----- Original Message ----- From: "Murray Fisher" <murrayf@xxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2001 4:27 PM Subject: RE: [DML] Re: Advice for a future owner.. > 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 > Vin: 05962 Lic: DMC-XII > > > > > > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >