I just got through agreeing with Jim on his feelings about the D. Now, I'm going to sort of challenge him on the qualilty of the D's. Keep in mind, I have only owned two and I have only driven in excess of 100,000 miles in my D's. I have never replaced a starter, any ac parts, brakes (other than pads), and on and on. Yes I had ONE impulse coil in the distributor go bad at about 50,000 miles. And, I have had a couple (seriously, just a couple) of door problems and they became solved with the purchase of Lockzilla. Oh, and yes, since my first D was an automatic, I did replace one computer governor (put over 70,000 miles on that car. And , yes, I did have an angle drive problem early on. Learned that with frequent lubrication, that problem usually disappears. BTW, both of my cars were/are equipped with twin turbo's. Supposedly that produces extra strain on the engine, but I've seen no adverse effects. I am not mechanically inclined. I therefore have almost all my work done by someone else. Costly, to be sure, but I always use one of the well known DeLorean repair facilities. I am religious about maintenance. Perhaps this is why I never fear getting into my D and taking off on a 1/2/3,000 mile trip - as I did 4 times last summer. I don't know where the statistice for Joe's database come from and I have never had service performed by him. However, the figures he quotes jibe quite nicely with my experience. Dick Ryan