DeLorean World Tour

[deloman]

Well, we are planning this Worldtour with three Delorean and the cars can be the perfect basement for our modifications.

More informations: http://www.deloreanworldtour.com

I´m looking forward...

[sdg3205]

Well, we are planning this Worldtour with three Delorean and the cars can be the perfect basement for our modifications.

More informations: http://www.deloreanworldtour.com

I´m looking forward...

Your world tour is intriguing! What is your proposed route? I check out your site and didn't seen one. Maybe worthy of a new thread?

[Sidaries]

Well, we are planning this Worldtour with three Delorean and the cars can be the perfect basement for our modifications.

More informations: http://www.deloreanworldtour.com

I´m looking forward...

I heard about this tour from Werner on Eurofest. Great tour it will be. :)

[Dangermouse]

What is your proposed route? I check out your site and didn't seen one. Maybe worthy of a new thread?

Variante 1:

Bavaria, Austria, Liechtenstein, Suisse, Italy, Tunesia, Libyen, Egypt, Israel, Jordania, Saudi Arabia, Kuweit, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Hawaii, Canada, USA, Mexico, Island, Norway, Finland, Sweden, England, Scotland, Irland, Netherland, Belgium, Germany, Bavaria,

Variante 2:

Bavaria, Austria, Liechtenstein, Suisse, Italy, Tunesia, Libyen, Egypt, Israel, Jordania, Saudi Arabia, Kuweit, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Australia, Hawaii, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, USA, Island, Norway, Finland, Sweden, England, Scotland, Irland, Netherland, Belgium, Germany, Bavaria,

The route traversed and the countries may vary due to timing, political conditions, entry requirements and even shipping connections.

[deloman]

Preferred route:
Germany - Austria - Liechtenstein - Switzerland - Italy - Tunisia - Libya - Egypt - Jordan - Saudi Arabia - Bahrain - Qatar - Abu Dhabi - Dubai - Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal - China - Laos - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore - Australia - Canada - USA - Iceland - Norway - Finland - Sweden - Denmark - England - Scotland - Northern Irland


According to the curren political situation, (no Libya and Syria), the route would look like this:
Germany - Austria - Liechtenstein - Switzerland - Italy - Greece - Turkey - Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal - China - Laos - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore - Australia - Canada - USA - Iceland - Norway - Finland - Sweden - Denmark - England - Scotland - Northern Ireland


If China refuses or there will be snow-chaos in the Himalayas:
Germany - Austria - Liechtenstein - Switzerland - Italy - Tunisia - Libya - Egypt - Jordan - Saudi Arabia - Bahrain - Qatar - Abu Dhabi - Dubai - Iran - Pakistan - India - Australia - Canada - USA - Iceland - Norway - Finland - Sweden - Denmark - England - Scotland - Northern Ireland

If time is running out to the end:
Germany - Austria - Liechtenstein - Switzerland - Italy - Tunisia - Libya - Egypt - Jordan - Saudi Arabia - Bahrain - Qatar - Abu Dhabi - Dubai - Iran - Pakistan - India - Nepal - China - Laos - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore - Australia - Canada - USA - Ireland - Northern Ireland

...or a combination of the different variations. Flexibility is king!

you will find actuell informations here: http://www.deloreanworldtour.com

[Domi]

Wolfgang and his team did the "Tour de France" these past few days.
He visited some French owners.
Yesterday, he went trough the city of "Lyon" which is about 1 hour driving from my home.
So, we were able to meet each other at a friend's house.
Thought I would share a few picture of the day.

[Dangermouse]

Nice pics Domi.

Is this the start of the world tour, or was this just a practice day-trip?

Three cars and a support G-wagen?

[Domi]

That was their last stop in France before going back to Germany.
They came across the entire country.
4 DeLorean and the Mercedes to carries some spares.
http://www.deloreanworldtour.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=149&Itemid=159&lang=en

[ALEXAKOS]

Great Scott!
Around the world in a D eh? Very interesting. It is a very comfortable car for such a task.
Why did they put on a different set of wheels?

Well I wish you guys a safe trip and hassle free. If Syria is blocked I will be VERY happy to meet you in Greece. Sorry I am the only delorean owner here... So no big D parade.
I am German however so communication is no issue.

It will be a pleasure to finally meet you Deloman!:thumbup2:

[pk2678]

Nice pics Domi.

Is this the start of the world tour, or was this just a practice day-trip?

Three cars and a support G-wagen?

This was just a practice. 5000 km / 3100 miles within 10 days around France. This will be followed in 2014 by a practice with about 6700 km / 4200 miles around Spain and Portugal within 15-20 days. In 2015 a practice with 7000 km / 4400 miles around Scandinavia within 15 to 21 days will follow. The World Tour then will start in 2015 and will end in 2016 at the Eurofest 2016 in Belfast.



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Why did they put on a different set of wheels?

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It is easier to get a replacement wheel or rim when you are using commonly available parts. And you only have to take one kind of extra wheels with you. Remember that the world tour will go through countries like Pakistan and India.


--Peter

[OverlandMan]

This is really cool. I'm excited to follow the news and progress on this. I perused your website but didn't see where your stops in the USA were.

My 2 cents --> Avoid these locations: Iran, Egypt, Saudi Arabia. You already mentioned avoiding Libya & Syria. I would be really careful in this region in general. Of course this is coming from someone who's dad was stuck in Iran back in 1979. Be SUPER careful. I guess the larger your entourage is, the better off you'll be. Still though, I'd be looking for alternate routes.

[ALEXAKOS]

It is easier to get a replacement wheel or rim when you are using commonly available parts. And you only have to take one kind of extra wheels with you. Remember that the world tour will go through countries like Pakistan and India.
--Peter

That is very practical! Good forward thinking.

But in that thought, I would go around the world on a 190 Mercedes (diesel preferably) !:)
That car lives globally and is still king in those countries.

[pk2678]

That is very practical! Good forward thinking.

But in that thought, I would go around the world on a 190 Mercedes (diesel preferably) !:)
That car lives globally and is still king in those countries.

That's right. But then it would be a Mercedes World Tour and not a Delorean World Tour :wink:

--Peter

[ALEXAKOS]

That's right. But then it would be a Mercedes World Tour and not a Delorean World Tour :wink:

--Peter

Hell that sounds stupid! :P Delorean world tour is "traumhaft"

I am just going "safe" with my German engineering.

[klaus5980]

According to the current political situation we have set our new route so far:

Germany, Bosnia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, UAE, India, Nepal, China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Canada, USA, Netherlands, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland

Tour starts on Sept. 1 in 2015 in Germany and will finish at Eurofest Belfast 2016


Last test of our three World-Tour DeLoreans will be a tour in May 2015: Germany, Denmark, Norway, Polar-Cirlce, Sweden and back to Germany from May 8th to May 20 in 2015.

