It would be an interesting poll to find out what most of the people with really nice DeLoreans, who are advertising them for sale for over $20k, actually are getting for their cars when they sell them. I think this might prove dificult to obtain data since probably once someone sells his/her DMC they probably stop following this list. C VIN 16367 --- Sean Spurlock <sean_dmc1@xxxx> wrote: > > Group, > I agree with sweaty eddy! As a general rule, people are > asking TOO > much for their cars, and perhaps forgetting what the market is > saying they > are worth. I have seen post after post about buying a D for $20,000 > is the > only way to avoid problems. A friend of mine bought a D for $17,000 > and > worked for ever to keep that car running. Another bought a D for > $10,000, > and has only put about $1,000 back into it. Perhaps these are > extreme cases, > but they are true. Our cars are ONLY worth what certain individuals > are > willing to pay. Be it $2,000 or $75,000. We own specialty cars. In > my > experience with DeLoreans, you can easily get a nice DeLorean with > little > trouble for $14,000. If not...YOU ARE PAYING TOO MUCH!!! Any one > who would > pay $14,000 for a DeLorean (or any car for that matter) that needs > lots of > work is throwing their money out the window, and succumbing to the > whims of > the seller. Also, where are these astronomical repair costs coming > from. Do > any of you work on your D's yourself. Do you all just settle for > the highly > exorbitant prices of some parts and repair shops? I would be very > interested > in knowing. I am not criticizing any of you, just generally curious > what the > hype and "big deal" is! > > Regards, > Sean > ______________________________________________________ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules > at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please > address: > moderator@xxxx > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- 20 megs of disk space in your group's Document Vault > -- http://www.egroups.com/docvault/dmcnews/?m=1 > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com