Question: why 88 mph in back to the future?
Answer: A DeLorean with 15,000 miles and a flux capacitor White first fell in love with the DeLorean in 1986 when he saw it in Robert Zemeckis' classic film. In it, Dr. Emmett Brown tells Marty McFly that pushing the vehicle to 88 mph would activate its flux capacitor and send them into another dimension.