Klaus

[ALEXAKOS]

Damn, Greece was left out after all?
Good luck with the last test.

[JohnZ]

The delorean is so world-wide that I think that if you pass thru a war zone with three of them, every single soldier will stop fighting and shooting and throw bombs just to stare at the cars!

Unluckily, when the caravan leaves, the battle would start again :(

like :gunfire::sniper: --> :shock: :shock: :headscratch: --> :gunfire::sniper:

[klaus5980]

Damn, Greece was left out after all?

Yes, sorry.
It will cost us 3 days to visit Greece/Athens on our way to Istanbul and our schedule is very tight.

[ALEXAKOS]

Yes, sorry.
It will cost us 3 days to visit Greece/Athens on our way to Istanbul and our schedule is very tight.

Oh I know I am not suggesting that at all:)

I just mentioned your first alternative that was from Greece to Egypt and on.

[Dangermouse]

How are you getting from England to Ireland?

[pk2678]

How are you getting from England to Ireland?

That should be the easiest part. There are multiple ferries a day. With about 2 to 3 hours journey.

--Peter

[Dangermouse]

That should be the easiest part. There are multiple ferries a day. With about 2 to 3 hours journey.

--Peter

I know that, but if they are sailing out of Holyhead or Fishguard, they could add Wales to the list of countries :o

[jwrayth]

I'd also be interested in where you plan to cross. I intend to take 4494 across to Eurofest 2016 and would see about tagging along for the last leg :D

[klaus5980]

Everybody who wants to accompany our three World-Tour-DeLoreans for a couple of hours or days is welcome. We hope to meet many DeLoreans on our way through Australia, Canada, USA and Europe because the tour is called 'Worldwide Encounters'

We will publish our route live online on www.deloreanworldtour.com , you can also track our position with GPS-tracker.

[klaus5980]

We've updated the Polar-Circle tourdates for May 2015 with dates and route and a big map.
See www.deloreanworldtour.com -> Destinations -> Scandinavia 2015


Last test before our World-Tour beginning Sept. 5th 2015


Klaus

[vps3922]

Awesome, we will await you in Vancouver, Canada or meet you wherever you hit the North American continent during the world tour. :wave2:

[klaus5980]

DeLorean World Tour information-sheet

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[ALEXAKOS]

Klausi;)
Link is broken. Cant see the sheet. Thank you for the update!! I saw some miniature models of the Delo world tour car too.

[deloman]

Try this:
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Klausi;)
Link is broken. Cant see the sheet. Thank you for the update!! I saw some miniature models of the Delo world tour car too.

[ALEXAKOS]

Try this:
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There is nothing you can't fix eh deloman?
Greetings from Athens;)

[deloman]

There is nothing you can't fix eh deloman?
Greetings from Athens;)

I try to my very best Alexakos! :-)

[deloman]

These are the prototypes of the model World Tour Cars. NPE-Modellbau will offer them from sept 2015 until june 2016.

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[Domi]

Nice :)

[klaus5980]

DeLorean Worldtour Polar-Circle starts on Friday May 8th 2015
Germany-Denmark-Norway-Sweden, 3500 miles/5500 km in 12 days
We will write our tourblog every day (if online-connection is available) and we have GPS-tracker in our DeLoreans so you can track the tour live online.

See www.deloreanworldtour.com

This tour is the last test before our "DeLorean around the World-Tour" begins Sept. 5th 2015

Klaus

[Sidaries]

Have fun! It seems to be a great ride. :)

[klaus5980]

We finished our DeLorean Pre-Worldtour through Scandinavia to the Polar-Circle successful and without any technical problems - it was awesome !!!

It took a while, but now I have translated the blog into english (not perfect - please excuse) and uploaded 330 pictures.

See at www.deloreanworldtour.com (english version) under Travel Blog and Galery


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In Sweden we met Micke Liljeholm, a local Delorean owner and maker of the Swedish Motorblog. He made a movie where we and the cars were introduced, you'll find it on his youtube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiu1Ua_ev70

Klaus

[Rich W]

Awesome trip (Polar Circle with DeLoreans) and Awesome photos Klaus.

A friend of mine is headed on an Iceland cruise this Summer.

Keep the photos coming.

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[Domi]

Thank you for sharing your pictures with us :)

[klaus5980]

We have planned and wait a long, long time and spent hundreds of hours in preparation, but now the Delorean World Tour begins !!!

On Sat. Sept. 5th three Drivers with three Deloreans start for the trip around the world.
I'll try to write a daily blog on our Website if we have an Internet Connection available.

Our final route (so far) is:
Germany-Slovenia-Croatia-Serbia-Bulgaria-Turkey-Iran-UAE-India-Nepal-Myanmar-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore-Australia-Canada-USA-Iceland-Denmark-Netherlands-France-Great Britain

China is not possible because of the earthquake at the Himalaya region in spring this year,

The tour finishes at Eurofest 2016 end of May 2016 in Belfast.

[Rich W]

Have a Great Trip and Safe Travels. See you here in the US next Spring. We'll be tracking you.

[Dangermouse]

I'll be following along too. Good luck

[Domi]

Have a safe trip :)

[Morpheus]

Safe travels, gentlemen!

I'm sure you all will have a lot of stories to tell!

[BABIS]

good luck!

[OZ DMC]

We have planned and wait a long, long time and spent hundreds of hours in preparation, but now the Delorean World Tour begins !!!

On Sat. Sept. 5th three Drivers with three Deloreans start for the trip around the world.
I'll try to write a daily blog on our Website if we have an Internet Connection available.

Our final route (so far) is:
Germany-Slovenia-Croatia-Serbia-Bulgaria-Turkey-Iran-UAE-India-Nepal-Myanmar-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore-Australia-Canada-USA-Iceland-Denmark-Netherlands-France-Great Britain

China is not possible because of the earthquake at the Himalaya region in spring this year,

The tour finishes at Eurofest 2016 end of May 2016 in Belfast.

Look forward to seeing you in Australia.

[DMCVegas]

Have a good trip, and hope to see you when you get here!

[Sidaries]

We have planned and wait a long, long time and spent hundreds of hours in preparation, but now the Delorean World Tour begins !!!

On Sat. Sept. 5th three Drivers with three Deloreans start for the trip around the world.
I'll try to write a daily blog on our Website if we have an Internet Connection available.

Our final route (so far) is:
Germany-Slovenia-Croatia-Serbia-Bulgaria-Turkey-Iran-UAE-India-Nepal-Myanmar-Thailand-Malaysia-Singapore-Australia-Canada-USA-Iceland-Denmark-Netherlands-France-Great Britain

China is not possible because of the earthquake at the Himalaya region in spring this year,

The tour finishes at Eurofest 2016 end of May 2016 in Belfast.

Have fun! We will meet on Eurofest.

[klaus5980]

Two pictures from out tour through Iran, the first three Delorean in Iran ever

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[Dangermouse]

2740 miles / 4411km to date.

