Re: [DML] DeLorean ownership; an ego trip & funniest thing ever heard Cont'd...

["Video Bob" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe this is the part you and so many other'here just don't get....
There is no point in arguing with these people who make smart assed remarks.
I don't give these people the time of day.
Usually, I pretend they are not even there, as if I were deaf.
If someone is nice, and wants to make compliments or just need verification,
IE: "Is this really a DeLorean? Made of stainless steele? From the BTTF 
movie?"
I will answer a quick yes, followed by the next obvious question answers of,
"It's got an aluminum Volvo V-6".....etc.

But if some wanker starts making smart remarks or actually thinks he knows
more about the car than I do then I ignore them.
You have to understand the mentality of these people.
It is like a "pro-choice" talking to a "pro-life"....nothing good is going 
to happen.
These people are the jealous of our success, they are bitter that we are 
stealing the
attention they are not getting.
These are usually people who's idea of customizations are things you get at 
the auto store
that stick on parts of the car....like day-glo windshield wipers on an 
Iroc-Z.

So don't raise your blood pressure dealing with these idiots.
It has nothing to do with you or the car, or John Delorean.
It would not matter if it was a Ferrari, Lamborghini, whatever... you would 
get the
same rap from these idiots.

IGNORE THEM, and save your blood pressure!
- Videobob
VIN#5278





>From: "Randal Atamaniuk" <martydmc12@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [DML] DeLorean ownership; an ego trip & funniest thing ever 
>heard Cont'd...
>Date: Sun, 25 Apr 2004 02:14:32 -0600
>
>This is where I get confused, and frustrated with non-owners.  Forget the
>Back to the Future remarks; those can be a lot of fun.  And the people who
>ask the million and a half questions; better to inform them correctly than
>have them walk away false information.  My concern is with the people who
>argue with us about the history of our cars, and especially J.Z.D.?s
>history.  These types of people seem to have a personal vendetta against
>both John and the car.  Did John DeLorean one day happen to get into his
>DMC-12, and drive over these peoples mothers?!  These types insist our cars
>are pieces of junk; or that J.Z.D. was a crook and should be in jail.  Even
>if they sometimes have all the facts right; they continue to hound us with
>how stupid we must be to own such a lousy car.  And most of these people 
>are
>usually automotive enthusiasts.
>
>I don?t get it; after John left GM and his Pontiac GTO in its glorified
>history, did the world suddenly go anti-DeLorean?  I wasn?t old enough to
>remember or even know what was going on before 1981; but I always assumed
>that the creation of a new automobile was a positive thing for car
>enthusiasts (okay, maybe not for Detroit).  But what happened?  Did the
>cocaine scandal suddenly make our cars stainless steel heaps?  I though
>1981-1982, no matter how poor sales were, the DeLorean was ?the dream? car
>of that time period.
>
>A good example is a story I heard about eight or nine years back, before 
>DMC
>Houston starting re-manufacturing the blank keys.  There was a guy in
>England who had buckets of original key blanks; at the time, he could have
>made a pretty penny off of them too.  But no, because he hated DeLorean so
>much, he melted them down instead.  So this goes back to my question, what
>is this hatred that seems to pop-up now and again at a car show, or on a
>message board, etc.  Where did it come from, and why?  What?s their excuse?
>It doesn?t seem to be ego or jealousy either.  It?s something else.
>Something I?m not sure anyone can or will ever figure out.
>
>Maybe I?m wrong.  Who knows.
>
>Randy
>Vin #16353



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