Re: High Mileage

["Ryan" <boy1der18@xxxx>]

Johnny,

I own a high milage D and drive it daily. I bought it in Feb of 
2002 (I'm the 4th owner) with about 86K on it, that's assuming the 
angle drive never broke. In June of 02 I drove it from So. Cal to 
Memphis for the DCS, got furthest traveled too! I now have around 
125-130K on it, the angle drive did break in me, d'oh! In the time 
I've owned it, all I've done to the engine other than oil changes is 
a "30K tune-up" at 100K, a starter (thanks to a broken spring in the 
ign. switch), and a custom exhaust system (which gave me almost half 
of the allowed emissions!). Non-engine stuff includes a fuel pump, 
A/C comp, and other little misc. items, after all the car is 22 
years old. Oh, I forgot to mention that I now like in Phoenix and 
it handled 120 degree weather with the A/C on no problem!
Any question? hehe

Ryan

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "thebrave65" <johnnysher1@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I would like to hear some opinons about high mileage Deloreans. 
I'm 
> considering purchasing one that has over 120K. My main concern is 
> the mechanical part of the vehicle. I can refurb an interior 
later. 
> I know that a lot of you will say "It depends on how well the car 
was 
> cared for", and that's fine. However, I still would like to hear 
> from anyone who has owned/worked around one and has some 
experiences 
> (good or bad) they would like to share.
> 
> Johnny