Re: Delorean costs

["dsscid" <shain@xxxx>]

Hi Chris,

I recently ( few months ago) purchased a DeLorean that was just under 
$10,000 dollars. My car had been in storage for over 10 years prior 
to me buying it, the owner decided to attempt to get it running 
sucking 10 years worth of grime and stale gas through my entire fuel 
system. I went a view a few cars in your price range, and saw a few 
cars in the $14-18k price range. There is a huge diffrence in 
conditions and reliablity of the cars. Cars that may have been in the 
lower price range looked ok, but would have been huge amounts of money 
to make them reliable. So int he end your paying no matter what. My 
stored car is running now and has had large amounts of parts and 
mechanical restoration to get it as far as it is now. Now i have a 
car that is reliable, SAFE ( being the main word here, we all love our 
cars but were in no hurry to die in them), and is cometicly 
exceptional and with low miles. The discounted rate i got my car at 
was nice up front, but the thousands of dollars to get it going could 
be bad for you privding your nto expecting it or don't have it (i knew 
what i was getting into before hand). My advice to you is gow buy a 
reliable car, gets som good driving experiance under your belt so you 
have lower insurance, a reliable daily driver car, and later on a fun 
sports car.

- Shain
#10140

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "chrissy_777uk" <wasnotwas@xxxx> wrote:
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> 
> I am in the process of saving for my delorean (I'm 18) and was 
> wondering what the verdict is on the 'cheap' cars that I often find 
> advertised (under $10000) and whether they are reliable.

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