Re: [DML] D-1 Again

[mike.griese@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

The DeLorean is not quite a free market vehicle.  The potential 
return for a remanufactured part or redesigned part is 
vanishingly small compared to other vehicles.  Typical 
market dynamics don't hold in that kind of situation.  For
example, if I was going to make some tooling for a left
front fender, you can bet I would pick a Jeep Cherokee
or a Toyota Camry over a DeLorean just based on the potential 
return on investment.

What happens is that small parts operations look for
"good enough" parts that can be adapted to work in the 
DeLorean and sold for a small profit inside the margins
available to the established vendors.  The engineering is
sometimes suspect and the testing is typically not 
statistically significant enough to say anything about the 
long term viability of the part.  In short, you pay 
your money and you take your chances.  

Price isn't the only variable.

--
Mike





>  That's one of the most absurd things I've ever read. Just because the DeLorean 
> is a rare car doesn't mean that the vendors are obligated to treat their 
> customers like crap. 
>  
>  In fact, letting the vendors stick it to the consumers is the surest way to 
> kill the car. In a free market economy, and yes the DeLorean is part of a free 
> market economy, it is competition that drives such things as advances in 
> technology that will make the DeLorean more reliable, refinements in engineering 
> that make parts less costly, and other such things that can only lengthen the 
> longevity of the car.
>  



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