Scott, Most D owners discount their sweat-equity greatly. The D is a complex machine, and it is labor-intensive. Go look at any of the Delorean Webring sites about how many hours the rebuilders and self-help mechanics have logged on those cars (Project Vixen is a good example, he bought his for 12K and is up to $24K in total expenses... EXCLUDING labor!) Remember DMC-H is a COMPANY, and yes they may have chaged out every hose, nut, etc. for the $32K they ask for, but they pretty much gaurantee those cars to be daily drivers and usable machines. Their performance springs ARE nice, and I am getting close to having them drop the $4500 Stage I performance mod in my D before I convert it to CCEFI instead of MechanicalFI. Trust those guys... I have never seen them wrong... except once... but that was a minor payment issue hehe. Pete --- Scott Gardner <gardners14@xxxx> wrote: > I talked to the staff at DMC in Houston about a year > ago, regarding > their $32,500 "turn-key" cars, and the gentleman > basically said "We've > been doing this for a long time, and $30k is what it > costs to get a good > DeLorean. You'll either spend it up front or in > repairs." I don't have > as much experience with the cars as they do, but if > you go the other > route and buy a typical $12-15k car, does it > *really* take $18-20 > thousand of additional funds to get the car up to > the quality of one of > their "turn-key" models? I know that they do the > factory-recommended > updates, and replace stuff like relays and door > struts, and re-dye the > entire interior, but it's not like they re-build the > engine as a matter > of course or anything like that. The $32,500 price > is without any > performance upgrades, or things like lowered > suspension, Xenon lights, > or an upgraded sound system, so I'm still at a loss > as to what they do > for the extra money. The warranty is nice, > obviously, but I'm curious > if it's true that one way or the other, you have to > spend $30k to end up > with a good 'D'. > > > Scott Gardner