▲ 1196 ▼ Tesla Sitting On Thousands Of Unsold Cybertrucks As It Stops Accepting Its Own Cars As Trade-Ins - Jalopnik (www.jalopnik.com) submitted 1 year ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 193 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] bluegreenwookie@bookwormstory.social 4 points 1 year ago (3 children) Yeah, the reason why they chose 55 mph in the movie is that was the max speed of the car (if i remember right) Also the way the doors opened were pretty inconvenient permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago It was 88 mph, which is a speed that the original engine for the DeLorean was not capable of. permalink fedilink source parent [–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) The flux capacitor is activated when it reaches 88mph. They had to add a digital speedometer because the Delorian's only went to 85. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* That was typical of cars made (for US market) in the early to mid 80s... Can't remember for sure if it was part of the whole national 55mph speed limit, but I'd bet it was. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CPMSP@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago permalink fedilink source parent
[–] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago It was 88 mph, which is a speed that the original engine for the DeLorean was not capable of. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) The flux capacitor is activated when it reaches 88mph. They had to add a digital speedometer because the Delorian's only went to 85. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* That was typical of cars made (for US market) in the early to mid 80s... Can't remember for sure if it was part of the whole national 55mph speed limit, but I'd bet it was. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Malfeasant@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* That was typical of cars made (for US market) in the early to mid 80s... Can't remember for sure if it was part of the whole national 55mph speed limit, but I'd bet it was. permalink fedilink source parent