Dear DML members, I just have to share my weekend experience with you all. I flew down to DeLorean Services on Saturday to pick up my D. DMC Joe has had it for the past couple of weeks to take care of a few problems with my car that I have been having since September. Let me start of by saying they did EXCELLENT work on my car and I am very pleased with the results thus far. I can't wait to put more miles on my D! It ran flawlessly from Peachtree City, GA to Winston-Salem, NC. My D has never operated better and it is nice to have her back up to standards. The engine compartment is also back to almost brand new condition thanks to Alan, he is an excellent engine detail person! For that matter, thanks for all the extra attention you gave to my D. As some of you in the Southeast know, there was a terrible winter storm on Saturday afternoon/evening and my hope was to beat the bad weather and get safely back to NC before the bad weather began. My hopes were crushed and I was caught in the blizzard (the worst part of the blizzard) between Greenville, SC and Charlotte, NC. The road was getting covered quickly by the snow and I was getting more worried by the second. I pulled off the road to fill her up with gas as the tank was getting near empty. After a quick gas up I once again started heading north on I-85, my hope was to quickly find a motel to wait out the storm. As I pulled back on the interstate I noticed the road was almost completely covered with snow. Before I knew it I had lost all steering control!!!! The weight of the engine in back rotated the D around about 270 degrees as I slid all the way across the North bound lane of I-85 and finally about 100 feet down the road glided into the grassy median!!!! Someone up there was watching over me as no cars were around me and there were no guardrails to collide with. Myself, my passenger (my mother) and the car were all fine.....just a little surprised and shook-up. I simply started her right back up and pulled back onto the road and began to make my way toward the closest exit and gas station very carefully. I know some of you must be thinking that I am crazy and just must want to wreck again, but I didn't feel like freezing to death and waiting for someone to come crash into me on the side of the interstate. I finally found a Texaco and parked my D safely under the cover of the gas pumps. Within an hour a local man in a rollback showed up. Once again incredible luck!!!! I got him to load up the D and take us to the next exit a few miles north to find a motel. We got one of the last rooms available. I'll make the end of the story short, we left this morning (Sunday) at around noon and made it back safely to Winston-Salem about 2:30 this afternoon. I want to thank Joe, Alan, and fellow DML'er Bill Lane for being concerned with our safety on the trip home. I'm sorry I worried you guys and couldn't update you sooner on our whereabouts and condition when stranded, but it makes me feel good that there are such caring people out there in the DeLorean community. I learned one thing from all of this. Don't go traveling in your D when bad weather is forecasted!!!! Keep the dream alive and be safe, Darren Decker VIN 5000