And as you can tell, Dave has been smoking some really great weed! Erik --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Stragand, Dave" <dave.stragand@xxxx> wrote: > I'll philosophize some more... > > "With over 27,000 on it, it's getting to be something of a high- miler, > an old-timer, although there are plenty of older ones running. But over > the miles, and I think most owners will agree with this, you pick up > certain feelings about an individual D that are unique for that one > individual D and no other. A friend who owns another D brought it over > for repair, and when I test drove it afterward it was hard to believe it > had come from the same factory years ago. You could see that long ago it > had settled into its own kind of feel and ride and sound, completely > different from mine. No worse, but different. > > I suppose you could call that a personality. Each D has its own, unique > personality which probably could be defined as the intuitive sum total > of everything you know and feel about it. This personality constantly > changes, usually for the worse, but sometimes surprisingly for the > better, and it is this personality that is the real object of DeLorean > maintenance. The new ones start out as good-looking strangers and, > depending on how they are treated, degenerate rapidly into bad- acting > grouches or even cripples, or else turn into healthy, good-natured, > long-lasting friends. This one, despite the murderous treatment it got > at the hands of those horrid previous owners, seems to have recovered > and has been requiring fewer and fewer repairs as time goes on." > > Mike mentioned about the 'jealousy' that other parts get, and he's not > incorrect. A D that demands some attention at first is not unlike a > child of a busy parent. Once you reach a certain point where it - knows- > you are paying attention, you will learn enough to anticipate when you > need to pay more attention to avoid an outburst. You will soon > anticipate its needs -before- it demands a repair. You just have to > reach that certain balance before everything will start to settle... > > -Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: Walter Coe [mailto:Whalt@xxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 12:23 PM > To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [DMCForum] WATER PUMP POLL > > > > Whenever I start fixing something that is not broken I inevitably > > break it > or the part next to it gets jealous, wants attention and spontaneously > breaks :-). > > Mike -- it sounds like you are well tuned into Dave Stragand's Zen of > DeLoreans. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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