Re: [DML] wanting info on smartly buying a delorean

[Jack Janney <fastride@xxxx>]

Andy,

As for your question of a daily driver......
I spotted another DeLorean today and followed him to the parking lot (I was
riding in a friends Subaru SVX). I walk up to talk to him and I get this
annoyed, "not another dweeb who wants to drool on my DeLorean" look. The
guy realizes I'm not going to give up that easily so starts answering my
questions. Turns out he bought the car in '86 (used with 19,000 miles) and
uses it as a daily driver with somewhere around 110,000 miles now on the
clock. Aside from the usual emission control/rear tailights/droopy
headliner/instruments not working problems, his car had been pretty
reliable. He did mention a couple of issues with the fuel pump I hadn't
read about. I was kind of surprised over the whole conversation. He was
pretty blase about the car, kinda like "what are you making such a big deal
over a DeLorean". I'm getting the feeling there are two kinds of DeLorean
owners. The rabid fanatics (most of who are on this net, myself included)
and the "accidental owners" who could have been just as happy driving a Saab
900 or something but somehow wound up with a DeLorean.

Jack Janney
#10109 (1 week old)

----- Original Message -----
From: <Soma576@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:51 AM
Subject: [DML] wanting info on smartly buying a delorean


> hey everyone,
>
> this is my first post to the dmcnews-list. i hope this does not offend
> anyone because i'm sure 99% of you have deloreans already and are crazy
about