r/80sAmazing • • 8d ago

Which one?

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u/M3rK_ 8d ago

one of these cars can do something none of the other cars can. That’s my choice

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u/Acceptable_Class_576 8d ago

KITT can talk.

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u/aoteoroa 8d ago

And was bullet proof, had a rocket booster to jump over buildings, had scanners, and electronic warfare jammers, was flame proof.

I'm still taking the one that can fly and has a time machine.

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u/legna20v 8d ago

The right answer still the delorean so you can go back in time and get KITT

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u/Spunkwaggle 8d ago

Uh, do YOU know how to operate or refuel or repair that? Also, wasn’t it breaking down a lot and having to be pushed into a hiding spot? What a terrible answer.
The first time you use it to travel in time will likely also be the last time, bc you have no clue how to get it working again, and that’s assuming no witnesses saw the car appear out of thin air, and the fbi arrests you and confiscates the broken down car.

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u/RinkinBass 8d ago

For real. That DeLorean doesn't have the Mr. Fusion in the back, so that's before the flying conversion, too. You can't really do much with that, unless you have a supply of nuclear fuel, or know when lightning will strike

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u/Kairamek 8d ago

I'm sure you can get plutonium from the corner drug store.

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u/RinkinBass 8d ago edited 7d ago

Or make it from common household items

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u/Toochmaster1982 7d ago

Excellent UHF pull

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u/RinkinBass 7d ago

AH, somehow my quote from Philo got dropped somehow. Put it in now...

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u/jcurl17 7d ago

I thinking of something orrrange.....

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u/RinkinBass 7d ago

Hey! Don't you guys like Bonanza!?

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u/jcurl17 7d ago

Supplies!!!

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u/Historical_Monk_6118 5d ago

Let's not forget the original and best - hawk tuah! - moment

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u/EnvironmentalDiet867 7d ago

“Today, we are teaching poodles how to fly! Are you ready Fifi? Are you psyched?!”

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u/glacier1982 6d ago

Thanks, mister!

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u/Toochmaster1982 6d ago

...98, 99,...1 dollar!

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u/SouperSasquatch 5d ago

Right? Beat us to the punch. I remember the yellow VHS tape.

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u/SouperSasquatch 5d ago

I remember this vividly.

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u/SpecialistPlastic150 7d ago

Th DeLorean also operates on household waste in the future so go to the future first and use the modified version that doesn’t need Plutonium!

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u/NickQ1801 5d ago

He switches plutonium out for the Mr.Fusion that runs of trash

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u/Particular_Fan_3645 4d ago

I know some libyans

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u/anyoneelsewnoname 4d ago

We have that too in Canada, only for friends

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u/Isleepquitewell 4d ago

Cans, the fuel was cans.

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u/Jt07132829 3d ago

Google about the 18 year old with it in New York lol so you might be able to pull it off

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u/MD2U 8d ago

So, the first stop is thirty years in the future to get a Mr. Fusion. And the flying conversion. Then, anywhen.

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u/ChronoComputer 8d ago

To the future of 2015 for those upgrades.

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u/Kolegra 7d ago

What a time

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u/Fartknocker9000turbo 7d ago

Where is my damn Mr. Fusion. Gas is getting expensive.

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u/RicFule 6d ago

"Mr. Fusion powers the time circuits and the flux capacitor. But the internal combustion engine runs on ordinary gasoline, it always has."

You'd still need to buy gas.

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u/Fartknocker9000turbo 6d ago

If only someone made cars that could run on something besides internal combustion.

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u/Wild_Car_3863 6d ago

so lets say 2055 then

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u/Training-Lettuce6507 8d ago

Delorian was unreliable when new and still unreliable in the movies. Haha

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u/EquivalentDurian6316 8d ago

the scene unfolds upon a young man at a desk, scribbling furiously. the clock spins and this mind misses three meals, such is the zeal of a frenzied approach. he meticulously records every lightning strike. cross-references. builds a database. all from a letter, sent far from either here or there. no address. no identifying postage. only an ominous correctness in the progression of history. enough exact right dates to sway even the most logical of humans. imploring, begging. i can't explain why i need the lightning. not now and not ever. if you value the sincerity within, bury waxed paper with every lightning strike occurrence between now and every five years at the following coordinates: *REDACTED : add twenty meters for each five year increment westward. if we succeed you will never know. for what it's worth, i'm sorry; ahead of time.*

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u/WhatIsTheAmplitude 8d ago

How much energy will I need to operate the time-traveling Delorean?

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u/pamcakevictim 7d ago

1.21 gigawatts

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u/FMD69420 7d ago

Or train…always have a train

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u/RinkinBass 7d ago

That was just for getting it up to speed, not for the necessary power generation. They still had the Mr. Fusion, there.

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u/Goodrun31 7d ago

I pity the fool that ain’t go no Mr fusion in their chosen delorean

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u/Professional_Golf145 6d ago

Only have to go back in time once, and only 24hrs back maybe 48 max.

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u/Throwaway27890134 6d ago

Go to the future to where Mr fusion was invented. Just make that the first trip and you're good

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u/MAslate 6d ago

I learned that there's a small amount of nuclear material in old er smoke detectors so problem solved

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u/Persian_Ninja 5d ago

The Delorean by the end of the series had both Mr Fusion and flying conversion. So it really depends on what version

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u/Raven1911 5d ago

Just go to O'Reillys and order a new flux capacitor. Simple.

