When all else fails RTFM. (Read the F- manual). According to the owner's manual and the paper on the driver's visor (if it is still there) the way to start a Delorean is to crank it with the pedal held down 1/4 of the way and release as soon as it starts to run. Now I have done many cars and most will start just fine without touching the pedal at all. Some seem to crank longer than others. I am sure temperature and the gas you use will make a difference. Also how "hot" the battery is. A weak, slow cranking battery won't start as quickly as a fully charged, newer one. Try it and let us know. Since you found a plugged vacuum hose I would go over every system on the car, G-D only knows what else the P.O. did to the car to get it to run. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote: > List, > > I am getting very close to having my car tuned as well as it will ever be. > Now it is doing GREAT when idling, starts immediately when warm, in fact it is