The more I think about this, the more amazed I am.

How have the cars been running?

[Rich W]

2740 miles / 4411km to date.

The more I think about this, the more amazed I am.

How have the cars been running?

According to the Travel Blog, only one flat tire so far.

(I had to translate the 1.2 bar low tire pressure details, lol)

I am in Total Agreement with Dermot ... this really is a "landmark" DeLorean event.

This may go a long way to squash the myth about DeLoreans (PRV's) being unreliable.

Cheers !!

[aotmfilms]

Everybody who wants to accompany our three World-Tour-DeLoreans for a couple of hours or days is welcome. We hope to meet many DeLoreans on our way through Australia, Canada, USA and Europe because the tour is called 'Worldwide Encounters'

We will publish our route live online on www.deloreanworldtour.com , you can also track our position with GPS-tracker.

If you come thru Michigan or Northern Ohio, you will see some crazy guy (Me) in 5778 behind you :) :wave2:

[aotmfilms]

Two pictures from out tour through Iran, the first three Delorean in Iran ever

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Representing the D (Detroit!) :rock_on::thumbup2:

The Baseball Cap.

[ssdelorean]

I am in Total Agreement with Dermot ... this really is a "landmark" DeLorean event.

This may go a long way to squash the myth about DeLoreans (PRV's) being unreliable.

Cheers !!

And over 194,000 miles on my D agree.

The main problem with DeLoreans and reliability is that most let their cars sit and/or only drive them once every few months. Then when they go to sell them they need alot of work done to get them back running properly and reliably. Get out and drive, maintain them, they are reliable!

[88KPH]

Brilliant trip. When I was last in Iran. Petrol (the liquid Americans call gas ) was 1p per litre (8 cents a gallon). Brilliant people, lovely place, great experience. Lucky buggers!

[Dangermouse]

They have been quiet, too quiet...

after a short 600 mile drive down to the port of Banda Abbas in Iran, they seem to take a ferry to Dubai, where they have been loaded into a container, on 9/27, (the cars that is, not the guys) and should have departed for India on Saturday 10/3. Back on the "road" on 10/8

http://www.deloreanworldtour.com/cms/images/klaus.steiner/p9270457_eb4cd0b22577d561801eb6f613c65940.jpg

so that's around 3350 miles / 5400km so far, at least.

[Rich W]

Long story short - I ran into an old High School friend of Tamir this Summer at a BTTF themed Charity Event and he said he wanted to publish an interesting, unusual DeLorean article.
Well, there is nothing more out of the ordinary than driving a set of DeLoreans around the world, so I forwarded the author some links and trip details last month, to help with content.

After seeing the recent "DeLorean in a Game" review article by the author's company (Polygon) this Monday, I gave the author an email "bump" on Tuesday, and here is the article:

http://www.polygon.com/2015/10/14/9455887/why-are-these-men-driving-their-deloreans-through-iran

Of course, I asked him to include a plug for the DeLorean Convention and Show (DCS 2016) and for the Raffle Car (one week until the drawing), so I'm glad it was published today.

Note: Inspiration for the article came after seeing the post (and photos) from Klaus, posted in this thread on September 15, 2015: The first three Delorean in Iran ever

[Dangermouse]

"DeLorean Monte Carlos" :hmm:

[Rich W]

"DeLorean Monte Carlos" :hmm:

Sounds like a "Gaming" slip of some sort (maybe a "world race" reference).

I will ask the author. It might just be an incorrect interpretation of DMC ?

[aotmfilms]

And over 194,000 miles on my D agree.

The main problem with DeLoreans and reliability is that most let their cars sit and/or only drive them once every few months. Then when they go to sell them they need alot of work done to get them back running properly and reliably. Get out and drive, maintain them, they are reliable!

Yep! 1,600 miles since July 2015. As with any other car you have to give them some love. Much like those Delorean dudes and dudettes on that World Tour, you can follow #docbrwn's exploits in a smaller Jungle called the Detroit Metro area :D via Facebook. No membership needed, just click on the link in my signature block.

--Doug

[88KPH]

I see they're in Thailand now. Great trip. Looking forward to seeing them when they get to the UK.

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[pk2678]

They should arrive in Singapore tomorrow. There they will check what transfers to Australia are available.

[Dangermouse]

If you haven't been following along at home, have a read of their travel blog

http://www.deloreanworldtour.com/

I am still amazed at how far they have gone in 60 days or so. And it's not all interstates/motorways


Here are a couple of their photos from India

http://www.deloreanworldtour.com/cms/images/klaus.steiner/pa240363_6163c660b2a9e5fb9a0d46cda4778994.jpg
and

http://www.deloreanworldtour.com/cms/images/klaus.steiner/pa260857_5ca24fa78a04d7a999e7b579233bfe87.jpg

leaving Myramar

http://www.deloreanworldtour.com/cms/images/klaus.steiner/pa310853_2be3730a0ae4cbbd56ded20d1f14f951.jpg

[louielouie2000]

If you haven't been following along at home, have a read of their travel blog

http://www.deloreanworldtour.com/

I am still amazed at how far they have gone in 60 days or so. And it's not all interstates/motorways


Here are a couple of their photos from India

What incredible pictures.... they piqued my interest enough to finally check out the website. I'm really surprised all of those cars are automatics! I would have thought from a fuel economy, reliability, and drivability (in adverse road conditions, especially) standpoint that they would have chosen manual DeLoreans. I guess comfort won out, though- can't blame them! I really dig their exhaust solution, too- simple, elegant, with a focus on being quiet. I wonder what these guys plan on doing with their cars when they return? Will they be kept as-is, or returned to a more stock form?

[john 05141]

True adventure, fantastic voyage...
Truely admire that

They should sell a video of their tour when finished.

Jan

[pk2678]

... I'm really surprised all of those cars are automatics! I would have thought from a fuel economy, reliability, and drivability (in adverse road conditions, especially) standpoint that they would have chosen manual DeLoreans. I guess comfort won out, though- can't blame them! I really dig their exhaust solution, too- simple, elegant, with a focus on being quiet. I wonder what these guys plan on doing with their cars when they return? Will they be kept as-is, or returned to a more stock form?

To me it was also surprising that Wolfgang choosed automatics. But he said, it was just a question of maintenance. It is easier to fix a broken automatic gearbox than a broken manual gearbox.
I don't know exactly what they will do with the cars after the tour. But they will not be returned to stock form. If you have a look at the home page, you can see in section "Fahrzeuge" how these cars looked like, when they have been bought for this project. They had been in bad shape and have been restored and modified/enhanced for their world trip. Bringing them back to "stock form" makes no sense.

--Peter

[SIMid]

Spewing they are not coming through Melbourne Australia!!

[sdg3205]

Do you guys have an ETA to come into North America via Vancouver?

