Sounds like you're in way over your head. Do you have a lot of money for a teenager? Can mechanics smell the money on you when you walk in. If so, with what you seem to know about cars, and your aparent lack of previous hands on mechanical experience, it seems to me that you're a sitting duck. I think you should consider selling the Delorean and leasing something. Go to college, graduate, earn 6 figures, and buy a refurbed one when you can afford it. No offense, but when I was a teenager, I owned a $200.00 Datsun 510 that I had to drop a junk yard engine into before I could even take my first drive... I see lots of high school and college kids in the town where I live where dad has set them up with a BMW, Lexus, Z3 or a Porsche. It blows me away. Where would they be without dad? Good luck Tony, Jim