What have you done to your DeLorean today?

I hit a new milestone today.



http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...3&d=1382134658


It had just over 4,500 when I picked it up on 9/12/12.

Am I driving it too much?
(Naw, just enough)...



George

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Originally Posted by Conundrum

Just came out of Walmart a little bit ago to find this on my DeLorean's windshield. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/10/16/emenuzev.jpg

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Haha! Awesome!!

I came out once from the shops and there were a pair of lips that some girl smacked onto the driver's side window. :wink:

Made the mistake of going to PepBoys to get tires. They did a fine job installing them. I saw one guy slam the rear louvers down hard. Did he think tires went in the engine bay? Another guy broke the plastic handle for my hood release. Did he think that would open the inner engine cover? I'll never see another one of those again, but it's a candidate for 3d printing. They had the thing up on a lift and were checking it out. Do the tires go under the car? When they actually got to work, the tires were 3" off the ground, where they should be.

That took two hours. Never again. Time to buy my own tire equipment.

Two friends, from college 40 years ago, called and said they were in town and wanted to stop by and say hi. I asked them what there plans were today to try and find out how much time we had. His wife says the only thing she wants to do is go for a ride in the DeLorean:8)

So after Dim Sum for lunch we went back to the house. They took 20 photos or so and then both husband and wife giggled like little girls when I took them on a ride.

Then felt bad because it was so dirty I took it to the Car Wash.

Washed the exterior, vacuumed the interior, changed the oil, put in some fuel stabilizer and put it away for winter storage.

Finished my BMW e36 window seal mod on the passenger side with an improved fastener design. Also re adjusted the driver door locks that have been giving my issues lately, Decided to to with the front door lock rod for a while to see if that helps.

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Originally Posted by rdarlington

Made the mistake of going to PepBoys to get tires. They did a fine job installing them. I saw one guy slam the rear louvers down hard. Did he think tires went in the engine bay? Another guy broke the plastic handle for my hood release. Did he think that would open the inner engine cover? I'll never see another one of those again, but it's a candidate for 3d printing. They had the thing up on a lift and were checking it out. Do the tires go under the car? When they actually got to work, the tires were 3" off the ground, where they should be.

That took two hours. Never again. Time to buy my own tire equipment.

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Or you could just do as I do - take all the wheels off yourself and take only the wheels/tires to whomever you're going to have mounting the new tires. Also, it's best to avoid the chain places and find an old-school local mom/pop type of place with a machine that doesn't make direct contact with the wheel. It may take some calling around to find the right place in your area, but given the experience you just had, I'm sure you'll agree that it is well worth the effort! Live and learn.

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Originally Posted by NightFlyer

Or you could just do as I do - take all the wheels off yourself and take only the wheels/tires to whomever you're going to have mounting the new tires. Also, it's best to avoid the chain places and find an old-school local mom/pop type of place with a machine that doesn't make direct contact with the wheel. It may take some calling around to find the right place in your area, but given the experience you just had, I'm sure you'll agree that it is well worth the effort! Live and learn.

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Big +1 on this. I just bring the wheels in. They can mount and balance without ever touching the car. I don't trust anyone but myself and the other local owners to do anything on it, which explains why I still haven't gotten the alignment I know I need. I don't even like letting the smog place touch it for 10 minutes every other year, but I really don't have much choice there.

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Originally Posted by jawn101

Big +1 on this. I just bring the wheels in. They can mount and balance without ever touching the car. I don't trust anyone but myself and the other local owners to do anything on it, which explains why I still haven't gotten the alignment I know I need. I don't even like letting the smog place touch it for 10 minutes every other year, but I really don't have much choice there.

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+2

I had tires done this spring and I just took the wheels in separately. They still managed to lose my DMC chrome valve stem caps though. I guess next time I'll have to remove those too.

I also had to make certain that the clerk wrote 'sticky weights only' on the work order so I wouldn't come back and find my wheel paint ruined by those stupid hammer on lead weights on the outer lip.

Not today, but on Saturday a bunch of NCDMC guys were invited to display our cars at the Sacramento Korean Festival. It was a great time - we rarely get to do shows where we feel comfortable abandoning the cars and enjoying the rest of the event, but this one was really different. Thanks to Ryan and his family for organizing it and inviting us!

Some photos...

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...1&d=1382365050

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...2&d=1382365057

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...3&d=1382365064

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...4&d=1382365073

http://dmctalk.org/attachment.php?at...0&d=1382365044

Sorry for the mediocre quality on that last one. It's a scan of a real photo printed at the event and might just be my favorite picture from a car show ever.