In a message dated 2/25/01 11:35:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, delorean@xxxx writes: > I have looked at over 10 cars now, and still have not found the right one > (my biggest mistake was looking at cheap $8-10K cars!) I am willing to > spend aroun $18K on a car, but can not find one! If you know of anyone who > has one for sale in the NJ, NY, PA area, please let me know! > > Car MUST be manual transmission! Not painted, and have black or gray > interior. > > THanks! > kevin@xxxx > > Hello Kevin, > Let me offer some advice. I too am from NJ. I at first limited myself > to the NJ, PA, NY area when looking for a DeLorean. I wasn't overly > thrilled with what I found. I saw some nice DeLoreans, but in my opinion > they were over priced. Then I saw a few that were cheaper but were in need > of a lot of work. I decided to broaden my search. Looking at > www.dmcnews.com and www.traderonline.com I saw 40 to 50 DeLoreans listed > there. Don't limit your search to a local area when looking for a unique > car like a DeLorean. Although of course you may find the perfect car for > you close by, its better to have a broader base to choose from. In my case > the car I eventually bought was from Michigan. I never thought I would end > up buying a car that far away but it turned out to be the best choice by > far for me. I bought my car for 16,000. It was in pristine condition and > only had 7000 miles on it. In my opinion it was in better shape than two > cars I saw for sale close to me in NJ that were both over 20,000. It took > me only one day to drive out and one to day to trailer it back to NJ on a > car trailer. Considering I saved a, most 10,000 and got a car that was as > nice if not better than the ones I had seen that were more close to me, it > turned out to be the best choice. If you see a car close by at the right > price and condition great, but I looking at as many for sale as you can > will probably lead you to a better purchase. Of course buying sight unseen > is something to be done cautious. But often you can get a sense of what an > owner is like as you establish a relationship with them. Also use members > on the list to help you. More often than not a list member is near any > DeLorean that is for sale through out the country. Also the major DeLorean > suppliers offer cars for sale often refurbished. In the area you describe > I would contact Rob Grady in Long Island, NY. www.pjgrady.com. He too has > cars for sale and also ones he has gone over thoroughly. Hope this helps > > Gary Gore > Activities Director > DeLorean Mid Atlantic > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]