[DML] Re: My Second Try at a Delorean

["Robert Rooney" <dmcvegas@xxxx>]

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, Mike Substelny <msubstel@xxxx> wrote: 
> Free advice: so you want to find a DeLorean that you can use as a 
daily
> driver without investing in rehab work? Your best bet is to only 
look
> at cars currently being used as daily drivers. Stop looking at
> low-mileage DeLoreans that have been stored.

I agree that if you want a car that's ready to drive ASAP, you really 
should look only at cars that are currently daily drivers. But just 
so no one gets the wrong impression, just because a car has been 
parked for a long time, it doesn't always mean a "death sentance". If 
you do find a car that needs a moderate to heavy amount of work, but 
has a good chassis, body, engine, etc.., and can be had for a 
reasonable price, you might want to consider it. Our car has just 
about been restored from the tires up, but was a total basket case 
when it came to DMC Garden Grove (sat for years outside in the 
Southwest after the origional owner passed away). The only thing we 
didn't have done was a new fuel system, and that's because the 
previous owner (trustee) already had it done. After all is said and 
done, we will have a car that is still in the price range that we 
expected (if not a little less, for us anyway), but only cost us more 
in patience. 

>Note that among car
> collectors, daily drivers are usually considered MUCH LESS VALUABLE 
than
> stored cars.

True, but most DeLoreans now are considered more for driving than 
they are for collecting. No matter what you buy, it's true value is 
what you're going to use it for, and how much you would be willing to 
pay for it. I guess this is just another way the DeLorean proves it's 
own uniqueness once more.

-Robert
vin 6585