Your statement makes an assumption about the motivation of all members of the DeLorean community. (DML, DOA, Vendors, and owners). Some vendors are primarily motivated by profit, while others are people who truly love the DeLorean and have been able to make a comfortable living doing what they love. The difference in motivation has a huge impact on the behavior, but more importantly their purpose of being.. Are they so motivated by profit that they are willing to mislead their customers? If so, it is not to the benefit of the entire community. IMHO, for the years the DOA had (a) vendor(s) running it, there was a *HUGE* conflict of interest. It is bad enough that some DeLorean organizations have the appearance of influence from vendors, but to actually have the vendor run the group?? If a vendor runs the group, then the group is for the vendor and not the owners. It will take a long time (if ever) to convince many people that there is no vendor influence. --- AJL521@xxxxxxx wrote: <SNIP> > So to make a long story short the DOA and the > DML are in similar > situations, a goal of support for DeLorean owners, > and the goal of getting the > DeLorean automobile the repect that it rightfully > deserves. If I am correct, and > we have these same goals, I would encourage a > reapproachment between the DML > and DOA, and would extend an open invitation to all > the vendors. I would > encourage all the vendors to post on the list, your > advice and knowledge is always > respected. <SNIP> __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/