Re: [DML] Delorean Owner

[gmfm1@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I agree, that David mentioned cards in this thread, but you should practice what you preach Bill, 
"Please keep your personal prejudices, biases, and yes -- outright hostility and animosities -- out of it."
Gary

----- Original Message -----
From: content22207 
Date: Monday, August 20, 2012 12:14 pm
Subject: Re: [DML] Delorean Owner
To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

> Correction: David introduced carburetion into a thread about 
> finding Volvo mechanics to work on K-Jet (in a truly bizarre 
> reply to discussion about K-Jet nomenclature -- if that isn't a 
> totally transparent attempt to troll, I don't know what it. The 
> message he replied to was about proper use of acronyms!). Steve 
> did take David's goading bait. 
> 
> For my part: all I did was say that Drew is free to do whatever 
> Drew wants with Drew's car, and that Drew has far more 
> carbureted support around him than K-Jet support, which does 
> make his decision to *EXPERIMENT* with carburetion reasonable. 
> Hardly trolling IMHO.
> 
> Anyone care to call David and Marc out for their trolling? 
> Anyone? 
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" wrote:
> >
> > Point of Order: Steve started this thread, not me.
> > 
> > Please keep your personal prejudices, biases, and yes -- 
> outright hostility and animosities -- out of it.
> > 
> > Bill Robertson
> > #5939
> > 
> > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy wrote:
> > >
> > > I agree Peter.. 
> > > 
> > > The problem here is that many of us are tired of the 
> constant preaching, and proselytizing for every "improvement" 
> Bill has done to his car. If left unchecked, new comers to the 
> community may accept Bill's constant sell as fact. Without 
> people on this list getting sucking in to Bill's trolling, I 
> think it would only be a few years before people accepted that 
> the only way to fix a neglected K-Jet is with a Autolite 2100. 
> Bill realizes this too, as he constantly tires to point out all 
> of the "community dogma". With short attention spans, and even 
> shorter memory, it is easy to impact people actions when they 
> are sitting on an expensive, non-running DeLorean, frustrated 
> with something they may not understand. 
> > > 
> > > It is probably a good bet that most DeLorean owners have 
> done their own "customization" at some point, and many have 
> reported what they have done along with their results back to 
> the community. But those people are not constantly flooding the 
> forums telling us that their modification is what everyone else 
> needs to do... or crowing every time someone follows their 
> advice. 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > --- On Mon, 8/20/12, Peter Lucas wrote:
> > > 
> > > > From: Peter Lucas 
> > > > Subject: Re: [DML] Delorean Owner
> > > > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Date: Monday, August 20, 2012, 11:32 AM
> > > > 
> > > > On Aug 20, 2012, at 11:08 AM, content22207 
> > > > wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Actually owner satisfaction *IS* the only measure that
> > > > matters. 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Although I am more or less a "keep it original" guy, I have
> > > > to say that I agree with the above
> > > > statement.   Anybody who buys or keeps a
> > > > DeLorean because they think it is the most practical way to
> > > > purchase transportation is pretty clearly out of his or her
> > > > mind. Owning and driving a D is a hobby.  What possible
> > > > criterion could one use to judge a hobby other than personal
> > > > satisfaction?  K-Jet, carburetion, electric -- convert
> > > > to steam if you want to.  It seems to me that the
> > > > greater the diversity, the more interesting the
> > > > hobby.   No?
> > > > 
> > > > --Pete Lucas
> > > > VIN #06703
> > >
> >
> 
> 
>


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