Re:[DML] An end to the shock and spring debacle? (another volley)

["Robert Rooney" <DMCVegas@xxxx>]

I've been reading this thread now for a while. I've seen plently so 
far about other cars, but not much about the DeLorean. How much 
better would my car handle with the new suspension kit? I'm not 
interested in lowering my car, it looks just fine to me at it's stock 
hight. But if a new suspension kit lowers it a little, I'm fine with 
that. I perfer function to appearance. Will the new suspension aid me 
in braking? If I have to slam the brakes @ 35mph+, will my backend 
still have a tendancy to slide around? Will the car be easier to 
control if I make a hard turn and hit water? How much faster will I 
be able to take turns? And how will the overall ride feel? Not just 
for performance, but my daily communte?

I don't care about the Audi TT, the Lotus Espirt, or any other cars. 
I have a DeLorean in my garage, NOT an Audi! If you were to ask 
me, "Does a 20 year old DeLorean fitted with a new PERFORMANCE 
suspension out handle a new Audi TT?" I honestly could not answer. I 
haven't driven an Audi, but I haven't drove a DeLorean with the new 
suspension either. But if you were to ask me, "Could it be possible?" 
The answer would be a strong YES! Could a company such as Audi 
produce an expensive car with poor handling? You bet they could! So 
far from what I've seen, everyone has been putting the Audi ahead 
simply because it's "modern". To put it bluntly: So what? The new 
springs and shocks are modern as well. Just because a company has a 
great deal of money for research, developement, testing, and good 
engineers, that doesn't mean that the final product will always turn 
out great. Even great chefs sometimes burn food.

To quote a previous posting: "As far as I know the Audi TT is a good 
handling car and I don't think any suspension upgrade on a De Lorean 
will make it outhandle any other modern car..." That's the thing, "as 
far as you know", and "I don't think". It seems that the only people 
here that do know Is DMC Houston. I don't think that DMC Houston 
would make that type of a claim with out having the proof to back 
them up. So untill we can see something, there really isn't much to 
debate.

I'm not posting this to take sides, to correct anyone, or anything 
else. I'm just saying that this is an empty thread with no real 
substance. With no real facts/data yet, there doesn't appear to be 
that much to compare. It's begining to sound like some sort 
of "techie" debate...