Roger, DMC Joe will hopefully address this issue for you. But as I recall from his previous postings. The Delorean does not have this problem. I have over 120K on mine and haven't had any problems. Trust me "living the dream " is the way to go. Hopefully you will continue on your quest of owning one of these fine autos. Take a chance to view the back issues of the DML. You will get a better understanding of the car and its owners. For myself, I have owned many different cars. These range from American made to imports ( mainly British) and I can tell you my D is at the top of my list. If one could only have one car mine would be a Delorean. Anyone else want to get in on this one? Bruce Battles Vin# -6569