I totally agree. Any DeLorean under $10,000, much less $5,000, is going to be a problems. I bought an 81 (#000697) with 34K in early June of '99. I traded an 87 Cadillac Allante, a hardtop, and some cash for it. I figure it was a $13K or $14K transaction. Anyway, lately it's about a $100 a week in parts. So far I spent a few thousand dollars replacing mostly cosmetic parts (plastic and rubber). I haven't had any mechanical problems (yet). While these parts weren't absolutely necessary, I felt they should be replaced. The only parts that have left it undriveable were the broken door handle, the broken front door latch, and a some cracked weather seals (in rain only). Those were the only things that kept it off the road. Sometimes I wish I would have spent an extra 5-10 grand and bought a really nice D. Although, I am having fun repairing this one. The local club, Mid-States Delorean Club had been a huge help!! I learned my lesson a few years ago on a 91 Cadillac Allante. I own 92 which is my show car, so I decided to buy another for daily driving. I paid $17,500 for one with 56K in good/driver condition. Needed some work to make it nice again. Anyway, the 4-5 months I owned it, there was about $7,000 in repairs (most still under warranty). But I did spent at least $2,500 non-warranted parts. It was an abused car. My 92, which was identical to the 91, had never been a problem. I went cheap a got in trouble. I traded it plus a bunch of money for a perfect 93 which hasn't had any problems at all. I bought a second 93 a year ago and it's been trouble free as well Needless to say........I will never go cheap on buying a car again. Even though I'm having fun with this DMC, I wish I had a perfect one for a driver, then this D as a project car. All of the above comes down to this. In my experience, a good portion of the money I've saved by buying a low price car has gone into parts in less than a year. In each case, I could have started off with a nearly perfect car and not had to suffer through the problems. I'm sure you want to drive it to high school. I try to drive mine to school everyday too. But because of the cold and little problems that pop up on the car, I only get to drive it a few days a week. In summer, it just gets way to hot out to drive it. During the Fall it wasn't as bad. In ANY season, I still don't get to drive it as much as I'd like too--and it's a fairly reliable good condition D. Just something to think about............. --Jonathan #000697 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ My personal opinion: Any DeLorean you buy for under $5000 will (more than likely) be undrivable. You might want to consider saving your money for a car that will not cost you a fortune to simply make it road-worthy. Also, few of us have the knowledge, time, opportunity, or just plain bravery to pull of something like our buddy Dave is going to do. --But $5000 might get you a nice downpayment on that left-front fender.... Jake ----- Original Message ----- From: chandlur3-@xxxx To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 11:27 PM Subject: [DML] Delorean wanted > I'm a 17 yr old student and im looking for my first car, i need some one out > there to have a delorean that they could sell me on finance for under 5000$ > if possible please contact me anyone > thanks