I had a few individuals asking about the raffle car and its automatic transmission. As is typical there are a few quirks in the auto transmission and if you recall from the previous car we rebuilt the internal components of the transmission to make sure it worked properly and it has worked fine since. This car exhibited the same typical symptoms although mechanically the 2006 raffle car ran great all summer. We are doing what we always do and that is to provide a reliable car to the winner and as we speak the computer module is being replaced with a rebuilt unit to make sure it shifts properly and we are replacing the standard internal components in a standard rebuild of the transmission. Dave Swingle, Dave Bauerle and myself removed it a few weeks ago and it should be ready to go in a few weeks once we get the parts and get past the Christmas Holidays. The car is was in good mechanical shape and this will make it in excellent mechanical shape. Its going on two years for the first raffle car and we have now another active DeLorean Member in Shannon and he is so pleased with the raffle car he has purchased a few more tickets on this one. I have to say I now plan to get an automatic and keep it myself. While I like the shifting of my 5 speed on trips and in daily traffic I have grown to appreciate the automatic. Good luck to those that have purchased tickets. The winner will surely have a car to enjoy for years to come. ticket sales are doing very well. PS The Christmas Lights in Mason Ohio that have been topic to DeLorean owners is about mile from where I live. I saw it last night before the city shut it down because of being a traffic hazzard after an accident and an incident with an irate neighbor. (BUMMER) It was neater that the video. _www.deloreancarshow.com_ (http://www.deloreancarshow.com) Ken [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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/