[DML] Re: Need help

["endotex23" <endotex23@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jennifer Moe" <jennymoe4@xxxx> wrote:
>  I am a very new owner and one of the people I work with is
slamming 
> my D.  


Uh, the bias here is a bit tough to swallow. I work in an industry
that defines safety and the comments here reflect both ignorance and a
clear lack of objectivity. "Safe" needs to be defined. Are you
refering to crashworthiness or something else?

Just so you're aware:

1) Portions of the electrcial system are a fire waiting to happen.

2) Same with the fuel system.

3) Escape after rollover can be problematic.

4) Front crumple zone is flimsy and needs to be re-enforced.

5) Trailing arm attachment design and materials used are an
abomination.

6) Broken nuts holding front suspension components are a problem.

7) Control arms are flimsy and prone to cracking and failure.

I could could on. The bottom line is the car is reasonably "safe"
as long as the poor design and service bulletins are corrected and
complied with. The somewhat shoddy design and construction, a less
than rigid frame and body coupled with a low design height in today's
SUV rich envronment, and a number of other factors such as inadequate
crash padding, poor visibility, lack of a SRS, etc, make the car not
nearly as "safe" as modern vehicles. A Delorean would likely fail
current crashworthiness tests in nearly every category and the quoted
lack of fatalities is nothing more than a statistical aberration.

I suggest you solicit information from people who have more
objectivity than any of the parties currently involved. It's your life
you know.

Greg








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