Re: [DML] Re: Gathering a crowd -Was: Deloreans to help Charities

[kayoong@xxxx]

In a message dated 5/31/00 9:32:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dmcvegas@xxxx writes:

<< I don't know about other owners, but I run into alot of road rage while 
driving. I've driven by Ferraris, and NSX's with no problem, but 
whenever I run into either some middle aged guy in a Corvette, Viper, 
or Camaro, or some young idiot in a Honda, Acura, or some other type 
of "Rice Rocket", it never fails, they always want to cut me off! 
Wheather I'm on the interstate, or going down the street they will 
wait untill the last minute to swirve over in front of me, and I end 
up slamming my brakes. All because none of them could stand to let a 
DeLorean get ahead of them. >>


Robert,

It is the same here in NYC. No different! All the "Rice Rockets" or "rice 
burners" are usually the younger idiots with the attitudes and the ax to 
grind. 
They fail to understand, that our cars are 19 years old. I remember 19 years 
ago, all the "Rice Rockets" were just able to keep up with a decent American 
car in their performance. How many 19 year old "Rice Burners" out there, 
that are a collector's car, or with the performance on the level of the 
DeLorean car? A "Datsun Z" from the 1970s?

As far as the middle age owners of Corvette, Viper or Camaro. What are the 
price tags for these cars? Nothing cheaper then $40,000 to start. It is not 
worth the "bang for the bucks." They got the money to "brag." They have 
fail to understand that the man Mr. John Z. DeLorean introduced the Pontiac 
GTO in the mid 1960s. His Pontiac GTO started the "American muscle car 
craze," a "trend" that they are still keeping up with -- speed and HP. These 
owners are supporting the American automotive industry -- Buy American -- 
that is good for the US economy. Anyway, like I said, when their cars 
besides themselves are 19 years older, lets see how these "people and the 
machine" will maintain the "arrogance and the brag" against the car in the 
future. It will be a relationship with an "old" girl or boy friends, out of 
sight or out of mind and forgotten -- and not performing -- hehehehehehe.

Now, if Mr. John Z. DeLorean had the ability to continued or gotten back into 
the automotive industry, he had in mind to produce the DeLorean Starfire that 
he had engineered. This car without question, could beat or equal the 
American cars, the Asian "Rice Rockets" or rice burners and the overpriced 
European cars in performance and/or the price tag. Too bad it will not 
happen, or maybe it will???

BTW. To reply to another previous thread. My DeLorean has over 68,000 miles. 
I have put on 56,000 miles as a daily car in the four years that I have 
owned it. I can always count on it. There are no problems or failures from 
the DeLorean. There is just the normal "wear and tear" from the daily usage 
which is always expected. The NYC roads do induced "premature" failures or 
the demise to the chassis, the suspension and the wheels which can happen on 
any car. 

Kayo Ong
#05508
Lic. 9D NY