Re: [DML] Your first DeLorean purchase II

[Les Huckins <jhuckins@xxxx>]

Challenge? I doubt that if all things were equal anyone would opt for a 100,000 mile car
over a 30,000 mile car, but then again, it was just a suggestion that has served me
well. In taking engines apart, miking cylinder wear, crankshaft wear, camshaft wear, and
the like, not too bad for the first 50,000 miles, after that it starts to get arbitrary
and at some point you're looking at engine overhaul or replacement. Timing chains go
out, timing gears go out, clutches go out, transmissions fail, most things have a certain
life expectancy I'm in no hurry to find out what it is. (I'm glad I didn't cover rusty
undercarriages, I couldn't stand it if rust was the better bet).

Dick Ryan wrote:

> I've kept quiet on this subject, but Les' comment
> about not buying a DeLorean with extremely high
> mileage cannot go unchallenged. I don't know what is
> considered "extreme", but some of the very best and
> most reliable DeLoreans out there have been driven 60
> - 100,000 miles and more. (Considering how many D's
> never seem to get driven, that might qualify as
> extreme.)
>
> Next Wednesday I will hop in my D and drive it To CA
> for the third time this year and this trip will be
> nearly 3,000 miles before I get home. I have no more
> worries about car trouble/reliability in my D than I
> do in my Grand Cherokee.
>
> I have several friends in the DeLorean Touring Society
> who have high mileage cars. Placed side-by-side with
> almost any "low mileage car" they would be the better
> buy and the same or even higher price.
>
> Why? Simple. Those of us who really drive our cars
> are more likely to keep them in perfect repair. When
> ANYTHING begins to be suspect in my car, it is fixed.
>
> Bottom line: Generalizations about which cars to
> avoid and which to go after are like all
> generalizations - - they are guidelines, not hard and
> fast "do's and don'ts".
>
> Dick Ryan
>