[DML] Re: Auto vs Manual

["d_rex_2002" <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To "answer" David's question, since a similar question came up
at our DMC Club Spring Lunch yesterday, my understanding is that
the vast majority (all but one) of the new remanufactured cars
with automatics were built WITH the Stage II vs. stock engine.

Dave Swingle also mentioned that the vast majority of people
ordering the "remaned" cars "check all the boxes" on the order,
so it leads to a new question...Are the Stage II engine setups
preferred or do the new owners just want "all of the options"? 

As for preference, I agree with Jay Leno...the DeLorean can be
a completely different type of car with a manual vs. automatic.

However, if you plan to drive in a lot of parades or you have
to drive in a lot of traffic often, go with the automatic.

Later,
Rich W.



--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@...> wrote:
>
> IMHO this is more about comfort and convenience (read laziness) than anything else. All things being equal, when new, the automatics were more expensive than the manuals. Now I am not sure but it is probably the same cost from DMCH so it doesn't matter anymore if it ever really did. Another thing you can glean from this is that people buying the remaned cars from DMCH are not interested in performance so much as appearances. An interesting question would be "How many of the remaned cars had engine upgrades such as the Stage II?"
> David Teitelbaum
> 
> --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@> wrote:
> >
> > I think this speaks more about the type of person who will plunk down a wad of cash to have someone else restore a car for them, versus someone 
> > willing to find their own car and do it themselves.
> > 
> > Not that one method is better then the other.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Wed, 4/14/10, james <james@> wrote:
> > 
> > > FWIW, every newly assembled car
> > > we have done, and the
> > > last handful of reman's before that, have all been
> > > automatic transmission
> > > cars.
> >
>




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