In a message dated 3/21/01 9:11:20 PM Central Standard Time, jtrealty@xxxx writes: > If the car was indeed in deep water an experienced > eye could see that and if it was then you could reasonably anticipate > Hello David, this is an interesting side to my problems. i do not know if you are right or wrong. i checked the title history on this car and there were no problems reported. the car is in great shape as far as appearance. the underbody coating is still in good shape and while i haven't done any major investigation with frame rust, i have yet to come across any. also, the car performed perfectly for at LEAST a year. just recently it's began to give me problems. do you have any ideas on what to look for on the car to verify the possibility of flooding? Andy Soma576@xxxx 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596 Fargo, ND 58102 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]