[DMCForum] Re: your first impression of DMC

["Flavia" <frvianna@xxxxxxxxx>]

How cool! I LOVED your story :) Really cute
But how about when you saw the car in the movie for the first time?

Flavia - NJ
--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote:
> > I'm starting a fun thread here.  I want to hear everyone's 
opinion 
> > what they felt when they first saw a DeLorean in person.  What 
was 
> > your impression?  What emotions did you feel when you sat in the 
> > car?
> 
> Cool thread, Walt!
> 
> I'd seen DeLoreans around town. Very rarely - I think I can count 3
> sightings since I started paying attention over 15 years ago.
> 
> Mine was the first I sat in - or touched, for that matter. I had an 
up
> close encounter with one in a parking lot about 6 months before I
> bought mine. A buddy and I went over to check it out. He put his
> grubby hands all over it, and I had to tell him what an ass he was 
for
> doing so. I just don't think it's right to be touching someone 
else's
> car without their permission and since the owner wasn't there, I
> didn't touch.
> 
> When I bought mine it was sight unseen. I'd looked at pictures and
> talked to the owner but the car was in Sacramento. I agreed to buy 
it
> barring any unforeseen problems and flew down a couple of days 
later.
> I figured there was a very slim possibility I wouldn't like driving
> one, but I got the car for quite a bit less than it's value due to 
the
> owner going through a bankruptcy and needing to move it fast. I
> figured I could resell it and make a small profit, worst case.
> 
> Sitting in one for the first time was really, really cool. Driving
> away was even better. I, too, had always thought they were a rich
> person's toy. Only figured out about 2 years ago that I could afford
> one. 
> 
> The best part was sharing it with others. I told NOBODY I was buying
> this car, except my wife. Didn't have time, really, as I bought the
> car on a Wednesday afternoon and my flight left that Friday at 
5:00am.
> So I was determined to have some fun. I arrived home Saturday around
> 7:00am having slept only 6 hours out of the past 48 (3 hours 
Thursday
> night and 3 more on the drive home). I put the car right into the
> garage so nobody could see it and then slept for the next 8 hours.
> 
> Saturday afternoon I queued up the Back to the Future theme song and
> set my automation system to play it over the garage speakers any 
time
> the (interior - people sized) garage door was opened, then invited
> people over one at a time. Watching friends walk out into the garage
> with a DeLorean sitting there and the music suddenly coming on was
> more fun than I've had in a long time.
> 
> I've had two really neat Back to the Future moments. Before I flew
> down I'd looked up other owners and found Brian (he posts here
> occasionally - TK-581) in Sacramento. He agreed to spend some time
> with me and show me around the car. Amazingly he lived only a couple
> of miles from the previous owner! Anyway, when I was leaving I was
> standing by the driver's opened door, resting my arm on it, and he
> said something to the effect of "Keep in touch". All I could think
> was, "Indeed I will." I felt like Doc leaving on his first time 
travel
> trip. (Yes, I'm a dork. You can all laugh at me now.)
> 
> Second moment was last weekend. I was working on a piece of 
furniture
> in my garage and had to leave the DeLorean outside overnight while 
the
> poly dried. I came out and the car had frost & ice all over it. 
Looked
> like it'd just returned from a trip through time. 
> 
> I've had it 6 months now and still feel like a kid in a candy store
> every time I drive it.
> 
> -Ryan

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