Re: [DML] Warning: Paradise Motorsport!

[Michael Pike <iqintermedia@xxxx>]

Sorry to hear of your bad experience.. this is EXACTLY
why I don't let anyone work on mine... only people I
would trust would be DMC Houston, DMCJoe, or PJ Grady,
unfortunately, none of them are close enough to me to
do that...

I've made an offer to DMCJoe to pay for his flight and
his time to come down and put a radiator on for me,
and install the fuel kit (dont need it yet, but while
he's here I figured I would have him fix it before it
breaks)... hopefully he will accept, but I know he is
busy.

I am no mechanic, but atleast I know I love my car, so
before I will take it anywhere, I will try to take a
crack at the fix myself.. so far, I've done several
things by myself, replaced the headlight switch,
replaced the brake pedal brake light switch, replaced
the alternator, put on DMCJoe's overheat protector,
and installed a Tankzilla.

I can only wish that everything was as simple as the
tankzilla.. the brake light switch took me almost 2
hours because I couldnt get the damn bolt off... I am
so mechanically "uninclined" it isnt funny... the
overheat protector and the tankzilla though, pieces of
cake.

I have a shop manual, and I think I could probably do
the radiator if I had to, but I wont even try the fuel
pump, I know my limits :)

I thought about taking it to other places, and
fortunately, most of them around here will admit they
don't know jack about a Delorean, but they said they
are willing to learn, and between the shop manual and
the excellent tech support for the D, they could
probably do it... but at the same time, they lack the
care I have for my car....

the one time I trusted it to someone else, I took the
day off from work to make sure it was taken care of
(this was when I had the Duce rebuilt)...

I didnt want some guy wearing 6 quarts of oil on his
pants to sit in my seats, and I didnt want my car to
become a shelf for tools... yeah it pissed them off,
but, I'm sorry, this car is too irreplacable for me to
leave it somewhere other than a place I know I can
trust.

I hope you do sue this Lance guy.... and I hope you
win. Just get a signed statement from whoever you
bought the car from stating that whatever you had
worked when you got it.... your word against his in
court doesn't carry weight, but if you have a document
from the place you bought it from, that carries
clout...I won an insurance case that way, and we all
know what worms insurance companies are.

also - if you paid with a credit card, CHARGE IT
BACK... I never pay for anything with cash anymore,
because there are too many crooks out there... a bank
will side with you 99% of the time.

I would also prepare an invoice for your time that you
spent fixing the parts he broke (high beams, blinkers,
etc.)

And if all that fails, you'd be surprised what pulling
your Delorean out in front of his shop will do....
people will be attracted, (his customers), tell them
what he did to it, they will leave without hesitation.

TV stations also love a good juicy story (they usually
have investigative reporters that eat this stuff
up)... call them too.

You're a better man than me though, had I walked in
and seen my car disassembled, then got it home and
found it was messed up, there would have been an ass
whoopin' going on.

Mike



--- AJL521@xxxx wrote:
> This message is for any Delorean owner in the
> chicagoland area,
>