Posts: 218
I am a millennial I think, born in 1984, but we are not all the same. My DeLorean is not the first classic car I've purchased. In 2015, I drove five hours one way to look at the 1970 Mustang Mach 1 I ultimately bought and then rented a trailer and towed it home myself because I did not want to chance it on 25 year old tires. For me, the hunt is half the fun. With the DeLorean, I did research for the better part of a year, hung out on this forum, asked questions, read DeLorean-related books, and visited DMC MW to look at them in person to decide which features appealed to me. I was ready to buy a plane ticket to go to California to look at Ryan S's minty 81 automatic when my wife said she didn't care if I got a 5 speed since she did not want to drive it anyway. Then it was back to looking for 5 speeds. By that time, I had reached out to DMC MW to see what they had not listed online and learned they had the exact car I was looking for. Ultimately, I decided to pay a small premium and go through DMC and could not be happier with that decision. I looked at listings on BHCC but never seriously considered them because I knew that I would dump more money into a car from there making it nice than just buying a nice one upfront. Reality is many millennials have huge student loans from Gender Studies and Philosophy degrees and do not possess the disposable income to purchase a really nice DeLorean given recent prices. Thus, BHCC fills a void in the market.
Location: Northern NJ
Posts: 8,578
My VIN: 10757 1st place Concourse 1998
You don't have to be a millennial to make bad choices. PT Barnum once said it well, "There's a sucker born EVERY minute"!
David Teitelbaum
People always say that but BHCC always moves a DeLorean, let's not forget about this little gem that sold for 13k and that was like 4 years ago.
http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?10...oject-DeLorean
They may not get 20, but they will get their number.
Location: Novi, MI
Posts: 413
My VIN: 4665
Barnum may not have said it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There'...n_every_minute
Location: Fresno, CA
Posts: 237
My VIN: 10353
I don't necessarily see why all the hate for BHCC. They seem to post pretty well photographed cars including frames while on a lift, not just a camera shot while trying to lie down on the ground and shooting the frame.
So what if their prices seem too high for the small Delorean community owners, I personally welcome higher asking prices for some of the lower quality examples since that only means mine is valued more!
And as a "millennial" I don't agree with all of us being lumped into the same category of buyer. Some of us are excited new owners who work on our cars way more than you old farts!