Hey all... As you know, I put my delorean up for sale on ebay, and also on the list... I ran into a financial problem that I could not (and still cant) get out of. I took the Delorean out today for a final washing, and a drive... and something happened... As I sat in the garage and started it up, the battery warning light was on (had the duce rebuilt twice without it working), and wasn't charging....selling my D has really, really hurt me.... and knowing the alternator was bad, I was just going to run to the carwash and back...as I sat in the car, with the sinking feeling someone probably has when they give a child up for adoption, I said, "give me a sign if I am making a mistake"... and I kid you not - the battery warning light turned off, and the needle jumped to the 13 mark...it was like she was saying, "don't give me away." This shook me up, and I took her out... I drove over 400 miles today - everything working great... the alternator didnt even twitch with the lights on and a heavy load.... I burned up over a half tank of gas (and I knew that thanks to my tankzilla)... and as I was driving, I realized that there is no way I could ever get rid of this car, ever (well except when I die, and it will goto my 6 year old then, because he loves it as much as I do).... as I washed it at the carwash, my awww just kept growing....and I am keeping her. There are some things in life that cannot be replaced - and that's loved ones, family members, maybe even pets...and I came to the reality I will probably never, ever get a car like this again... even if I got a different D, this one is special to me...it was my first real "business contract" that bought it, it was loved by the one owner before me, who I still talk with on a regular basis, and it's loved by me. And nothing in the world makes me feel more proud of myself than when I get to drive her....I feel like someone as important as the president of the united states.... and if the D was alive, I think she would feel the same way about me.... I'm not a psycho or anything - but I can always rebuild a credit report, and even if I can't - atleast I will be a lousy credit profiler who is happy. I've lost my contracts because of a legal dispute, I've lost my business, but I still have my family, and VIN 855 is a member of that family.... and Equifax cannot take that away. Mike __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/