I'd love to drive with you southbound to California. Don't take the I5, take the costal 101 from Portland OR down to San Francisco!

Would you welcome a 4th car for a day or two?

[88KPH]

Spewing they are not coming through Melbourne Australia!!

Why go to Melbourne when you can go to Sydney instead!! lol.

As to joining the convoy, They say you are welcome.

[88KPH]

True adventure, fantastic voyage...
Truely admire that

Jan

True, travel.....One of lifes great pleasures.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e377/KarlT70/Travel%20pics/img036.jpg (http://s43.photobucket.com/user/KarlT70/media/Travel%20pics/img036.jpg.html)

[88KPH]

And pain in the arses!!! lol

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e377/KarlT70/Travel%20pics/img012.jpg (http://s43.photobucket.com/user/KarlT70/media/Travel%20pics/img012.jpg.html)

[Rich W]

I think I still like the photos of clouds in the Polar Circle better, but this shot from the Gulf of Thailand is not bad either.

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[Dangermouse]

I think there is at least a calendar's worth in there

[SIMid]

Why go to Melbourne when you can go to Sydney instead!! lol.


http://www.travelvictoria.com.au/images/regions/greatoceanroad/coast/great-ocean-road-08.jpg Because we have this!

Was checking out their route from Adelaide to Sydney, but they are way too far north of Melbourne to catch them. What a shame :(

[88KPH]

Beautiful. But we're talking Deloreans here, probably better sticking to the straight/flat roads!!! lol
Are the going Ayres Rock? good times!

[Dangermouse]

Beautiful. But we're talking Deloreans here, probably better sticking to the straight/flat roads!!! lol
!

Didn't you see what I posted in Post 62 above :smashfreak:

[88KPH]

Yeah, it was only light hearted fun, but creeping along dirt roads isn't what the Ozzie pic implies. We're talking about beautiful sweeping, driving roads (with high drop offs), best to stick to the flat-straight outback! Lol.

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[Rich W]

Yeah, it was only light hearted fun, but creeping along dirt roads isn't what the Ozzie pic implies. We're talking about beautiful sweeping, driving roads (with high drop offs), best to stick to the flat-straight outback! Lol.

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I think these guys are looking for a reason to use their "Himalaya Switches", since they did not have a chance to test them in the Himalayas,
due to the roads that were damaged by the earthquake and after-shocks, mandating a re-route of the World Tour, even before it started.

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Text below is from the DeLorean World Tour website - News page:

With the "Himalaya-Switch" we select the method of the fuel pressure control. LOW (below) stands for automatic fuel pressure regulation (to about 3000m above sea level)
and HIGH (above) for manual control. The pressure regulator together with pressure gauge and adjustment knob will find a place right on the center console.

[88KPH]

Yeah, I'm sure they thought it was a good idea but strikes me as over-thinking, over-complicating, over-engineering things.
Best moto for overlanding is....... "Keep it simple!". Do the locals have 'Himalaya switches'? :dunno:

[DMCMW Dave]

---over-thinking, over-complicating, over-engineering things.

Germans never do that. :thumbup2:

[DMCVegas]

Germans never do that. :thumbup2:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8d/d5/07/8dd5076735a995423501439226a632ed.jpg

[ccurzio]

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8d/d5/07/8dd5076735a995423501439226a632ed.jpg

That's... not exactly accurate. In fact, it's an over-complication for the sole purpose of trying to make a joke. :) The actual German word for "science" is wißenschaft. "Naturwißenschaften" roughly translates to "science of nature."

[DMCVegas]

That's... not exactly accurate. In fact, it's an over-complication for the sole purpose of trying to make a joke. :) The actual German word for "science" is wißenschaft. "Naturwißenschaften" roughly translates to "science of nature."

My bad. My only real exposure to learning German has been Rammstein and forklift safety videos.

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/I56qiFw0wC8/hqdefault.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z77oztO6UQ


I really would love to go over there and see Germany. Looks like a awesome place. Plus I'd get to see one the places where my ancestors came from.

[ccurzio]

I really would love to go over there and see Germany. Looks like a awesome place. Plus I'd get to see one the places where my ancestors came from.

I went to Germany for 2 weeks back in 2008 for that exact reason. (My mother was born in Stuttgart.) It's totally worth it. I had an amazing time.

[Dangermouse]

Don't go. It's full of Germans. With their endless efficiency and standards. It's no wonder they are in the financial mess they are in



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[ccurzio]

Don't go. It's full of Germans. With their endless efficiency and standards.

And BEER. I mean really, where else can you get such amazing beer? What other country on EARTH knows how to make beer better than the Germans?

:D

[88KPH]

I really would love to go over there and see Germany. Looks like a awesome place. Plus I'd get to see one the places where my ancestors came from.


The Neanderthal Valley? lol.

[88KPH]

Don't go. It's full of Germans. With their endless efficiency and standards. It's no wonder they are in the financial mess they are in



[/irony mode]


Better hurry up then, it'll soon be full of muslims!! :mechbull:

[DMCVegas]

http://fat.gfycat.com/OptimalThoseFoal.gif

[88KPH]

Tracker says they're still sat in Singapore.
Did they miss the ship or Car problems?

[88KPH]

Just read blog, They seem to be kicking their heals in Darwin.

[Rich W]

Set-Back in the Outback?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3340222/Three-DeLorean-Future-cars-impounded-week-Australia-delaying-round-world-trip.html

[Dangermouse]

Good to see that the Daily Mail Oz is just as good as the Daily Mail in the UK, in accurate journalism :bootyshake:


Seems like that area of Australia (or possibly all of it) have strict laws on quarantine to prevent anything being brought in that may damage the flora and fauna. Nothing to do with being "impounded by the Police" nor being "unroadworthy". Most likely they picked up some unwanted hitch-hikker insects in Asia

[DMCVegas]

The latest news is that they're out of quarantine and back on the road.



Good to see that the Daily Mail Oz is just as good as the Daily Mail in the UK, in accurate journalism :bootyshake:

Well, this is the same place where journalism gives us front page news such as these:

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[88KPH]

Now in Sydney. Looks like they did go to Melbourne in the end. Did the Ozzie on here met up with them?

[Rich]

Now in Sydney. Looks like they did go to Melbourne in the end. Did the Ozzie on here met up with them?

They are almost out of Sydney and yes, they got to Melbourne. The cars are ready to go to Vancouver BC while the team takes a break in Germany.

Their travel blog says they enjoyed connecting with a local D owner, John Frisina. http://www.deloreanworldtour.com/

These blog entries read from the most recent at the top:


12/18/2015 Sydney (Australia)

Yesterday evening we received the message of our Shipping-Agent here in Sydney that the Delorean must be delivered today at the warehouse for container shipping. For days we had not received any information, despite requests, suddenly everything has to happen quickly. OK, so in the evening we sorted our equipment and everything we do not take back with us to Germany was stowed in the car.

