[DMCForum] Re: your first impression of DMC

["cruznmd" <racuti1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, if we talk about the first time I saw one, when I was old enough to care 
and understand what I was looking at, that would be in Groton, CT.

I was blown away by how low-slung the car is. The rear glass on the sides 
was strange to me, but I understood their function. To me, the DeLorean is the 
Millenium Falcon of cars. The steel body was so strange, yet so common 
sense to me. The overall shape struck me as an amalgamation of wedges and 
trapazoids somehow smoothly fused together.

It's difficult for me to really to commit to projects sometimes. There are a lot 
of things in life I've started but never finished. This isn't one of them. My 
interest in the car -beyond- the movie became so intense that I have tried to 
read all literature with the words "DeLorean" and "Volvo" in it. I've struggled to 
learn every bolt and weld in it's construction. I've always had basic automotive 
skills but soon I found myself learning systems I'd never bother with, like A/C 
and mechanical fuel injection (in depth).

It never ends. Now I'm trying to learn more about more exotic cars, like V-12 
engines, Jags, pasta-rockets, rotorary engine vehicles, Corvairs, etc.

I'm thinking of a '79-'81 Jag XJS V-12, perhaps a convertible next. I won't sell 
the DeLorean to do it though. I'm going to build a stable.

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> > PS - Told ya' my story sucked, sorry :)
> 
> No, no...  I'm asking about the touchy-feely aspect of how
> you FELT when you first saw a DeLorean.  Only being tall
> enough to look in the window is cute.  Also interesting is
> how you also saw the cargo net as dominating the interior.
> 
> Okay, what started me on the touchy-feely crap is I saw a
> PBS special:
> http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/
> 
> They interviewed this eccentric French dude who is a genius
> of sorts.  He was primarily responsible for the look/feel of
> the PT Cruiser.  So you car people should check out this
> link in particular:
> http://www.anecdotage.com/index.php?aid=18419
> (Note, they put the text in a stupid little window that you
> have to scroll to see all of it.)
> 
> It makes me wonder if DMCH got some ideas from him in making
> that new interior they were showing off at Pigeon Forge.
> 
> If you're into reading this drivel, do a google on
> 'rapaille' and 'SUV'.  The guy has lots to say about the
> psychology of marketing.  Fun reading if you are into it.
> 
> Walt

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