Re: [DML] Go Getting My DMC

["treehouse2000us <treehouse2000us@xxxx>" <treehouse2000us@xxxx>]

Just a quick reply to this one...

I already have two reliable cars, an 88 Honda Prelude _winter car and 
a 91 Mercury Capri Conv. for the summer top down fun. The DeLorean 
would only be driven aprx. 2 days a month, mabye start it up a few 
times a week.

Tom Porter
Vin: Summer 2003

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Samuel <samuel_yahoo@xxxx> wrote:
> I'm 20 and have plans for a delorean. Heck, if things work out, I 
may 
> have one this year. However, saving up is key. In my opinion, the 
other 
> part is to have a car you can depend on. I purchased a 1998 Hyundai 
> Accent for $3k. It is manual (so I can get use to that) and it is 
> dependable. I am not going to drop $16k on a Delorean just to have 
it 
> sit in the driveway when it breaks and have no way to go to work to 
earn 
> the money needed to fix it. Delorean's are great, but nor should it 
be 
> your only car as there are times that it should be sent off to PJ 
Gradys 
> or DMC Houston for a checkup.
> 
> My brother almost purchased a delorean recently. He would have 
taken out 
> a loan for $12k for it. His idea was to buy it, park it in a garage 
he'd 
> rent (as we closed the garage in years ago on the house for more 
room 
> inside) and never drive it as he wouldnt be able to afford repairs 
until 
> after he paid the loan off. As of right now, I think i talked him 
out of 
> it but am not totally sure.
> 
> They are great cars, but nor should you go into debt just to get 
one. It 
> is actually better to put away what you can and get it when you can 
> afford it, otherwise you risk digging yourself deeper into debt 
just to 
> keep it running and not have another car around to use when you can 
> really need it. I know how hard it is to wait, I've been waiting 
and I 
> didnt have allowance to save but I'm saving money from my job now.
> 
> Samuel
> 
> treehouse2000us wrote:
> 
> >Thanks you guys, you really know how to put a guy down! As for 
> >waiting, is 10 years not enough? I could certainly see it if I 
> >discovered the car 1 or 2 years ago, and had about 500 or 1000 
> >downpayment, but I have saved every dime I possibly could since I 
was 
> >8 years old. Still, $8300 is pretty pitiful for all that time, 
cant 
> >blame me, blame my parents allowances when I was younger! Haha.
> >
> >I will reconsider purchasing the DeLorean at a later date, but the 
> >urge is really there to get something this year that I can drive, 
I 
> >like the comment about driving the Sunstar model! Thanks all of 
you 
> >who have replied on the list, and to those who emailed me in 
person, 
> >you will/already have a reply shortly, I'm backed up 2 days on the 
> >list due to working more than I should.
> >
> >Another question, 
> >
> >Should I get the DeLorean with as little debt as possible, use the 
> >8000 I have and get a loan for about 6-8 k and go with monthly 
> >payments with risk of repo (haha, I pray not) 
> >
> >Or get a full loan of about 15,500, keep the cash on hand for 
> >emegency use incase I cant pay the payments for a month or two 
(say I 
> >loose my job) or other reasons.
> >
> >Thanks, and please live that elusive dream guys (and gals),
> >
> >Tom Porter 
> > Vin: Summer 2003 ?
> > treehouse2000us@xxxx
> 
> [Moderator snip]