This morning we had first a stop at the car wash to wash the dust and mud of Australia of the cars, because when imported into Canada the cars have to be tidy and clean.

Then we went to CargoTransport at the port, where we were already expected. We parked the DeLorean in the hall, because the container had not been on the spot, the car documents we left at the Office.

In the afternoon we received the documents inspected by customs back, Monday morning the container loading takes place and the journey across the Pacific to Vancouver begins.
We booked our flight home to Germany for Tuesday, 12/22/2015, then we fly over Hong Kong to Frankfurt.

Once again we must thank John Frisina, he arranged our return trip from the harbor to the hotel, picked up the finished customs documents for cargo transport in the afternoon and showed us later that evening Sydney at night. Thank you very much, John!

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12/17/2015 Sydney (Australia)

Together with John Frisina as a guide, we started at half past twelve for sightseeing in Sydney. He is very familiar in the city and led us to some lookouts with fantastic views of opera, Harbour Bridge and the city skyline.

[SIMid]

Now in Sydney. Looks like they did go to Melbourne in the end. Did the Ozzie on here met up with them?

If you are referring to me in Melbourne, yes! I did catch up with them across the 2 days. :)

I think you can see the Melbourne pics without being signed in on FB.

https://www.facebook.com/SIMid/media_set?set=a.10153836836554917.1073741837.63325 9916&type=3
Day 1

https://www.facebook.com/SIMid/media_set?set=a.10153838771784917.1073741839.63325 9916&type=3
Day 2

Some interesting modifications as well, in the Day 2 album.

[deloman]

...to everybody who like the Delorean World Tour: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n-00CDRXKk

[Roberto]

Congratulations to the DeLorean World Tour Team after their epic journey last year. We wish them every success as they continue their global trip next month starting in Canada with USA and Mexico featured. Then finally via Iceland to Europe and certainly a fantastic finishing reception in Belfast Northern Ireland at Eurofest 2016.
The DeLorean World Tour cars will be the first on the original test track when they visit the factory in Dunmurry on Friday 27th May 2016.
Hope you can join us!
http://eurofest.deloreanowners.org/

[john 05141]

This is one of the Eurofest highlights, I'm looking forward to see these guys come in.
Ferry and hotel are already booked, event booking comes next.

Counting down......

[Dangermouse]

Klaus, according to the dwt website you were thinking that the first leg would cover 20.000km / 12,400 miles.

Do you have an accurate odometer reading for the trip so far?

[deloman]

We opened a WhatsApp group "dwt goes USA" and anybody who wants to enter this group can connect us with one of the numbers bellow and we will add him or her to the group.

andre: +49 171 2144123
klaus: +372 5759 1887
wolfgang: +49 171 2188880

We hope to meet some of you and maybe have some miles together?

[sdg3205]

I'm planning on meeting you guy at the port in Vancouver.

[RamblinDMC]

Are you coming through GA or TN?

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[deloman]

Are you coming through GA or TN?

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Yes! We will come through Moultrie GA (visit Maule Flight Inc.) and through Nashville TN around the 28th and 29th of march.

[vps3922]

I'm planning on meeting you guy at the port in Vancouver.

Me, too!

[sdg3205]

Me, too!

I hope so!

[mluder]

We are trying to arrange a contingent of cars to ride along when (if) you come through Portland Oregon.

Cheers
Steve

[Dangermouse]

Yes! We will come through Moultrie GA (visit Maule Flight Inc.) and through Nashville TN around the 28th and 29th of march.

I assume you are getting to Moultrie from Nashville (or vice versa) through Atlanta?

[Rich]

WU connected in San Francisco area.

DWT's estimated timing into Northern Calif. has been shared.

Team NCDMC standing by for updated timing.

[klaus5980]

Yes, we have GPS-Navigation all the time with odometer.
First leg was 20196 km





Klaus, according to the dwt website you were thinking that the first leg would cover 20.000km / 12,400 miles.

Do you have an accurate odometer reading for the trip so far?

[klaus5980]

Here is our scheduled route through the USA
The route may change on the way for some reasons


Vancouver - Las Vegas
http://mapq.st/1JKLypt

Las Vegas - Humble
http://mapq.st/1n0mFMg

Humble - Moultrie
http://mapq.st/1N9yFjD

Moultrie - Niagara Falls
http://mapq.st/1WaseUF

Niagara Falls - Portland
http://mapq.st/1ZxingS

After we started in Vancouver (02/22/2016?) I will publish a detailed plan with dates and places

Klaus

[klaus5980]

We arrive in Vancouver on 02/15/2016 late evening with British Airways from London.
In the next days we will pick up the cars out of the canadian customs.


Our Hotel:
Days Inn - Vancouver Metro
2075 Kingsway, V5N 2T2 Vancouver, Canada
GPS coordinates: N 049° 14.684, W 123° 3.833

[sdg3205]

We arrive in Vancouver on 02/15/2016 late evening with British Airways from London.
In the next days we will pick up the cars out of the canadian customs.


Our Hotel:
Days Inn - Vancouver Metro
2075 Kingsway, V5N 2T2 Vancouver, Canada
GPS coordinates: N 049° 14.684, W 123° 3.833

Hey Guys,

Volker and I from the PNDC (http://pndc.org) would like to meet up. Are the cars coming into WWL on Annacis Island? If so (and work depending) we could help you get there to pick up the cars. When you head south we'd also enjoy a caravan down perhaps as far as Seattle. You're stopping at DMCNW, correct?

Anyway keep in touch. Let us know how we can help and if our work schedules will accommodate we will certainly do our best.

Cheers

Dave

[email protected]
778-839-5824

[klaus5980]

Our timetable is not final until we get our cars out of customs in Vancouver, but we hope to start on Feb. 22 at Vancouver.
First overnight stop is Seattle (visit Toby Peterson DMCNW), next day we go to Eugene/Oregon.

Klaus

[papanoel]

Our timetable is not final until we get our cars out of customs in Vancouver, but we hope to start on Feb. 22 at Vancouver.
First overnight stop is Seattle (visit Toby Peterson DMCNW), next day we go to Eugene/Oregon.

Klaus

Are you guys planning to stop in new york city at all or just passing through?

[Morpheus]

Klaus, when you are passing though Florida, let me know! I will arrange a DCF escort for a few hours, perhaps a whole day!

[klaus5980]

Are you guys planning to stop in new york city at all or just passing through?


We have a 2 night stop in NYC with our World Tour Deloreans (planned April 9 and 10).

After the cars are on the way to Iceland (shipping from Portland, Maine, April 15), we make a 2 week trip along the east coast (Gettysburg, Washington DC, Virginia Beach, NYC) with a rental car and we will stay in NYC again for 2 or 3 days before we fly to Iceland on May 3rd.

