

I’ve noticed that there’s a transportation corollary to Murphy’s Law: One always tends to drive east in the morning and west in the afternoon.

By: IronEdithKidd

IronEdithKidd — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:16:00 +0000

You made me giggle out loud.

Toaster, FTW.

By: Gino G Gori

Gino G Gori — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:30:00 +0000

Looks like the Oregon Duck helmet!

By: Jim Schmidt

Jim Schmidt — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:14:00 +0000

To quote a co-worker: “That’s… that’s a Hot Wheels car!”

By: dculberson

dculberson — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:16:00 +0000

Aluminum takes a polish quite well!

By: Ipo

Ipo — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:06:00 +0000

Sure, and think how much more effort it takes to polish stainless steel than it does to polish the aluminum Airstreams.

By: guanto

guanto — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:23:00 +0000

Yeah, the phone looks like DeLorean poo!

By: Vicky Van

Vicky Van — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:54:00 +0000

Princess Amidala would love this.

By: Georg Holderied

Georg Holderied — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:51:00 +0000

Polarized sunglasses don’t work on reflections off metal surfaces.

By: retepslluerb

retepslluerb — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 08:08:00 +0000

This’ll go great with a $20.000 Vertu phone.

By: Benjamin Bertrand

Benjamin Bertrand — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:48:00 +0000

Great. Now finish the rims!

By: manicbassman

manicbassman — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:25:00 +0000

note the matt black bonnet (hood for USAnians)… wonder if the DeLorean owner has thought about being blinded driving into low sun? Nope… he hasn’t

By: Daniel Latta

Daniel Latta — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:20:00 +0000

OMG Cylon! KILL IT!!!

By: Shank Lemons

Shank Lemons — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:02:00 +0000

[sigh] Such an eighties thing to do…

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:59:00 +0000

because that’s just like stainless steel?

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:58:00 +0000

and concern is in short supply! :P

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:57:00 +0000

Indeed, you could get sunburned quite badly. All depends where the sun is shining from.

By: Guest

Guest — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:55:00 +0000

Not sure, but I bet nobody hi-beams him!

By: dustindriver

dustindriver — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:47:00 +0000

I respectfully disagree. Not because it could blind other motorists. Because the mirror finish confuses the excellent lines of the car. It’s a Giugiaro masterpiece, for cryin’ out loud.

By: dolo54

dolo54 — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:32:00 +0000

Think of the children!!

By: mambobananapatch

mambobananapatch — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:58:00 +0000

I guess you just don’t understand the difference between a waxed car and a fucking mirror on wheels. Chromed cars and accessories are not even legal in most jurisdictions run by thinking people.

And just to show you I’m not humourless:

Why did the monkey fall out of the tree?

Because it was dead.