Just a quick reply to this one... I already have two reliable cars, an 88 Honda Prelude _winter car and a 91 Mercury Capri Conv. for the summer top down fun. The DeLorean would only be driven aprx. 2 days a month, mabye start it up a few times a week. Tom Porter Vin: Summer 2003 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Samuel <samuel_yahoo@xxxx> wrote: > I'm 20 and have plans for a delorean. Heck, if things work out, I may > have one this year. However, saving up is key. In my opinion, the other > part is to have a car you can depend on. I purchased a 1998 Hyundai > Accent for $3k. It is manual (so I can get use to that) and it is > dependable. I am not going to drop $16k on a Delorean just to have it > sit in the driveway when it breaks and have no way to go to work to earn > the money needed to fix it. Delorean's are great, but nor should it be > your only car as there are times that it should be sent off to PJ Gradys > or DMC Houston for a checkup. > > My brother almost purchased a delorean recently. He would have taken out > a loan for $12k for it. His idea was to buy it, park it in a garage he'd > rent (as we closed the garage in years ago on the house for more room > inside) and never drive it as he wouldnt be able to afford repairs until > after he paid the loan off. As of right now, I think i talked him out of > it but am not totally sure. > > They are great cars, but nor should you go into debt just to get one. It > is actually better to put away what you can and get it when you can > afford it, otherwise you risk digging yourself deeper into debt just to > keep it running and not have another car around to use when you can > really need it. I know how hard it is to wait, I've been waiting and I > didnt have allowance to save but I'm saving money from my job now. > > Samuel > > treehouse2000us wrote: > > >Thanks you guys, you really know how to put a guy down! As for > >waiting, is 10 years not enough? I could certainly see it if I > >discovered the car 1 or 2 years ago, and had about 500 or 1000 > >downpayment, but I have saved every dime I possibly could since I was > >8 years old. Still, $8300 is pretty pitiful for all that time, cant > >blame me, blame my parents allowances when I was younger! Haha. > > > >I will reconsider purchasing the DeLorean at a later date, but the > >urge is really there to get something this year that I can drive, I > >like the comment about driving the Sunstar model! Thanks all of you > >who have replied on the list, and to those who emailed me in person, > >you will/already have a reply shortly, I'm backed up 2 days on the > >list due to working more than I should. > > > >Another question, > > > >Should I get the DeLorean with as little debt as possible, use the > >8000 I have and get a loan for about 6-8 k and go with monthly > >payments with risk of repo (haha, I pray not) > > > >Or get a full loan of about 15,500, keep the cash on hand for > >emegency use incase I cant pay the payments for a month or two (say I > >loose my job) or other reasons. > > > >Thanks, and please live that elusive dream guys (and gals), > > > >Tom Porter > > Vin: Summer 2003 ? > > treehouse2000us@xxxx > > [Moderator snip]