I still get "John DeLorean/the car was ahead of his time" comments a lot (at least once per trip). Bill Robertson #5939 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Kevin Abato <delorean@...> wrote: > > I find more people who are educated as of lately that know he didnt go to > jail, and the cocaine thing was a sting. Apparently all the new media > coverage and shows on tv in the past few years has served well to educate > people. > On Oct 25, 2011 10:22 PM, "Bob" <Delorean3@...> wrote: > > > Now you are going off the deep edge comparing a business executive that > > created a car and started a car company to a mad man. Hitler may have been > > the driving force behind the beetle but that is a very poor comparison. > > > > All this banter back and forth gets us no where. Facts are facts, and I'm > > sure no one will ever know the truth behind what happened to the Delorean > > Motor Company. It's bad enough when I show the car that I have hoards of > > people bringing up the cocaine story. We all love the car. Some of us love > > the man who lived the dream and created the car. Leave it t that. No matter > > what you think about JZD, without his ideas and motivation, the car would > > have never been created. > > > > boB 16909 > > > > www.bobcutrupi.com > > > > "A man's life is what his thoughts make of it." > > > > ~Marcus Aurelius > > > > "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a > > habit." > > > > ~ Aristotle > > > > Sent from my iPad > > > > On Oct 25, 2011, at 11:08 AM, Peter Lucas <lucas@...> wrote: > > > > > On Oct 25, 2011, at 12:26 AM, boB wrote: > > > > > > > Bill, with all due respect, you should not own a Delorean. > > > > > > This is maybe going a little far, don't you think? > > > > > > This whole thread leaves me a bit cold--I have only a passing interest in > > JZD, one way or the other. I realize that this list includes "...the man" in > > it's charter, so I am not complaining. But, it's a car for heaven's sake, > > not a religion. Do I have to admire Hitler in order to own a Volkswagen? > > > > > > --Pete Lucas > > > VIN #06703 > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > > moderators@... > > > > 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/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > [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/dmcnewsYahoo! 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: dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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/