If it is so slow, then why didn't you get a 5 speed instead? There is a great difference between the stock automatic & the stock 5 speed. Just remember your experience with the automatic is the smallest percentage as most have 5 speed transmissions. In the slow category you are only speaking for a few hundred with that transmission. Not the general population. Joe OBrien --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Videobob Moseley" <videobob@xxxx> wrote: > > 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@xxxx> > >Reply-To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [DML] (unknown) > >Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 17:18:31 -0800 (PST) > > > > > > > > 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." 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