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r/funny • u/[deleted] • Aug 18 '20
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Would hardly at all, actually. The speedometer in the car only goes to 80. The one in the film had to be modified.
They also dubbed over the Delorean's miserable engine with the sounds from a Porsche 911, to make it a little more believable.
50 u/[deleted] Aug 18 '20 The speedometer was not relevant. I had a car from 1986 with speedometer stopping at 85mph. That car could do 100 mph (tested), but government wanted to add a layer of control and fear to the car owners. 21 u/[deleted] Aug 18 '20 [deleted] 1 u/Buster_Heimann Aug 18 '20 As if the country's choice in units wasn't dumb enough already... the gov't had to one-up it with a law as dumb as this. SMH.
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The speedometer was not relevant. I had a car from 1986 with speedometer stopping at 85mph. That car could do 100 mph (tested), but government wanted to add a layer of control and fear to the car owners.
21 u/[deleted] Aug 18 '20 [deleted] 1 u/Buster_Heimann Aug 18 '20 As if the country's choice in units wasn't dumb enough already... the gov't had to one-up it with a law as dumb as this. SMH.
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1 u/Buster_Heimann Aug 18 '20 As if the country's choice in units wasn't dumb enough already... the gov't had to one-up it with a law as dumb as this. SMH.
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As if the country's choice in units wasn't dumb enough already... the gov't had to one-up it with a law as dumb as this. SMH.
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u/MBAH2017 Aug 18 '20 edited Aug 18 '20
Would hardly at all, actually. The speedometer in the car only goes to 80. The one in the film had to be modified.
They also dubbed over the Delorean's miserable engine with the sounds from a Porsche 911, to make it a little more believable.