Re: Real world, FAQ.

["mick_kerfoot" <mick_kerfoot@xxxx>]

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I think this version of the hand out's great and should be adopted. 
With the adition:,
Q: I paid for your car with my through my tax. ...... After I run you 
over Ill pay for your health care with my tax, fairs fair!
-- In doc-uk@xxxx, Stephen Strelczak <STEPHEN.STRELCZAK@xxxx> wrote:
> I have a shorter version of your FAQ that I use:
> 
> Q: Is that a...."Yes it bloody well is!!"
> 
> Q: Can you go back it time in it?...."Can you stick your head up 
your arse?"
> 
> Q: My dad says that they are really unreliable..."Does your dad 
still have
> his own teeth?
> 
> Q: It is true that they have crap brakes?....."Why don't you stand 
in the
> middle of the road, and we'll find out?"
> 
> Q: Only sad twats drive Deloreans..."Only really sad twats stop to 
talk to
> other sad twats."
> 
> Q: Wasn't Delorean busted for being a coke head?..."wasn't that 
Angus
> Deaton?"
> 
> Q: How many Delorean owners does it take to change a light 
bulb?..."How fast
> can you run?"
> 
> Q: What do you use to clean it?...."The blood of young virgins of 
course,
> what do you use?"
> 
> 
> That just about covers most of the idiots that have tried speaking 
to me
> about the car, and just wanted to make fun. Martins FAQ was 
accurate, but
> unfortunately I have more people asking the above questions in this
> redneck-tourist-stupid town.
> 
> Stephen
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Gutkowski [mailto:webmaster@xxxx] 
> Sent: Friday, July 19, 2002 4:01 PM
> To: doc-uk@xxxx
> Subject: [doc] DeLorean FAQ
> 
> We all get asked the same questions when we stop in our cars, 
right? I 
> thought I'd compile a little FAQ for people to print off and keep 
in the 
> car. Before I put it on the website (big update soon guys) I 
thought I'd 
> better put it here for anyone to add to or make 
suggestions/corrections:
> 
> Martin
> 
> ------
> 
> Q: How many of these are still around?
> A: 8583 were built, most are in North America. Commonly quoted 
figures 
> are of around 6000 worldwide with maybe 250 or so in Europe, a few 
in 
> Australia, Hong Kong etc. 23 or so right-hand drive ones exist, 
> primarily in England and Ireland.
> 
> Q: Is John DeLorean still in prison?
> A: He was only ever held on remand, and that was for 3 days. He has 
> never been convicted of any criminal act. His "drug trafficing" 
case was 
> thrown out of court after it was clearly shown that he was 
entrapped by 
> the FBI. He's still very much alive and occasionally attends 
DeLorean 
> car shows in the US.
> 
> Q: The Bodywork's Stainless Steel, right?
> A: Yes. Alloy 304, commonly used in the catering industry.
> 
> Q: Must be tough getting it fixed if you ding a panel?
> A: No. NOS replacements are still available with the exception of 
the 
> front left fender. There are one or two geniuses capable of 
flawlessly 
> repairing the panels. We are lucky to have the best one right here 
in 
> England.
> 
> Q: Is it all stainless?
> A: No. The car sits atop a Lotus-engineered epoxy-coated steel 
backbone 
> chassis, similar in design to the Esprit. Above this rests the 
> fibreglass underbody, constructed using Lotus' VARI process (Vacuum 
> Assisted Resin Injection). The stainless panels are hung on the 
underbody.
> 
> Q: What about spares?
> A: Mechanically the car's largely built from off-the-shelf european 
> parts circa 1981. Most are still available today as NOS from any 
good 
> motor factors, british classic specialists, Renault, Volvo (engine 
and 
> transmission) and even Halfords! Many DeLorean-specific parts are 
> available through the DOC UK. If you get really stuck, a call to 
the US 
> will buy you pretty much anything, and often re-engineered modern 
> replacements for weak OEM parts.
> 
> Q: Are they all the same colour?
> A: All cars left the factory in unpainted stainless. Some were 
painted 
> at dealerships, others have been painted due to body damage. The 
> interior came in two colours, grey and black, with the exception of 
two 
> of the three gold cars which had saddle brown interiors. Some later 
cars 
> have mixed grey and black interiors. Early wheels are grey, later 
wheels 
> are silver. Two cars were sold by Amex that were gold plated. A 
third 
> gold car was made from a spare set of panels and holds the highest 
VIN 
> number.
> 
> Q: What's the engine?
> A: It's a Peugeot Renault Volvo V6 (PRV-6) 2849cc Bosch K-Jet fuel 
> injected SOHC 90 degree V6. It's the US emission-controlled version 
of 
> the Renault 30's lump, and uses a slightly modified version of the 
same 
> transmission (both 3-speed auto and 5-speed manual). The gears are 
> taller and the transaxle is rotated through 180 degrees for rear-
mounting.
> 
> Q: How powerful is it?
> A: In US form, it's not great. The engine only develops 130bhp. 
However 
> the exhaust system is terrible for performance, and the catalytic 
> converter makes it doubly bad. Just removing the cat can gain you 
20-30hp.
> 
> Q: So it's slow then?
> A: The car only weighs 1200kg, so even given the tall gears, it's 
quite 
> easy to keep up with the flow in the fast lane.
> 
> Q: Where/when were they made?
> A: In the Belfast suburb of Dunmurry in a purpose-built state-of-
the-art 
> factory. Cars were built from 1981-1982 with late '82 cars 
carrying '83 
> build dates.
> 
> Q: I'm told the doors never work properly?
> A: Who said that? Seriously, the way they work is ingenious. A 
> cryogenically prepared torsion bar does most of the work initially, 
and 
> as it "untwists" and gets weaker, the geometry of the gas-strut 
mounts 
> allow it to take over. A new gas strut is $60 and the torsion bars 
very 
> occasionally need adjusting. Today, 20 years on, many "neglected" 
cars 
> need new struts or a torsion bar adjustment or both. This has lead 
to 
> the myth that the doors never work.
> 
> Q: Why does the speedo only go up to 85mph?
> A: It was a regulation in the US at the time. Corvettes of the same 
> years also have 85mph speedos. The Canadian version carried a 
240kph 
> speedo, some of the Right-hand drive prototypes carry a 140mph face 
and 
> theres a commonly available 170mph aftermarket replacement.
> 
> Q: How much are they worth?
> A: It depends. If you want to pick one up from the US, a "project 
car" 
> can cost less than $7000 (£4500). A mint original right-hand drive 
with 
> low miles will set you back £25,000. There are a lot of cars in 
between!
> 
> Q: Why did the company fail?
> A: How long have you got? The short version is that in between the 
time 
> of the company's inception, and of the first car going on sale, the 
> market for sports cars in the states fell dramatically. Also the 
> exchange rate and higher-than-perceived production costs put a 
price tag 
> of some $30k + on a car that had been promised for less than half 
that.
> 
> Q: What happens when you hit 88mph / Where's the flux Capacitor / 
when 
> are you going back to the future / where's the cocaine then?
> A: Ha ha. Very funny.
> 
> 
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