[klaus5980]

Klaus, when you are passing though Florida, let me know! I will arrange a DCF escort for a few hours, perhaps a whole day!

If everything goes well we will be in Florida from March 22 to March 27.

[Chris Burns]

I'm in Fernandina Beach near Jacksonville Florida. Hopefully I can catch a glimpse of you all as you pass by!!

[Spittybug]

Klaus, do you have my front suspension braces on the car you are driving around the world?

[SIMid]

Klaus, do you have my front suspension braces on the car you are driving around the world?

I highly doubt it as the cars have been modded with a long rang fuel tank that takes up 80% of the front boot space (seen the cars in person).

[88KPH]

Haha, I read that as he was dropping the strut off for you!! :umm:

[ssdelorean]

Here is our scheduled route through the USA
The route may change on the way for some reasons


Moultrie - Niagara Falls
http://mapq.st/1WaseUF


Klaus

Klaus,
In the freak chance that you are not aware of the fact that your current route takes you with in a mile of JZD's grave site in Troy Michigan - I wanted to point that out.

621 West Long Lake Rd. Troy, MI 48098
DeLorean's Grave in White Chapel Cemetery,
Section 4775, Block G-2.

There are also other DeLorean related sites in the Detroit area that you may be interested in visiting.
Info with addresses and pictures on those can be found via the Way Back Machine for the old DMCTalk.com site here (https://web.archive.org/web/20080723002323/http://dmctalk.com/showthread.php?t=8572).

Keep us posted of your current location. If time & job allows, would love to meet up with you all in Ann Arbor, Michigan and drive across thru Detroit with you all.

[klaus5980]

Klaus, do you have my front suspension braces on the car you are driving around the world?

Owen,
I installed your braces on my own car, but my world tour delorean is another car.
The three world tour deloreans are special build for the tour with many modifications as you can see on our website www.deloreanworldtour.com ('news' and 'vehicles')

Klaus

[klaus5980]

Klaus,
In the freak chance that you are not aware of the fact that your current route takes you with in a mile of JZD's grave site in Troy Michigan - I wanted to point that out.

Keep us posted of your current location. If time & job allows, would love to meet up with you all in Ann Arbor, Michigan and drive across thru Detroit with you all.


Yes, we plan to visit JZD's grave site!
You can see our current location LIVE with the Live Tour Tracking, link is on our website www.deloreanworldtour.com
All three Delorean World Tour cars have a GPS-tracker and the map is updatet every 30 minutes.

[sdg3205]

Volker and I had the pleasure of meeting up with Andre, Wolfgang and Klaus as they stayed in Vancouver. We had a great time checking out the cars, eating mediocre vietnamese food and hearing about the highlights and lowlights (cough *India* cough) of the trip so far. We certainly wish we could join the convoy south to Seattle tomorrow.

Thanks again guys! Get used to signing those posters - they'll fetch big bucks on eBay someday ;)

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[Domi]

Great, thanks for sharing your pictures :)

[klaus5980]

Now we have successfully entered the US and continue our Delorean World Tour.

Here is our plan for the next weeks so far:
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[Dangermouse]

Spotted in Main St. Vancouver yesterday on Instagram

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=40085&d=1456318710

[DMCVegas]

A word of advice: When driving out on the Highway, there usually is a pretty good 10 MPH buffer. BUT, when you come to a small town or village, make sure that you do NOT exceed the speed limit! Those towns are just speed traps here. You also probably know this already, but NEVER bribe an American police officer.

If you cross over into Tijuana, be prepared for a long wait to come back into the U.S.

If you get the chance to go to Death Valley, you probably will want to go. Right now it's starting a "Super Bloom" Only happens every 10 years at the most, but very rare. Only occurs after wet winters full of heavy rains. The entire desert is covered in flowers. I don't know if you'll be going through Pahrump between Vegas and Death Valley, but if you are, here's a nice treat: https://www.chinaranch.com

Looks like you're traveling I-10 from Phoenix to Houston. In Texas you'll hit the US. Border Patrol checkpoint in Sierra Blanca. Since you've got plates from another country, be prepared for another inspection.

There's allot of cool stuff ahead of you too that you'll see on the road!

[novadmc]

DC around April 5/6th? I'd love to meet up with you guys for lunch or something if time/etc on your travels permits.

safe travels!

[mluder]

Had the pleasure of meeting these gentleman today. Read about it and see pictures here...

http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?13282-The-DeLorean-World-Tour-Cruises-Through-Portland

Cheers
Steve

[Dangermouse]

This feels like the home stretch - they have been to all the difficult, barren, dusty places, where the cars are unknown, around the world and now every mile will be covered by TV crews, instagram posts, and cheering crowds. :race:

And rightly so !!!

[sdg3205]

This feels like the home stretch - they have been to all the difficult, barren, dusty places, where the cars are unknown, around the world and now every mile will be covered by TV crews, instagram posts, and cheering crowds. :race:

And rightly so !!!

They definitely seemed happy to be driving on well-maintained roads with inexpensive fuel on every corner!

[Citizen]

.. with inexpensive fuel on every corner!

Wait until they get to Texas!

Two days ago I went to buy gas, and they paid me a buck-thirty-eight a gallon! :)

Thomas

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[burch]

Timing worked out pretty well, and they are coming through Phoenix when the AZ-D is participating in the St. Patrick's Day parade. Going to be awesome to have them join us!

[Chris Burns]

This was just posted on You Tube.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv4xTS4pTmc

[Domi]

Thanks for sharing :)

[mluder]

This was just posted on You Tube.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fv4xTS4pTmc

That's courtesy of Brad and Maggie - Members of the Pacific Northwest DeLorean Club. Brad has a hood mounted GoPro and likes to document all our drives and edit them together adding music and photos he takes during the events. Plenty of other event videos to see on his YouTube page.

Cheers
Steve

[Rich]

A lovely and memorable day was shared here in San Francisco by the intrepid DeLorean World Tour team and local (NCDMC) DeLorean owners together!

The California sun came out on Saturday, 27-Feb so San Francisco could sparkle for our world-touring new friends as they spent a full day with several Northern California DeLorean Club members enjoying the sights, roads and comradery in the City by the Bay. We encourage all DeLorean-heads to seek out our the DWTour team as they make their way around the world. I dare anyone to find three more friendly, energetic and excited "DeLorean ambassadors" than Klaus, Wolfgang and Andre!

Gathering mid-morning at Marina Green Park with DWTour team plus their West Coast friend, Oliver, the group of 6 DeLoreans with DWTour machines escorted in the middle set out directly for the Marin Headlands to view back over the Golden Gate Bridge and The City:
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A scenic detour behind the mountains led to an historic military tunnel for our return back across the GG Bridge so that we could park close up to and beneath….the sunny side of the Golden Gate Bridge. There was a slight delay en route, but no damage done.

