Let us not forget that JZD was, himself, an engineer. I am sure he was busy selling the car, but I find it hard to believe he had absolutely no hand in, or at the least, knowledge of what Lotus was proposing. It was JZD's car with his own name on it! Surely JZD was convinced the design was acceptable. Andy In a message dated 12/02/2007 4:37:19 P.M. Central Standard Time, jtrealty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: If DMC was not happy with the quality of the work from Lotus they would not have paid them so at the time everyone agreed with the compromises and signed off on them. Some of the problems are things they never worried about not. I would guess they DID NOT try to design a car that would last 20 years without any problems!!!!!!!! David Teitelbaum vin 10757 Fargo, ND 1982 DeLorean DMC12 VIN 11596 2008 Subaru Legacy Limited **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's hottest products. (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) [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/ <*> 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/