RE: [DML] Re: Advice for a future owner..

["Murray Fisher" <murrayf@xxxx>]

Re advice for a future D owner.....Todd has the right idea and I am sure you
will get many more....everyone comes up with different ones. I paid quite
a bit for a premium car from the original owner, with low (3K) miles on it
and now have 8k after four years of ownership. Most on here will tell you
to get one that has more miles on it and has had things like the rubber
replaced....cooling system and any upgrades etc. This is just a personal
opinion, but I am pretty old (80) and have had a LOT of cars in my
life......high mileage cars just plain run those pistons up and down a lot
more times and wear the moving parts out a lot more than a low mileage
car......so maybe its a toss up! There have been various researches on the
DML as to the cost of owning a D per year. I dunno what it came out to but
maybe 1K. Personally I have not spent a dime in four years....however
although mine is what I call a daily driver, our town is small and you can't
go very far. It has been dependable.....I have not had ANY of the problems
that have been mentioned on here, although I will admit I am way over due
and they will probably start. My car starts instantly always...idles
smoothly shifts perfectly (it is automatic), does not overheat and air
conditioning and heater works normally. It has the original tires that I
probably should replace sometimes but I never get round tuitt. They still
look like new and experts have checked them out and pronounced them sound.
I don't see how fast I can go! The original owner put a new HD battery in
it the day I bought it from him, but in a year a couple cells went dead and
it was replaced under the warrantee. My clock was intermittent when I got
it and I fixed that myself. Actually the new battery FIXED it. So that is
MY side of it. A Net like this is really for those with problems and for
the rest of us to be made aware of problems that may occur.....so you rarely
see any "love" stories re the DeLoreans on here. I know many that read the
DML daily, but never enter into the discussions, because they have no
problems. Thats MY story and I'm STUCK with it. FWIW.
Murray
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