Re: [DML] Shipping a Delorean

[William T Wilson <fluffy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004, wannadelorean wrote:

> this into the overall cost of acquiring a Delorean.  I'm a little 
> leary about flying to pick up a car and have my first drive be 2000-
> 3000 miles back to home base.  Shipping seems to be the best option.

If time is not an issue for you you can fly (or drive, if you have a
truck/SUV/big sedan you can tow with) out, rent a tow dolly or
(preferably) flatbed trailer and tow it home yourself.  U-haul will rent
you just the trailer for pretty cheap.  If you need to rent one of their
trucks too you won't really save any money compared to having it shipped,
but at least you'll have it with you the whole time.

> Also, personal preference aside, is there any difference in long term
> reliability between the Deloreans automatic vs. manual transmission?

The manual transmission is more reliable.  The automatic transmissions are
prone to gremlins (most of which are fairly easily fixed).  Neither is
likely to need major transmission work provided that you can either do the
work yourself, or find a shop used to working with DeLoreans which will
have probably seen everything already.




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