delorean quality formerly 'live the dream ad'

["James LaLonde" <krfds@xxxx>]

you put too much faith in the delorean.
the only reason the delorean is still around is because it's cool. it was no
better designed that any other of the cars at the time. the man had some
good ideas, but he failed... miserably. The car would not last forever, as
he intended, without our (the fans) intervention. the stainless panels were
never aligned properly initially. and most EVERY aspect of the car is more
prone to failure than other normal cars, even in 1982, and even compared to
first funs of other older cars.

any car would stand the test of time and last like the delorean, if it was
dream car of all of it's owners.... like the delorean is.

i love the car too, but much was to be sacrificed to own one.... look at new
cars. the t-bird has had no real problems after it's first year of release.
more than half all dmc-12s were brought in on warrenty thier first few
years. you may pawn that off on the poor quality ofthe irish workers or
delorean's limited funding, or the fact that not ownly was it the car's
first run but the company's first car... fine... but the fact remains... it
was poorly constructed.... perhaps designed well and with good intentions...
but it failed in the production. deloreans are of better quality now that
they were 20 years ago.

it's a beautiful work of art... a masterpiece of auto-aesthetics and yes, a
step forward even the mechanical and functional *design* in some areas.
Other areas were thrown together and poorly designed... and almost all parts
of the car were poorly built.
I hope this passes the moderator. it should. i love the car as much as all
of you, don't doubt... i like the challenge of turning a
substandardly-built, but awesome looking car... into a dream machine.

james lalonde 001697


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