That's probably more cars than I have driven; I don't keep count, but I've logged more miles in a day than he has. I've put about 60k cumulative miles on various DeLoreans.
That's probably more cars than I have driven; I don't keep count, but I've logged more miles in a day than he has. I've put about 60k cumulative miles on various DeLoreans.
-Chad K.
Previous owner of VINS: 6982, 1601, 1265, and 1269
"Count of Islandia; Colonel of the Defense Forces and Chancellor of Transportation."
For me, there's a big difference between 3-speed auto and 5-speed manual.
The first 5-speed I test-drove(VIN 6033) was a perspective purchase that I stopped to look at on the way to meet with Bill at Justin Mettee's. It was everything I imagined it would be, and later that day I drove Bill's car so that was two in one day (schwing!!)
Favorite anecdote from the ride home from picking up 10372 with my Dad:
Me: "I'm totally selling this car to get a 5-speed....this is going to be my starter DeLorean."
Dad: "I don't know why you're so worked up about a stick-shift."
Me: "It's a sports car, why even make an auto-trans sports car?"
Dad: "Why make a 130HP sports car?"
Me: Blank look....no comeback -lol!
Originally Posted by Rich_NYS
The appropriate comeback would have been:
"It was mis-marketed as a sports car - it's really a grand tourer"
Remember, DeLorean was given a choice by Renault when he ordered the PRVs from them - do you want power or economy? When he made the order, it was the height of the gas crisis, causing him to choose 'economy' over power. Not that an extra 20-30 bhp would have radically changed things, but at least the car would have performed as well as the factory claimed. Instead the automotive press had a field day dissing the car for its failure to perform at the factory specs (and contrary to popular believe in the community, it had nothing to do with euro-spec vs us emissions standards, as there were no euro-spec exhausts from the factory, not to mention that the exhaust restrictions only accounted for a 8bhp difference at best anyway).
"You can never use too much anti-seize!"
--Josh S.
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Dad: "Why make a 130HP sports car?"
You're right, power to weight is important...get out.
Starvation, overpopulation, pollution, global warming, communisim,...all DMCTalk.com's fault
After all, weight capacity is only 400lbs......
"You can never use too much anti-seize!"
--Josh S.
#1798
I could never do that after all of my shenanigans he has put up with!
FWIW, my Dad is from the musclecar era, worked at a Pontiac dealership, and is a JD fan. The GTO is one of my Dad's favorites.
*edit: I remember one of my Dad's friends had a GTO in the 70's. It had a linelock, and it was ridiculously badass....replaced tires on it regularly.
We were towing it on a trailer -lolAfter all, weight capacity is only 400lbs......
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