Fw: [DML] Re: Advice for a future owner..

["Chris Parnham" <chrisparnham@xxxx>]

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From: "Murray Fisher" <murrayf@xxxx>
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Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 4:27 PM
Subject: RE: [DML] Re: Advice for a future owner..


> Re advice for a future D owner.....Todd has the right idea and I am sure
you
> will get many more....everyone comes up with different ones. I paid
quite
> a bit for a premium car from the original owner, with low (3K) miles on it
> and now have 8k after four years of ownership. Most on here will tell you
> to get one that has more miles on it and has had things like the rubber
> replaced....cooling system and any upgrades etc. This is just a personal
> opinion, but I am pretty old (80) and have had a LOT of cars in my
> life......high mileage cars just plain run those pistons up and down a lot
> more times and wear the moving parts out a lot more than a low mileage
> car......so maybe its a toss up! There have been various researches on
the
> DML as to the cost of owning a D per year. I dunno what it came out to
but
> maybe 1K. Personally I have not spent a dime in four years....however
> although mine is what I call a daily driver, our town is small and you
can't
> go very far. It has been dependable.....I have not had ANY of the
problems
> that have been mentioned on here, although I will admit I am way over due
> and they will probably start. My car starts instantly always...idles
> smoothly shifts perfectly (it is automatic), does not overheat and air
> conditioning and heater works normally. It has the original tires that I
> probably should replace sometimes but I never get round tuitt. They
still
> look like new and experts have checked them out and pronounced them sound.
> I don't see how fast I can go! The original owner put a new HD battery in
> it the day I bought it from him, but in a year a couple cells went dead
and
> it was replaced under the warrantee. My clock was intermittent when I got
> it and I fixed that myself. Actually the new battery FIXED it. So that
is
> MY side of it. A Net like this is really for those with problems and
for
> the rest of us to be made aware of problems that may occur.....so you
rarely
> see any "love" stories re the DeLoreans on here. I know many that read
the
> DML daily, but never enter into the discussions, because they have no
> problems. Thats MY story and I'm STUCK with it. FWIW.
> Murray
> Vin: 05962 Lic: DMC-XII
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