About 50 % of our members are less than 25 years old. Some have become DeLorean owners, many if not most, were originally inspired by the BTTF movies. I cant see anything wrong in that. Some cars, like old Rolls Royce, have seen steadily declining values over recent years. Why ? Because not many young folk can "identify" with a 1930 Rolls Royce and as the older enthusiasts die off, there is just not the demand from the younger generations. We should be grateful for the BTTF films ( in my opinion) Chris P DOC UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc A Levy" <malevy@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 2:54 PM Subject: [DML] DMC and BTTF (Was: Good point, Roger) > Play down? I dont think this is the case at all! > > I enjoy the BTTF movies, I even watched BTTF1 on TV this weekend. > > Most DeLorean owners are just tired of every 3rd moron asking "Where is the flux > capacitor", or "What happens when you hit 88MPH"... As if they are some sort of > genius that they just came up with this original joke.. > > I guess it is better than the cocaine jokes.. > > Either way, all you (I) can do is smile an nod. But, it just gets old! > > > RJRavalli@xxxx wrote: > > > This is an excellent point, so then one has to ask: Why is the DeLorean > > in this position? I think the clear answer is the BTTF movies, a > > connection that many DeLorean owners may try to play down, but > > ulimately I don't think you really can. In the end, DeLorean owners > > may owe more thanks to Speilberg and Zemeckis than to John > > DeLorean (and I'm sure I'm not the first one to make that point.) > > > 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 >