--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Stephen Card" <stephen@xxxx> wrote: > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Vin 5386 <delorean_stainless@xxxx> > wrote: > > Sort of sad actually. Always pains me to see another D > > go this route :( > Your looking at it all wrong. Look at it as an organ donor. Through > the "transplanting" of these parts many cars can benefit! Painful > would be a carcrusher and a useless block of metal at the end. > Keep looking for the positive, > Stephen Problem is, organ donation only happens after a donor is dead! Doctors don't look at patients and say, "Well gee, it's going to take much more work than I'm willing to put in to save your husband's life Mrs. Jones. But don't feel bad, 'cause we're going to part out his vital organs, so that other people may live. So don't feel so bad about the loss." And that is exactly what was said here, looking at this quote from the original post: Quote directly from Ken K, owner of the doomed car: "Well Vin 5690 has been with me for about 3 weeks and I have gone through the emotions of rebuilding, refurbishing, or parting it out. After looking at the options this could be a $5000 car that cost $15K to fix and result in a $14K car that still has a way to go. So it is going the e-bay route." >From what has been described, this isn't a car that's had any devistating damage to it from a wreck, or a fire. It doesn't appear to even have a wasted chassis from rust damage. It is simply a car that needs an intense passion to fuel it's restoration. Someone who is more concerned with owning/keeping a DeLorean on the road, rather than what the monetary value of the car will be once a restoration is complete, as quoted above. To Ken K: I'm not trying to attack you, but I do disagree with you on both points: 1. The end value of the car can be much higher than what you are anticipating. NADA right now puts fully restored/original vehicles at a value of almost $28,000. Yes, it will require an immense amount of work, but it can be done. 2. The car is worth saving. Even I realize that you can't just store a car until that perfect owner comes along wanting to restore it. And classic cars needing this much work won't always sell as quickly as road operational ones, especially automatics. But this could easily have been avoided simply by not purchasing the car. Which is the absolute, #1 cardinal rule when looking to buy a DeLorean. And if we learn nothing else, always remember it: *ALWAYS* inspect a car that you will potentially be buying IN PERSON FIRST BEFORE COMMITING TO PURCHASE! Words to live, and drive by. -Robert vin 6585 "X"