Re: comparison

["Robert Rooney" <dmcvegas@xxxx>]

Not getting too personal here, but you seem to be missing the point. 
Yes the DeLorean could use more power, but it is by no 
means "underpowered" for it's use: daily driving. When you compare it 
to a car such as the Corvette or Mustang, yes the amount of power 
these cars put out, and the accelleration times are better, but 
that's what these car's were designed to do. Yes the DeLorean could 
use more power, many people including myself agree. Even the original 
DeLorean Motor Company agreed as well, proof of that is with vin 502. 
But still, the DeLorean does very well for itself. The D was intended 
to be a car that had luxury, performance, and economy all 
complementing one another. It just wasn't intended to be a "Bad-Ass" 
muscle car for tearing up the track. Like I had said before too, 
hills are no match for the DeLorean. My '97 Hyundai Accent has 92 hp 
and does pretty good on flat surfaces. But when it hits a hill you 
can feel a tremendous power loss. And when it comes to Hondas that 
have V-TEC engines, they're just about useless in the sense that you 
have to come within 1100 RPM's of red-lining the motor in order for 
the V-TEC feature to kick in. Sure they have good results on paper 
and the track, but this extra performance is just not there in 
regular communiting situations. And yes cars such as the Pontiac 
Grand Am use V-6 engines that put out 170 hp, but there always 
mounted up to automatic transmissions. In traffic for quick 
accelleration, manual downshifing in a DeLorean can produce much 
quicker results. Yes the Grand Am is fast, but by the time it has 
kicked down gears and starts to go to try and get ahead of me, I've 
already changed lanes in my DeLorean. Next is the final factor: A 
car's performance is 40% car and 60% driver. If you have a more 
powerful car, but are either afriad to use the extra power, don't 
know how to, or just plain choose not to, then what good is it? A 
chain is only as good as it's weakest link, and the weakest part of 
most cars on the road today is not the powertrain, the suspension, or 
even the safety features, it's the drivers. If you put a naturally 
slow driver behind the wheel of a Corvette, all you end up with is a 
slow Corvette! So in the type of enviornment that my DeLorean is put 
into with slower cars AND drivers, she performs great! If I do run up 
against a car that is faster then me, I no longer compare our car by 
speed, but rather looks. "A Camaro? So what, look there's a 
DeLorean!" If I can't outrun some one, I can sure beat them with 
looks alone! With this mindset I have a win/win situation for my car. 
Either way, I can't be beat! While the main factor in judging the D 
(or any car for that matter) is based upon individual perception, we 
must take in other considerations such as environment and being 
realistic about everything as well.

-Robert
vin 6585

Note: I really don't have anything against Camaros, Corvetts, 
Mustangs, or otherwise. I just use them as examples. Although I do 
admit I am a bit biased in this posting, I just judged my car 
positivly in the same way that others have judged it negatively.



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, "Gabe W." <thecreech@xxxx> wrote:
> (The author appears to be compairing the DeLorean with automotive 
technology that has been advaced 20 years beyond the it. Consider 
this when making a comparison...Moderator.)
> 
> 
> I don't agree with you on your comparison. Import, muscle and 
exoctic cars
> are not the only cars that perform better than it. Many Sedans can 
easily
> equal it or do better. Basically any other v6 I've seen performs 
better than
> it. And 4s aren't far behind. For instance, the "cheapest car in 
america",
> the Kia Rio has 90 hp while the delorean has 130hp. Thats a 
difference of 40
> hp. That can't be considered a big difference considering other v6s
(like a
> typical pontiac grand am) run at 170 hp. Also using that grand am 
again, the
> 2.4 liter 4 cylinder engine on the grand am gets 150 hp, 20 more 
than the
> delorean. This is why car magazines called the car underpowered(and 
still
> do). The reason that 4s today can outpower the Deloreans 6, is 
simply
> because the Ds 6 isn't updated to the standards the new 4 is, the 
engine is
> 20 years old. Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge delorean fan, but I 
don't like
> the car for its performance. After all, every car has its ups and 
downs.
> Besides, you can upgrade your engine(or get a new one)