[DML] My weekend DeLorean story.....(long)

[Iznodmad@xxxx]

Dear DML members,
I just have to share my weekend experience with you all. I flew down to 
DeLorean Services on Saturday to pick up my D. DMC Joe has had it for the 
past couple of weeks to take care of a few problems with my car that I have 
been having since September. Let me start of by saying they did EXCELLENT 
work on my car and I am very pleased with the results thus far. I can't wait 
to put more miles on my D! It ran flawlessly from Peachtree City, GA to 
Winston-Salem, NC. My D has never operated better and it is nice to have her 
back up to standards. The engine compartment is also back to almost brand 
new condition thanks to Alan, he is an excellent engine detail person! For 
that matter, thanks for all the extra attention you gave to my D.
As some of you in the Southeast know, there was a terrible winter storm 
on Saturday afternoon/evening and my hope was to beat the bad weather and get 
safely back to NC before the bad weather began. My hopes were crushed and I 
was caught in the blizzard (the worst part of the blizzard) between 
Greenville, SC and Charlotte, NC. The road was getting covered quickly by 
the snow and I was getting more worried by the second. I pulled off the road 
to fill her up with gas as the tank was getting near empty. After a quick 
gas up I once again started heading north on I-85, my hope was to quickly 
find a motel to wait out the storm. As I pulled back on the interstate I 
noticed the road was almost completely covered with snow. Before I knew it I 
had lost all steering control!!!! The weight of the engine in back rotated 
the D around about 270 degrees as I slid all the way across the North bound 
lane of I-85 and finally about 100 feet down the road glided into the grassy 
median!!!! Someone up there was watching over me as no cars were around me 
and there were no guardrails to collide with. Myself, my passenger (my 
mother) and the car were all fine.....just a little surprised and shook-up. 
I simply started her right back up and pulled back onto the road and began to 
make my way toward the closest exit and gas station very carefully. I know 
some of you must be thinking that I am crazy and just must want to wreck 
again, but I didn't feel like freezing to death and waiting for someone to 
come crash into me on the side of the interstate. I finally found a Texaco 
and parked my D safely under the cover of the gas pumps. Within an hour a 
local man in a rollback showed up. Once again incredible luck!!!! I got him 
to load up the D and take us to the next exit a few miles north to find a 
motel. We got one of the last rooms available. I'll make the end of the 
story short, we left this morning (Sunday) at around noon and made it back 
safely to Winston-Salem about 2:30 this afternoon. I want to thank Joe, 
Alan, and fellow DML'er Bill Lane for being concerned with our safety on the 
trip home. I'm sorry I worried you guys and couldn't update you sooner on 
our whereabouts and condition when stranded, but it makes me feel good that 
there are such caring people out there in the DeLorean community. 
I learned one thing from all of this. Don't go traveling in your D when bad 
weather is forecasted!!!! 

Keep the dream alive and be safe,
Darren Decker
VIN 5000