[DMCForum] Re: a real car nut & why I'm selling

["Louie" <louie@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You're completely right, Robert. The DeLorean itself didn't cause his 
downfall, but his OBSESSION for the car sure did. When he lost his 
job and started going into debt he didn't sell the car... instead he 
kept buying stuff for it and doing stuff to it when selling the car 
would have fixed all his financial problems. His daily driver was 
repossesed, he's in debt to one of the DeLorean vendors, and he's 
moments away from eviction... yet he just dropped $300 last week to 
put in a performance exhaust on the DeLorean. His girlfriend claims 
his obsession with the car drove her into the background, and from 
what I've seen that is very likely. I mean I've never heard of anyone 
doing a valve adjustment on a DeLorean, but he has literally adjusted 
his valves and reset his timing at least 10 times each. It seems his 
every waking moment is dedicated to that car. It's a phenomenon that 
has to be experienced to fully grasp.

I guess seeing all of this happen made me realize how I don't want a 
car to rule my life. Throughout high school and college I never went 
on a spring break or studied abroad, and witheld all sorts of 
opportunities that came my way because I was always either saving up 
for a DeLorean, or saving up to do this or that to my DeLorean. I 
just feel like I'm missing out on life because of a car, and that's 
not alright with me. I've enjoyed ownership tremendously, and all of 
the incredible people I've met in this wonderful community. And I 
know I'll own a DeLorean again, but I just feel very strongly that I 
need to focus on other things right now. -Louie

--- "therealdmcvegas" wrote:
Truth be told, that person's relationship was doomed anyways. The 
DeLorean only became a scapegoat here. That's like blaming heavy 
metal music for kids who attempt, and sometimes successfully commit 
suicide. The music didn't do a dame thing. There was some serious 
underlying problems there that needed to be addressed that were the 
real source of problems.

Same thing with the car "financially ruining" him. That is some 
straight up BS. I chose to make a basket case my car, and have had to 
slowly repair it over the years, while I've also done my damnedest im 
some cases just to keep it on the road. After all, it was my daily 
driver for almost 4 years. And I've survived in the past on average 
wages as I've moved up. 

Don't blame the car on someone who isn't intelligent enough to 
balance a checkbook, and/or prioritize their bills. If it wasn't the 
DeLorean, something else, some other material object simply would 
have come allong to fill that vacuum of stupidity you friend has 
created.

Then again, maybe I'm just predjudiced. A week before my uncle died, 
he warned me to never sell my car, just to prove my love to a woman. 
While he loved his kids, and grandkids dearly, his marriage was a 
regret to him. And it all started when he sold his brand new '67 
Mustang fastback, just to prove to his then girlfriend/future wife 
that he loved her more than an inanimate object. Me? I don't want a 
woman who only puts up with my passion for cars. I want a woman who 
has her own set of tools! :)

In the end, don't compare yourself to someone else, whom you have no 
control over.

-Robert

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