[DML] Re: Long Trips

[Lee <lseiler@xxxx>]

At 01:57 PM 4/19/99 -0700, you wrote:
>I found the DeLorean seats to be very comfortable for long rides.. IF
>you put some sheepskin seat covers on them. I thought for sure my wife
>was going to have trouble with the seats because of all the back trouble
>she has, but even she was comfortable. I find if I sit for 2 hours in my
>87 200SX that by back (and butt) are killing me, and it has large, flat,
>well padded seats. But you mileage may vary..
>
>====================================================
>Ken Montgomery 

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reply:

Yes Ken you mileage may very but will our's?

UGH.......YUK-AH sheep skin seat covers.......how tacky!, next you will have
dingle-ball fringes along the wind shield, pneumatic shocks, tweety-bird
horn............

As you know I re did my seats which are comfort personified now with out
any additions. I can't imagine covering them with dead animal hair!
After nearly a half century of driving I don't think I can remember a more
comfortable car seat. My guess is that for most the seats will be great and
for a few not so great.

I want to take issue with the beginning of this thread which was from a
former DMC employee who drew a correlation between the net across the back
of the rear storage area and the DMC being a round the town only car. From
every thing that I have read about DeLorean's goal for his "Mr. Everyman"
sports car for the USA was not to produce an around the town machine. First
I have the distinct impression from many that because the DMC was built in
Europe that it was designed for European roads. I doubt this, because every
aspect of the DMC is cursing at "High speeds", not just the shape, look at
the engine and how its set up, at the Gear ratios, and mostly at the way
the seats and controls are lade out, all spell "AMERICAN HIGHWAYS" long
stretches of high speed freeways. And given all this the DMC loves a
winding two lane black to in the rolling hill. I don't know about others
who own DMC's but mine handles great on both open freeway and the winding
coast roads of California.

What I find so interesting is how the net in a DMC indicates town use only?



Lee





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