Re: [DML] John Delorean and Reliability.

[Soma576@xxxx]

In a message dated 12/29/00 7:04:38 PM Central Standard Time, 
William_Sternbach@xxxx writes:


> It seems the best DMC-12's to buy are the ones with over 30,000 miles,
> because most of the problems have already been fixed by the previous
> owner. Another member of this list told me that if you buy one of these
> "fixed" deloreans, you can expect troublefree operation for a long time.
> 
> 

Hello,

you are quite correct about the reliabilty of a 30K+ DeLorean. more than 
likely, the major bugs have already been worked out. however, i don't think 
the car's initial reliability has anything to do with JZD's work at general 
motors. he didn't build the car, he hardly even designed it. he only gave 
his specs to the other firms such as Lotus, Ital, and Lucas, and they did 
most of the dirty work for him. in my opinion, the reliability was more of 
an issue in the early 81's, due to a fresh, newly trained workforce who 
needed to get the trial-and-error out of their system so they could learn as 
they go along. JZD doesn't design poor cars! as for the vega - i know 
nothing about the car so i cannot comment.

another aspect one should look at when purchasing a DeLorean for actual 
driving is weather or not the car has been used as a daily driver up until 
purchase. this is the single-most important stepping stone to getting a 
DeLorean that looks good to a DeLorean that performs good. again - all of 
the major bugs have been worked out (hopefully!)

also, there are plenty of DeLoreans out there with more than 50K miles on 
them... most people don't drive theirs very much, so consequently, their car 
has low milage! this has nothing to do with a car that cannot live that 
long. i recently talked to a guy on AOL who is next door neighbors to a 
formal DeLorean trucking person (he used to truck D's between dealers) and he 
owns one with over 200,000 miles on it! 

just my opinion...
Andy

Soma576@xxxx
1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
Fargo, ND 58102


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