Chris Harris
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
This is episode 88.
Why is 88 significant?
Because it's the speed at which the DeLorean...
becomes a time machine, isn't it?
Why was 88 chosen?
I've done some research on this.
Oh, wow.
My factoid today.
I thought it had some significant meaning in mathematics or the space-time continuum.
Turns out that is a load of horse testicles.
The reality is this.
There's two reasons.
First of all, the speedometer of the US spec DeLorean went to 85 miles an hour.
So they needed a speed a bit beyond the maximum.
So going beyond the last number on the speedometer is what you always used to aim for when you were a kid.
And 88, the alliterative, what's the equivalent of number alliteration?
Whatever.
Two eights looks better than 87.
So they chose 88 because it sounded faster and it looked faster and it went off the dial.
There you go.