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Topics in this digest:

      1. RE: Millennium: The DeLorean Motor Company Concours
           From: "Marc A. Levy" <malevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
      2. Poll results for dmcnews
           From: dmcnews


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Message: 1
   Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 09:01:33 -0500
   From: "Marc A. Levy" <malevy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: Millennium: The DeLorean Motor Company Concours


Based on my interpretation of the messages James posted last time this
subject came up (which is what caused the creation of the Concours mailing
list) was that DMC Houston DOES have the final and ultimate authority on
the judging rules of the events they sponsor.  DMC Houston is NOT a club,
with a committee.  I have no problem with that, but those are the facts!

In addition, "NO COMPENSATION short of the parts business that the
concours generates..." is making the parts business seem like a side
effect of this event.  I challenge that and say, the parts business the
concours generates *IS* the reason for the event.  I have no problem with
this either, because I assume all the participants are aware of this.

Past winners would be the best judges?  David, if you want to be a judge
just ask James..  :)  I'd vouch for you knowledge of DeLoreans, but I
think that would do more harm than good. 

I don't participate in this event.. so why should I care??  It is my
disagreement with your last statement "will elevate the Deloreans to a
higher level of value which is good for everybody."  I think the Concours
event is not only hurting the value and image of our cars, it also makes
DeLorean events stressful (even for those who do not participate) and
competitive.

Just for clarification to DMC Houston, James, and all of the other
readers...  My comment was only to say that in the past it has been stated
that "If you want to win the Concours, you have to go by the manual"...
Where the message that was posted recently (that re-started this
discussion) said "the concours judging is based on how closely the car
adheres to the engineers and designers originally intended
specifications."  and those two statements are VERY different!  (Adding to
the frustration surrounding this event.)


-----Original Message-----
From: jtrealtywebspannet [mailto:jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 2:35 PM
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [DML] Millennium: The DeLorean Motor Company Concours


This is an open letter to other Technical Editors and the general 
membership of the DML.
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Message: 2
   Date: 30 Mar 2002 08:17:29 -0000
   From: dmcnews
Subject: Poll results for dmcnews


The following dmcnews poll is now closed.  Here are the 
final results: 


POLL QUESTION: New buyers are often overwhelmed by the 
cost to maintain their DMC-12.  

How much have you spent fixing up yours?

(This is an anonymous poll.  Please be 
honest.) 

CHOICES AND RESULTS
- $1-100, 0 votes, 0.00%  
- $101-500, 0 votes, 0.00%  
- $501-1000, 1 votes, 2.33%  
- $1001-1500, 1 votes, 2.33%  
- $1501-2000, 1 votes, 2.33%  
- $2001-3000, 0 votes, 0.00%  
- $3000+, 2 votes, 4.65%  
- $501-1000 and expect to spend more, 2 votes, 4.65%  
- $1001-1500 and expect to spend more, 2 votes, 4.65%  
- $1501-2000 and expect to spend more, 1 votes, 2.33%  
- $2001-3000 and expect to spend more, 3 votes, 6.98%  
- $3000+ and expect to spend more, 8 votes, 18.60%  
- Divorced and destitute, but my car is PERFECT, 0 votes, 0.00%  
- Slowly piddling to get my car into shape, 2 votes, 4.65%  
- Fixing it just enough to keep it running, 2 votes, 4.65%  
- I'll probably invest another $500 this year., 4 votes, 9.30%  
- I'll probably invest another $1000 this year., 5 votes, 11.63%  
- I'll probably invest another $11500 this year., 1 votes, 2.33%  
- I'll probably invest another $2000+ this year., 1 votes, 2.33%  
- Please send me money., 7 votes, 16.28%  



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