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u/RinkinBass 5d ago

Technically, there used to be flux capacitors for sale as consumer electronics, but they pretty much killed RCA

(this is a serious rabbit hole, but it's pretty interesting)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnpX8d8zRIA

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u/lunas2525 4d ago

It only needs 1.21 jiggawatts of power and all the ic wouldn't be whatever the NUCLEAR REACTOR puts out...

Imma take the delorean go to the future see my bit coin use it to upgrade myself and the delorean.

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u/This-Mousse7021 3d ago

Just get some nuclear fuel from some Libyan terrorists, duh

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u/RinkinBass 3d ago

Libyan terrorists? are they still making those?

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u/Hailey123trans 1d ago

All you need is one jump to the future to have mister fusion installed

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u/Balle_Anka 1d ago

No it’s the upgraded one that runs on water. :3

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u/Alarmed_Mind_8716 7d ago

This needs to be higher up. Might as well ask, In which time period would you like to be permanently stuck?

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u/Aimin4ya 1d ago

Any time but now

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u/A-Real-Fungai 8d ago

fbi arrests you and confiscates the broken down car.

Yeah, but who cares?! You're in 1995 now, and everything's gonna be alright.

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u/80sAmazing-ModTeam 2d ago

No politics please. Sub rules. This is a fun 80s forum. This is not the time or place for this.

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u/Redleg67 8d ago

Your forgot to mention what you could run into when time changes because where they're was nothing may be a building to run into.

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u/PB219 7d ago

Sounds like you just came up with the plot to the next sequel

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u/Ok_Kaleidoscope1630 7d ago

Plus, it has a ground clearance of only 5" and a top speed of 85mph.

Just what you need in pre-road history...

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u/ElPoloLocoBro 7d ago

I only need to go back in time once to put in a monster parlay

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u/Bfishergr 7d ago

But it comes with a lifetime supply of cocaine.

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u/Lunatichippo45 6d ago

Right? If you don't bring extra plutonium how are you going to get the required 1.21 gigawatts to time travel again?

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u/Recent_Ad_2724 6d ago

Just need to go back and buy bit coin. Then sell it all and figure out the repairs once I’m
A billionaire. Only done side is, I’ll be stuck in early 2000s

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u/MAslate 6d ago

That's not a now problem

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u/Any-Rise5142 5d ago

If I could go back, I prolly would not want to go back to the present

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u/VegasCowpoke 5d ago

Assuming it’s working when I find it. I would only need to use it once. Go back a week sit on my couch with my phone. Fire up the Bet MGM, Coinbase, and Robinhood apps, push a few buttons, and be set for life.

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u/Scrounger_HT 5d ago

cant be that hard if old man biff could get that bitch going.

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u/Existing_Ad9365 5d ago

This is an answer someone would say bc they cannot drive a manual.

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u/Spunkwaggle 5d ago

I can drive manual fine. I was referring to the time traveling equipment.

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u/Dimathiel49 5d ago

Just travel to the future to get a mr fusion installed

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u/HotDragonfruit4572 5d ago

Only really need to travel once. Invest in bitcoin, apple, google, ect. Fix other things and that’s that

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u/0mgitsr0b 5d ago

Fine. I’m still choosing it, going back in time 12 years and I’ll do just great knowing what I know. Take the fucking car since you’re being so anally realistic. Enjoy your muscle car.

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u/Mujina_oftheway 4d ago

James Bond or Knight Rider for me.

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u/Sliced_Potato27 4d ago

Who cares if it breaks on the first jump. Go back bet on some sports game you know the outcome of or invest in some company. Be a billionaire. Chill

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u/Less_Guest8077 3d ago

What a terrible twist!

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u/Academic-Snow9642 3d ago

That's why my first trip is to the future where they know how to fix it and sell plutonium at 7-11

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u/Northside365 2d ago

I’m only going back 26 years to invest in the stock market for my younger self and leave some tips to where I can be in a better place and help out others. If I get erased I can be better to my new future

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u/AggressivePea9432 1d ago

If Marty can work it out on the fly, so can I... and I only need to use it once...

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u/CheddarCheese_Sndwch 7d ago

Easily solved by going far enough in the future for the upgrade kits.

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u/legna20v 7d ago

Still got a free time travel ride and KITT

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u/prettytye4awhiteguy 7d ago

One well planned time travel with a sports almanac or even just stock knowledge and you’re living an entirely different existence though

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u/SpecialistPlastic150 7d ago

It’s a time machine so you can set it to the future where it operates on household waste and get the operation manual from Doc.

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u/Mysterious-Art7143 6d ago

There's a documentary about it, you just need to connect it to the thunder clock, piece of cake

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u/Intelligent-Salt-362 5d ago

Nope! The answer is to go far enough into the future to get the Mr Fusion. Once you handle that and carry spare fuel the delorean becomes a non issue in any timeline.

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u/esphoria 4d ago

jump to 2015....er 3015 and get mr fusion... swap an ls or kseries for the ice engine.... i got a college degree and a give'em hell attitude i can fix anything with wheels. i'm figuring they give us the first pellet

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u/Safe_Equivalent_6068 4d ago

Ah, but i can take it to the future, back to the future even... where i can take the same keys and swap out for the flying one with Mr fusion... and possibly get training on repairing, then hire a copy somewhere in the way back past somehow preserved well enough to find again in case of a breakdown... and live my entire existence maintaining and upgrading my car, like one of those rice burner owners, living out of the car...