[DMCForum] Re: Bill Collins is not amused.

["Joe OBrien" <joeyoseppijoe@xxxxxxxxx>]

It was a gift, and for that price I make sure I use it. I'm a big 
iced tea drinker, so I always take some along now that I have a 
cupholder in the D. Besides, my dad feels happy that he sees me 
using a gift he bought me.


Joe



--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> Yeah but that price should come with a tub of KY Jelly for the 
good 
> F'in you get on the price of it. It is not worth the price.
> 
> http://www.drinkholders.com/delorean/deloreanmain.html
> 
> Mark V
> 
> 
> 
> On Jun 13, 2005, at 9:37 PM, Joe OBrien wrote:
> 
> > As a present my father unknown to me, bought me the black 
Delorean
> > cupholder that Don Steger sells.
> >
> > Have you ever thought of just buying one of those? It actually 
isn't
> > that bad of a design. Works for what you need it for.
> >
> > -Joe
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas" 
<dmcvegas@xxxx>
> > wrote:
> >> With my luck, and the way I make impressions on people, most
> > likely,
> >> he is.
> >>
> >> Reminds me of a story. My buddy, his wife is a teacher. And one 
of
> > her
> >> best friends in college teaches on a military base in Italy, as
> > she's
> >> been married to a local Itallian guy for a few years now, and
> > wants to
> >> stay in Italy. Last year, they went to go visit them over there 
in
> > Rome.
> >>
> >> So my buddy was at this dinner party with his wife, their 
friends,
> > and
> >> some other people that they invited. And the conversation 
started
> > up
> >> about cars. And this one gentleman was trying to ask what the
> > fixation
> >> with cupholders is all about with Americans. Over the years, 
he's
> > sold
> >> a few of his cars to various Americans who were stationed there,
> > and
> >> almost all were puzzled when they found no cupholders in these
> > cars.
> >> And he couldn't figure out why we keep such a high priority on 
cup
> >> holders in our cars. He was saying something to the effect
> > of, "When
> >> you're cruising along at 130 so km/H, why can't just just
> > appreciate
> >> the fineness of the automobile? The craftsmanship of the 
coachbuilt
> >> interior, the technology and precision of the drive train, and 
the
> >> overall exhilerating experience? Why do you all worry so much 
about
> >> keeping your bottle of Dr. Pepper near by? And so the 
conversation
> >> when on about European cars.
> >>
> >> So my buddy says, "Yeah, my friend back in the states loves
> > European
> >> cars, and owns one." The guy asked what kind, so he told him 
that I
> >> own a DeLorean. The guys eyes lit up, he said. He was excited! 
Ital
> >> Design!, Guiargio! Built in NI, engineered by Lotus, etc. He
> > rattles
> >> off a whole bunch of stuff about the car. And then he asked how 
I
> >> enjoyed the car. My buddy told him how much I really do love the
> > car,
> >> how comfortable, and ergonomic it is, etc. Although I only had 
one
> >> true complete. Eager to know (because he's never known someone 
who
> >> owns a DeLorean) he asked all serious like, what I was dipleased
> > with.
> >> My buddy told him it was becase the car had no cupholders.
> > According
> >> to him, the guy just laughed out loud. He thought that was so
> > funny,
> >> and it got a good chuckle from everyone at the party.
> >>
> >> -Robert
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Joe OBrien" 
<joeyoseppijoe@xxxx>
> > wrote:
> >>> In Bill Collins hotel rooms he has the cable advertisement you
> > did,
> >>> and is using it for a dartboard as he aims for your head as he
> >>> screams, "Here's your cupholders smartass".
> >>>
> >>> :-)
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -Joe
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "therealdmcvegas"
> > <dmcvegas@xxxx>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>> Ok, if I pissed him off, then I am really sorry. So if anyone
> > here
> >>>> sees him before I do, let him know.
> >>>>
> >>>> Bill Collins, 2nd father to the DeLorean. The guy next to John
> >>>> DeLorean and Colin Chapman when it came to designing and
> >>> engineering
> >>>> the car.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have the chance to ask him the question of a lifetime, so I
> > do.
> >>>>
> >>>> "Why didn't the DeLorean come with cupholders?"
> >>>>
> >>>> His answer: "Because cup holders weren't around back then!"
> >>>>
> >>>> Ok, fair enough. However, I think that the guy thought that I
> > was
> >>>> mocking him, by the way he snapped back at me. And I don't
> > want the
> >>>> guy to think that I was making a joke with a riddiculous
> > question.
> >>>>
> >>>> A polite guy over all, but you could tell that there was still
> >>> allot
> >>>> of tension between him, and John De Lorean.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Robert
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

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