Re: [DML] Mileage on a Delorean - does it matter?

["sgskbm" <SGSKBM@xxxx>]

--- Every one seems to agree that you should drive it but not too 
many of the people who agreed seem to have a low mileage car. Since I 
do I thought that I would off my personal perspective.

I bought my car with only 7,300 miles on it. I too wanted 
to "preserve" the lower mileage "image" of my purchase. The largest 
problem for me was service as it was about 250 miles round trip to 
have the car worked on and.... the Delorean shop that performed the 
work, is well known for never solving any problem on the first, 
second, third or even fourth try! As a result my car now has about 
10,200 miles on it.

After some careful consideration, I decided recently that if I were 
going to purchase a new Delorean, I would not be as concerned as to 
weather the car had 4,000, 10,000 or 15,000 miles as long as it had 
all of the necessary maintenance to make it road worthy. I have seen 
more low mileage cars, including mine that have had significant 
problems than higher mileage cars.

I would prefer the mileage to be low enough that the car did not 
suffer from wear in the obvious areas. If the seats, interior and 
outside condition was maintained and it still looked new, then 
anything less than 20,000 miles to me is still low mileage. 

I have decided to drive mine, enjoy it and maintain it. Naturally, 
since I do own several other cars, I shall try to keep the mileage at 
a reasonable level. In my case, 1,500 miles per year would more than 
reasonable, would demonstrate that the car is being exercised, kept 
in running condition and would allow for significant enjoyment. With 
the above formula applied to your car, you would have over ten years 
of enjoyment before arriving at the 20,000 mile mark!

Just an opinion....

Scot
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