Didnt you just have a Turbo car that sold, wasnt that modified? Mark V On Sep 29, 2007, at 10:39 AM, David Teitelbaum wrote: > I have no problem with owners that modify and customize their cars. I > do not encourage it nor recomend it but if that's what you want to do > "GO for It" and enjoy. I only try to point out some of the things to > consider, for instance, who is going to service it, does it really do > as claimed, how long is it going to last, and if it affects the value > is it a negative or a positive? For the owner that can and does do his > own work it may be cheaper for him to do but in the process he loses a > "second opinion" by not having a mechanic to help him understand what > is going on. Of course the car was built to an economic sell point. Of > course we have "Leather Seating Surfaces" and a crummy radio. If you > start changing everything at what point is it NOT a Delorean? IMHO the > closer you can keep a car to it's origionality the more valuable it > is. Things that can be easily undone (replacing an ignition coil for > example) have less of an effect than say doing an engine swap. That > said it IS your car to do with as you wish. You can even drive it off > a cliff!!!!!!! (Just kidding but someone is NOT!) Keep trying to > improve the car and let us know what works and what doesn't. Not all > of us can change a distributer cap and rotor in 5 minutes. If we all > could a tune-up would be a LOT cheaper and quicker!!!!! BTW many of > the "upgrades" you mention are for safety or reliablity, not to > improve performance. > David Teitelbaum > vin 10757 > > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@...> wrote: >> >> A forest fire starts must more quickly, much more reliably, and >> procedes much better with a blow torch.... >> >> Auto manufacturers usually use whatever engineering or materials >> yield >> the greatest profit margin. Take our "premium leather interiors," for >> example. The only leather in the whole thing are the seat *FACES* >> (sides and back are vinyl). Why did DMC use such cheap headlight 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/