Re: [DML] Re: Larry Flint

["Brian McCool" <bjmccool@xxxx>]

I'm 32 and this is a pretty accurate statement. Most people, especially
under 30, don't remember the sensationalization of the cocaine trial in the
early '80s. Their only recognition of the car is of course, Back to the
Future. Regardless of any flux capacitor or cocaine jokes you may here from
some older people, when kids see the Delorean up close, they think it's the
coolest car ever made.
>SNIP
>
> Robert, I totally agree with what you're saying.
>
> I would like to say to everyone here that I have actually observed a
> sort of "changing of opinion" from people I meet. I only have one
> a-hole at work who makes the cocaine joke. Nearly every one else I
> meet has a much softer opinion of the whole affair. When people my age
> or older (31) see the car, it's like "everything old is new again" and
> they want to hear the story, what happened etc. I guess if enough time
> passes, people will make their own decision and not listen to the press.
>
> Has anyone else noticed this?
>
> Rich