Re: Who wants to save the "hurt D"?

["Robert Rooney" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

I don't think that pooling our money in an effort to part the car out 
ourselves is the answer. If you put $400 in and walk away with a 
fender, that's great! But to put it bluntly, it would totally suck if 
I put 50 bucks in and all I got was a light bulb and a fist full of 
bolts. It would create more problems then it is intended to solve. It 
just ends up being a "kinder" way of dismantling the car then the 
current owner has in mind. Will Octogon Auto really chop the car up? 
Who knows. I love DeLoreans, and everyone here has pretty much read 
my postings and knows how I feel about parting cars out. But if the 
owner is going to destroy the car, then there's nothing that can be 
done. It is possible that he may just making these comments just to 
rile someone into buying the car in order to "save" it. The best we 
could do at this point is call his bluff. Either he'll lower the 
price of the car, send it to an auction/junkyard, or he will do as he 
says and will cut the car apart. If he does the latter, then I would 
advise that no one buy the parts from him, or any junk yard or 
dismantler that he sells them too. I believe that you should always 
help great bussinesses such as DMC Joe and DMC Houston. And I stick 
by the opposite for bussinesses that treat people unfairly. Making 
statements like 'If you don't buy this car, I'm going to rip it 
apart.' isn't right. It's like walking into a pet store and the guy 
behind the counter saying to a child if they don't buy the puppy, 
he's going to have to kill it. That's not the way you should do 
bussiness. Some one else on the list here posted something about a 
bad experience with Octogon Auto and one of their affiliates. I'm 
sure that if a little more digging is done some other little tidbits 
could be found. If he does destroy this car, I'd hate to see him do 
it to another. Perhaps if things don't go to plan a little "SOS" is 
in order. But that's just my opinion, I could be wrong...

-Robert
vin 6585