Was the Titanic an American ship? White Star Line owned by International Mercantile Marine (American company). Built in Ireland too... Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "John Dore" <dmcjohn@xxxx> wrote: > Hey lads, and especially guys in England, > With the thread over on that other list ;) about whether the DMC is > American or English or Irish or whatever, it got me thinking about > something that you might be able to clear up. > > When out and about with your cars over in England, how do you find > public opinion of it? As far as I can see, most English people have a > very negative attitude about the DeLorean. Of course I'm talking to > the converted here - you wouldn't own one if you had negative > opinions on the car... Basically I'm talking about the people who had > no connection with the company, just have formed opinions on what > they have read in the pre-dominantly negative British press about the > car, I'm assuming... > > I had my car out at a car show here in Ireland last summer. Based on > the comments made by people from England at that show, and also with > converstions I've had about the car with English people both here in > Europe and any that approached me in the USA, they all seem to think > John DeLorean is a gangster, the car is crap, and that it was a huge > waste of public money. I do meet the odd enlightened individual who > will know better than the silly rumours, but not often. > > I suppose my question is why is the press over there so hell-bent on > giving the car and man a bad name, even though many of you consider > the DeLorean to be a British car? Quentin Willson seems to go to > extraordinary lengths to form a bad opinion of the car in as many > people's heads as possible. > > I once contacted Quentin's agent, and asked him could he arrange an > interview between myself and Quentin. He said sure, that should be no > problem, what did I want to talk to Quentin about? I replied that I > wanted to talk about his opinions on DeLoreans, and gave my website > about him and his opinions: > > http://homepage.eircom.net/~johndore/Quentin.htm > > I never heard any more from him, I wonder why? > > THanks, > John. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupweb/S=170512 6215:HM/A=1595053/R=0/SIG=124gf29oe/*http://ashnin.com/clk/muryutaitakenat togyo?YH=3707890&yhad=1595053> Click Here! <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=244522.3707890.4968055.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1595053/rand=970157698> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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