Wayne, My family's DeLorean-buying experience was remarkably similar to yours! My obsession with DeLoreans started when I was about 15 (3 years ago) after watching Back To The Future and searching for DeLoreans on the Internet. My dad wasn't really interested in DeLoreans at the time, but after visiting Don Steger's DeLorean Motor Center during a trip to the USA he came to appreciate the car like I did :-) The only problem was DeLoreans are very rare here in Australia. And when the opportunity to buy one came up in late '98 we had to act quickly! So after much financial juggling my dad purchased our '82 DeLorean (VIN 10599) in December of 1998. It's not exactly 'my' DeLorean, but I'm damn proud of it nonetheless :-) And I'm sure it will be 'mine' sometime in the future... when I can afford to buy it off dad. Rick Haslewood Sydney, Australia delorean@xxxx www.zipworld.com.au/~delorean/ UIN: 4316376 VIN: 10599