RE: [DML] (unknown)

["Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't kid yourself, the time was not right in 1981, and it is not right now.
It is hard to get $20K for an original, if they remade them they would be in 
the
$30K-$50K range and people won't buy them.
If you want a new "modern" DMC, and are willing to drop that sort of dough
then get DMCH to sell you one with the new interior, and have a Northstar V8
slapped in it and then you will have a modern DMC-12,
except it would be more like a DMC-50.

If not for Back to the Future, no one would know or care about our cars.
It would be nothing more than a Bricklin or any other obscure car of that 
era.
You can go to car shows and see one off type cars of limited production that
you have never heard of or seen before and find that there were thousands 
made
yet you have never seen one.
...the DeLorean would be in the same category if not for the BTTF films.
If not for the movies, our cars would be worth even less than they are now
and you could'nt give one of them away.

I know I will catch hell for this from a lot of fans but you have got to 
know it is true
and if you don't think so you are just fooling yourself.

I bought my car as the final cherry on the top of my Back To The Future 
collection
and I am converting to a full scale replica.
If I wanted a car for it's performance and street respect I would have 
gotten
something completely different.
The DeLorean is an exotic, but by no means a "muscle car".
Of all the cars I have ever owned the DeLorean is the slowest car I have 
ever had.

I know it sounds like a I am just bashing the car to death, but sometimes 
the truth hurts.
This does not mean I am not a fan.
My entire house is covered in DeLorean and BTTF stuff and I drive the car 
everyday
so I feel I am speaking from experience.

As far as trusting John Z. DeLorean in a business relationship?
There is no secret why he keeps a low profile.
If you have seen the BBC Documentary "Car Crash" you would know why.

I think that DMCH's new interior is a step in the right direction.
I think that they could easily reproduce body panels out of carbon fiber and 
make a new
front end, and make a whole new car based on the original that people would 
go for if
it were done as a supercar with a mid mounted engine.
McLarean did it, Saleen did it, I think Steven Wynne could do it if they 
spent the money.
However their market would not be previous DeLorean owners.
If you spent some time with some Lamborghini and Ferrari owners you would 
feel
like a pauper when it comes to taking care of your car.
The average 10K mile tune up on Countach will set you back about $1 per mile 
- yup $10,000
for a service.
What we pay in order to drive a car that gets as much or more attention is 
NOTHING
compared to what others spend to have a car that is half as ostentatious as 
ours.

Again, I am a hardcore DeLorean fan, I love the car and spend my time 
defending it
on a daily basis to every know-it-all who approaches me at a gas station, 
but I doubt
that this car will ever be remade, and if someone ever does use the DMC name 
to make
a car it will not look much like this one and will not Stainless Steel, and 
will 3 times the engine
and cost more than most of us will be able to afford.

- Videobob
http://www.bttfstuff.com



>From: M5E <nitrousgarageworks@xxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [DML] (unknown)
>Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:18:31 -0800 (PST)
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>  I just think the time is right for a comeback of the
>DMC is all. So if the investors won't pony up the
>cash, go to the stock market, and make it a public
>company. We've seen remakes of all kinds of things,
>trying to capture the market that has the cash to
>spend; Our generation. The factory is still probably
>there in Dublin. I disagree with the idea that there
>would be no repeat customers. Build a better
>mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your
>door. Build a superior car, even today, like the DMC,
>and Dad will buy one, and love it, and get one for the
>Mrs, then his kid going off to college and so on. Then
>the kid gets into it, and so on. Plus there's always a
>hefty markup on parts. Parts wear out, even on a super
>car. And when you think about it even a super car dies
>somewhere every day. So I believe the market is there,
>and the time is right now for a comeback. Hell, they
>even remade the movie"The Planet of The Apes." Ya-know?
>
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