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Crowds and photo ops abounded for some time before we crossed to Ocean Beach for a beachside lunch break followed by a lengthy tech inspection of DWTour’s purpose-built machines. Quite impressive and, again, a magnet for passers-by:

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From there it was on to the geographic center of SF, Twin Peaks, with clear vistas in 3 directions, before jamming down some twisty roads toward the freeway that jetted us to a photo session and coffee break next to the Bay Bridge:

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For “dessert” 6 DeLoreans weaved through downtown, past the cable cars and then all in a row ran the “Lombard Street Slalom”, our anti-Nurburgring here, just at dusk. Check the smiling faces that Mark clearly captured:

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Massive thanks to Mark W. for planning, co-driving and coordination. Plus terrific photos he and Brian submitted*. Owners and co-drivers included Rich, Mark, Christian, Melissa, Eric, Rob, Kathy, Brian and Tulani. Truly a memorable day, literally all around San Francisco together with Klaus, Wolfgang, Andre and Oliver.


* Links to online albums by Mark and Brian, respectively, for higher-res and more photos:
Link to Mark's pics (https://picasaweb.google.com/114297760552757546384/Delorean_World_tour?authkey=Gv1sRgCKmXkP644J_rvQE# )
Link to Brian's pics (https://picasaweb.google.com/100253373784474146446/DWTSF02272016?authkey=Gv1sRgCNOfo_ThvrijXw#)

We Northern Californians all wish Klaus, Wolfgang and Andre all the best in their worldwide quest. Auf Wiedersehen!

[Rich]

Sorry to have butchered that post, image-wise. Those thumbnails seemed to alive when I pressed the Submit button. My cut-paste talents are lacking.

So here in a separate thread is the same post WITH the photo thumbnails alive in it: Link to DeLorean World Tour Day in San Francisco (http://dmctalk.org/showthread.php?13040-DeLorean-World-Tour-late-Feb-event-in-SF-Bay-Area&p=192047&viewfull=1#post192047)


A lovely and memorable day was shared here in San Francisco by the intrepid DeLorean World Tour team and local (NCDMC) DeLorean owners together!

The California sun came out on Saturday, 27-Feb so San Francisco could sparkle for our world-touring new friends as they spent a full day with several Northern California DeLorean Club members enjoying the sights, roads and comradery in the City by the Bay. We encourage all DeLorean-heads to seek out our the DWTour team as they make their way around the world. I dare anyone to find three more friendly, energetic and excited "DeLorean ambassadors" than Klaus, Wolfgang and Andre!

[Mary]

Hi Rich, 3-5-16 do you know where they are now are they going to Wyoming,I am in Montana , . Not good at navigating for details but I am learning with all the great help. Mary

[Rich]

Hi Rich, 3-5-16 do you know where they are now are they going to Wyoming,I am in Montana , . Not good at navigating for details but I am learning with all the great help. Mary

PM sent.

[Chris Burns]

Driving through Monument Valley. From their FB page.

[skill]

Hey all,

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Trivia: I asked Andre what road was the worst so far part of their tour yet. Answer: India

[skill]

Some photos may seem like repeats, but they're not ... you're welcome to download and use them, royalty-free. :shock: More photos to come tomorrow; Sunset Cliffs, Midway Museum and San Diego Harbor! - Brian Pereyra

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[Rich]

Hey all,

I had a wonderful time catching up with Andre, Wolfgang and Klaus! More photos to come ...

Trivia: I asked Andre what road was the worst so far part of their tour yet. Answer: India

Thanks for the photo sets!

India sounds challenging. One day they were in their saddles for 11 hrs of driving there. From what they mentioned during their day in San Francisco their main altercation in the trip so far was in India when a motorcylist managed to sideswipe the passenger side of Wolfgang's D, tearing off the rearview mirror and caving the door panel as well as rearranging some surfaces of the quarter panel, esp. the rear of the wheel arch.

They replaced the mirror, of course. It's surprising how hard it is to spot the body damage since these modified cars have so much else to offer at first glance.

[FABombjoy]

Trivia: I asked Andre what road was the worst so far part of their tour yet. Answer: India
That's because they haven't driven through Michigan yet :rofl:

:mecry:

[DMCVegas]

Looks like they're really booking up through the Navajo Rez towards Utah. Which is my guess that they'll probably come down into the valley from I-15 North by way of St. George, down through the Virgin River Canyon. Across Lake Powell and up towards Kanab is the best bet to get to Vegas, and it's what I'd bet they're going to do. Though a short detour through Zion would make for some really nice photos. As would the Valley of Fire.

Charleston through Red Rock Canyon and onto Death Valley would also be a great trip too right now.

[Domi]

Thank you for sharing your pictures, they're great!

[skill]

Thanks Domi!

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[skill]

San Diego Harbor, San Diego, California ... Midway Museum right before this ...

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[DMCVegas]

Looking at their GPS coordinates, I see they're staying down at the Wild, Wild West Days Inn where part of The Hangover was filmed.

http://images.moviefanatic.com/iu/t_xlarge_l/v1369438122/heather-graham-the-hangover.jpg

[FPBBrandon]

Anyone know if they plan to go through CO? I'm sure the Rocky Mountain folks would enjoy seeing them.

[Flicky]

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[Dangermouse]

When this is all over, will Klaus, Andre and Wolfgang be the only non-DMC people to have visited all 6 DMCx locations, nevermind adding Hervey and PJ Grady to the list?

[Citizen]

(I will load many pictures soon to our Texas DeLorean Club (http://www.txdmc.org)local web page gallery, and so in order to not post duplicates, I won't upload them here. But I wanted to post these comments let the community know that the DWT arrived in Houston Thursday mid-day safely, and left early this morning, bound for Mississippi. We had a great time with them, lots of stories, photos and some good food. And so now, we pass them off to our friends in Florida. -- Thomas)


Thursday, March 17, 2016

The DeLorean World Tour team arrived in Houston (specifically the DMC-Texas facility in Humble), driving their three stock, but slightly modified DeLoreans. Wolfgang Hank, Klaus Steiner and Andre Springer where the three driving team members, while Sven Sabrowski and others back in Germany took care of travel logistics.

In Humble, after initial introductions were all put to rest, there was a time for Wolfgang, Klaus and Andre to answer lots of questions about their adventure, and the numerous questions about their specially marked cars. Since we here in Houston were not anywhere near their first stop, I know the world tour team has answered the same questions over-and-over-and-over again. We appreciated their patience with our seemingly endless questions about the stock.

Next, Stephen Wynne and James Espey personally led the driving team on a warehouse tour of the Humble facility. Rows and rows of fenders, doors, engines, transmissions, glass, and about a ga-zillion parts of every size and shape where seen. While Wolfgang was mostly discussing technical issues, Klaus could be seen off by himself at times taking pictures of the rows and rows of parts and inventory.

