I agree, that David mentioned cards in this thread, but you should practice what you preach Bill, "Please keep your personal prejudices, biases, and yes -- outright hostility and animosities -- out of it." Gary ----- Original Message ----- From: content22207 Date: Monday, August 20, 2012 12:14 pm Subject: Re: [DML] Delorean Owner To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Correction: David introduced carburetion into a thread about > finding Volvo mechanics to work on K-Jet (in a truly bizarre > reply to discussion about K-Jet nomenclature -- if that isn't a > totally transparent attempt to troll, I don't know what it. The > message he replied to was about proper use of acronyms!). Steve > did take David's goading bait. > > For my part: all I did was say that Drew is free to do whatever > Drew wants with Drew's car, and that Drew has far more > carbureted support around him than K-Jet support, which does > make his decision to *EXPERIMENT* with carburetion reasonable. > Hardly trolling IMHO. > > Anyone care to call David and Marc out for their trolling? > Anyone? > > Bill Robertson > #5939 > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" wrote: > > > > Point of Order: Steve started this thread, not me. > > > > Please keep your personal prejudices, biases, and yes -- > outright hostility and animosities -- out of it. > > > > Bill Robertson > > #5939 > > > > --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy wrote: > > > > > > I agree Peter.. > > > > > > The problem here is that many of us are tired of the > constant preaching, and proselytizing for every "improvement" > Bill has done to his car. If left unchecked, new comers to the > community may accept Bill's constant sell as fact. Without > people on this list getting sucking in to Bill's trolling, I > think it would only be a few years before people accepted that > the only way to fix a neglected K-Jet is with a Autolite 2100. > Bill realizes this too, as he constantly tires to point out all > of the "community dogma". With short attention spans, and even > shorter memory, it is easy to impact people actions when they > are sitting on an expensive, non-running DeLorean, frustrated > with something they may not understand. > > > > > > It is probably a good bet that most DeLorean owners have > done their own "customization" at some point, and many have > reported what they have done along with their results back to > the community. But those people are not constantly flooding the > forums telling us that their modification is what everyone else > needs to do... or crowing every time someone follows their > advice. > > > > > > > > > --- On Mon, 8/20/12, Peter Lucas wrote: > > > > > > > From: Peter Lucas > > > > Subject: Re: [DML] Delorean Owner > > > > To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Date: Monday, August 20, 2012, 11:32 AM > > > > > > > > On Aug 20, 2012, at 11:08 AM, content22207 > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Actually owner satisfaction *IS* the only measure that > > > > matters. > > > > > > > > > > > > Although I am more or less a "keep it original" guy, I have > > > > to say that I agree with the above > > > > statement. Anybody who buys or keeps a > > > > DeLorean because they think it is the most practical way to > > > > purchase transportation is pretty clearly out of his or her > > > > mind. Owning and driving a D is a hobby. What possible > > > > criterion could one use to judge a hobby other than personal > > > > satisfaction? K-Jet, carburetion, electric -- convert > > > > to steam if you want to. It seems to me that the > > > > greater the diversity, the more interesting the > > > > hobby. No? > > > > > > > > --Pete Lucas > > > > VIN #06703 > > > > > > > > [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/