Re: DMC Reliability, relative to a Vega :-)

["jtrealty@xxxx " <jtrealty@xxxx>]

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Imho the reliability of the Delorean or any car is directly related
to 
the interest of the owner in caring for the car and the competance of 
the mechanic who works on it ( sometimes the same person) with 
competancy most important. I have seen some "creative" repairs on all 
types of cars by "competant" mechanics which then causes the owner to 
not only have to still repair the car correctly but all of the 
previous work must be found and undone. On most old cars there have 
been several sets of "hands" or different mechanics sometimes trying 
to fix the same trouble with each one adding to the problem usually 
by not repairing it correctly. Ask any Delorean sevice center and
they 
can tell you of their favorite "horror stories" of how owners spent 
large amounts of money and had nothing but trouble until it was 
brought into their shop and propery diagnosed and repaired. Any well 
maintained car serviced by knowledgable "technicians" will be 
trouble-free, Deloreans being no exception. 
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757 ASE certified Master Automotive Technician


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> >
> > When John Delorean created the DMC-12,
> > I believe that reliability was similar to the Chevy Vega's.
> > Most DMC-12's have less than 50,000 miles because it is difficult
> > to keep the DMC-12 running continuously for a long period of time
> > to accumulate 50,000 miles.
> >