RE: [DML] I need some ammunition

["Video Bob" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

...tell your Dad that if he loves you and respects your opinion, and feels 
that he brought you up good enough to make your own decisions he will 
support you.
It will be work, and it will be costly but the fun you will have with it 
together will make
it all worth it the first time you go down to the DQ and a crowd forms 
around the car.
In a world of plain cars where you live, you will be like a rock star.

The Delorean can be a perfectly reliable everyday car if you know what you 
are doing,
but anyone on here will tell you that you should have another car to use as 
a second.
These cars are not good in the rain or weather, and are old technology.
You should wear out your regular car, and use the Delo on special occasions.
Hey, a special occasion is a beer run, but if you drive it to death and you 
can't
afford the pre/post maintenance then you might have some down time.
I drive mine all the time, but the Taurus comes in handy when I go shopping.

Avoid the "low milage, original" cars.
You want one with some miles on it and some of the updates done.
There is a $20,000 rule with these cars, if you get one for $15K, you will 
sink another
$5K into it.
Usually you find one that runs good and has crappy interior, or the inside 
is perfect and
the engine is crap from sitting for 10 years in storage.
Rarely you get both.

- VB



>From: "Tom Porter" <treehouse2000us@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [DML] I need some ammunition
>Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 00:27:59 -0000
>
>As many a young people, I have been lerking on the list, occasionaly
>posting, even once or twice very serious in attempts to purchase
>cars, but now I have severly run into a snag that I knew was
>coming... just hoped and prayed it would be swept under the rug.
>
>Today I was looking at a Pontiac Fiero.  In the deep woods of Maine,
>its hard to find any cars other than the run of the mill fords or
>hondas.  My dad was in utter discust about the 2 seater and the whole
>concept, and here I was pretty darn estatic to see such a rare
>car "for the area."
>
>I have bugged his ear off about the DeLorean now for more than 10
>years, and I recently reached the $15 k mark in my savings.  Is there
>any thing I can say to my father that would make it easier for him to
>accept that I want a 'small sports car' (or even that I own
>one..soon).  He just doesnt get it through his head that these things
>are fun, yeah a little more work than a Honda, and yes, parts may be
>a little harder to find, but its all about image.  My grandma refers
>to the DeLorean as an old peice of crap... why dont you get a new car
>Tom?  I have yet to test drive any "new" car off the lot that was fun
>to drive.  Really the 80's sports cars are the best, and the DMC in
>my oppion is at the top of that heep.
>
>Also, if you own a 84-86 Fiero and you have a few minutes, could you
>email me about problem areas... this one I found is dirt cheap.
>
>Thanks
>
>Tom Porter
>Way up in Northern Maine
>Vin: Hopefully by end of year.



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