After the warehouse tour and lots of shop talk, there was time to take a load off, sit down and do some serious story telling. Wolfgang wowed us with stories about the intricacies of getting through customs in various countries, where they had trouble, and where they sailed through. Klaus told me that, surprisingly, they had a difficult time getting clearance getting through the border from Canada into the United States. While not usually difficult, Klaus explained that they had to declare that they had been in Iran recently, and this raised a red flag to the border officials, and some significant paperwork had to be done, or re-done, for the team to finally gain clearance.


Friday, March 18, 2016

The DWT team’s second day here was a chance for them to meet the local DeLorean club. DMC-Texas, as many times in the past, again showed their willingness to support the local club by allowing us to meet, congregate, loiter, malinger, chat, and take lots of pictures at their facility. Many thanks to Stephen, James, Sarah, Bill and the others, for your generous hospitality, and putting up with the local DeLorean geeks citizens again and again.

So after more introductions, story telling, and photography, we caravanned to the Humble City Café for informal dinner, where we could all unwind, and talk more DeLorean stuff.


Saturday, March 19, 2016
Early morning, the team departs Houston, heading east for Mississippi, and then on to Florida. Much discussion occurred about a detour from Interstate-10, their original preferred route, because of recent rainfall causing flooding and roadway washout along the Texas-Louisiana border, which will add hours to their trip east.

Good luck gentlemen, safe travels, and God’s speed. We feel we have made new friends for life. Thank you, we are honored to have you visit us!

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[Citizen]

Well, I finally got a chance to finish the first draft of our picture web page of the DWT visit to Houston. HERE (http://www.citizenkidd.com/dmc/pages/gallery2016-dwt.asp) is the link. Enjoy.

Thomas

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[DMC-81]

Very nice write up and pictures Thomas (and others on previous stops). Thanks all for taking the time to post.

I look forward to seeing the plan for Orlando next weekend....

[skill]

Thanks for sharing Thomas! I like the description n chronology. Let me know if you'd like me to gather up my pics and write a page up for your website! - Brian

[Morpheus]

I have reached out to Klaus via PM, hopefully he sees it in time for us to plan something.

[Peripatetic]

I met the team today, I was a little slow on getting to DMCMW on time so I arrived when everyone was leaving, but I followed everyone, creepy-style, to Lou Malnatis for some deep dish.

When I arrived I took everyone's photo next to the DeLoreans and chatted inside.

When I left I coincidentally met the old couple of the mustang and told them about the cars and mission and some of the stories I had just heard.

[DMCMW Dave]

The team's first snow of the entire trip! Somehow they managed to hit Illinois on the last snow of the season.

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[Rich W]

Congrats to the DWT Team for hitting the 23,000 mile mark in the Midwest, somewhere between Indianapolis, IN and Springfield, IL.

I would also like to thank Klaus, Andre and Wolfgang for "humoring us" by answering questions they have obviously been asked
numerous times over the past 8 months and now 24,000 miles (after reaching the Washington DC area earlier today).

The DWT Team certainly got a Taste of Midwest Spring over the course of a few days, ranging from downpours and hail on Thursday,
to rain/snow mix on Friday, to near white-out snowing conditions on Saturday and Sunday, before getting relief on the East Coast.

I have to admit that Saturday's weather was extremely unusual, with bands of snow interspersed with pockets of bright sunshine,
repeating over and over throughout the day. While the driving was a bit challenging near Chicago and through Indiana, it then got
downright dangerous just past Kalamazoo (on I-94), when the wind began gusting from the North at over 70 mph. Two really bad
semi trucks vs. cars accidents on I-94 near MM90 had the highway shut down for quite some time, with over a 6 mile back-up.
This is when the DWT Team decided to cancel the remainder of the Troy, MI trip, exit onto I-69 South [at MM108] and try to avoid
more bad weather. Unfortunately, the winds shifted to out of the Northwest and the snow and high winds followed them to Ohio.

On my trip back across Indiana on I-90, the wind gusts had pushed a few semi trucks and trailers into the ditches and I had a bit
of a struggle to keep my Lexus GS400 (with snow tires) in the desired lane, through the snow and high winds. What a mess.

I am sure the DWT Team was very glad to have their snow tires on their DeLoreans for their visit here to the Midwest.

Safe Travels the rest of the way.

Thanks,
Rich W.

[klaus5980]

After 2 weeks of vacation in Florida during the cars were shipped to Iceland we're reunited.
Yesterday we made the first tour through Iceland, Wednesday next week (05/11) we go to Denmark by ferry.
Then Denmark-Germany-Netherlands-Belgium-France-Great Britain-Ireland-Belfast

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[Domi]

Great pic as usual :)
Where are you planning to stop in France?

[klaus5980]

Sorry, but no stop in France....
Just drive trough from Brugge/Belgium to the Eurotunnel at Calais on May 18th.

[Domi]

Ok, thanks anyway, maybe next time!

[Dangermouse]

You could be stalking them at Calais, Domi??

Don't forget, they have to get back to Germany too ;)

[Domi]

I'd like to go to Calais, but it's 850km from my home... (so round trip is 1700km)

[john 05141]

Lots of people arriving in Belfast today. Looking forward to see these world tour guys guys comming in and hear their stories.
What a life experience this must have been.

Jan

[jawn101]

SPOTTED!

I travel to Sofia, Bulgaria quite frequently for work. I happened to glance out my window a few moments ago and was treated to this view. What's that just past the monument?

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=51527&d=1494863278

Why, the DeLorean World Tour guys! Crazy coincidence.

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=51528&d=1494863289

Looking good, guys! Добре дошли в България!

[jawn101]

Thanks to some sleuthing by local owner Rich, I have the following great info to share!

The DWT is indeed on a new trip, from their home to Ankara, Turkey!

Their travel diary is here: http://www.deloreanworldtour.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=41&Itemid=191&lang=en

Video links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUS72HpaUuM&feature=youtu.be

And the Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1839674816301280

Super cool. Thanks to Wolfgang for getting back to us and Rich for connecting me! Long live the DWT!

[Dangermouse]

And just take a moment to admire the fantastic parking of the locals in that Bulgarian square :rock_on:

[jawn101]

And just take a moment to admire the fantastic parking of the locals in that Bulgarian square :rock_on:

You should see it when it gets busy.

[Lwanmtr]

And just take a moment to admire the fantastic parking of the locals in that Bulgarian square :rock_on:

Lines are more of a suggestion there....though I seen some really uhm 'good' parking jobs here in the us too

[klaus5980]

Here's a video of the Delorean World Tour in Turkey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ9-tQm6Z5Q

[DaraSue]

#goals :biggrin:

Seriously though, this is freaking awesome. I salute these guys.


If anybody hasn't seen it, here's a video by our own Bob635 and Delorean_Mac_Mini interviewing the team about how they prepared the cars for the trip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CccFmKIZbIc
Pretty interesting...

[Lwanmtr]

Yeah, thats pretty cool