What have you done to your DeLorean today?

[Bitsyncmaster]

Drove the car 100 miles today. Had a buzzing sound that I think was the back of the drivers door but did not hear it on the way home. I'm sure the door was fully latched.

My running with the deceleration valves plugged still undershoots the RPM (drops to 500 RPM but quickly recovers). Not sure I will leave those plugged but will play with my software some more. Also have some hard starts sometimes. The hard starts may not be related but will keep playing.

Car runs good with the new LCAs and new tires. LCAs (or bushings) took out steering wheel vibration I had above 50 MPH.

Found my drivers side center vent must be disconnected. Not much air flow from that one.

[NightFlyer]

Drove the car 100 miles today. Had a buzzing sound that I think was the back of the drivers door but did not hear it on the way home. I'm sure the door was fully latched.

My running with the deceleration valves plugged still undershoots the RPM (drops to 500 RPM but quickly recovers). Not sure I will leave those plugged but will play with my software some more. Also have some hard starts sometimes. The hard starts may not be related but will keep playing.

Car runs good with the new LCAs and new tires. LCAs (or bushings) took out steering wheel vibration I had above 50 MPH.

Found my drivers side center vent must be disconnected. Not much air flow from that one.

Sounds like Dave is getting his car ready for the trek to DCS

[Michael]

Took my DeLorean to a local cruise Saturday afternoon/evening and parked directly across from about a dozen or so Corvettes that were lined up like soldiers. They didn't seem too pleased as their cars were hardly noticed and my one DeLorean got all the attention. And, of course, many, many photos were taken. I was so busy talking to people, I never did get a chance to eat.

Don't ya just love it when something like this happens? Hee, Hee!

The Delorean has always been the red headed step child of any car meet. The other participants hate them because in their eyes the Delorean can't hold a candle to their (insert cookie cutter muscle car here) and has no place taking up real estate next to their version of what their childhood should have looked like.

To add insult to injury, any attention that gets bestowed upon one of these Corvettmoparamarostangs is quickly redacted once they lay eyes upon your tribute to "Hey, they made cool cars past 1973 too". They must witness lens caps being discarded and pics of their cars being deleted to make more room on the card for your ride. The children instantly transform from "I'm bored, can we go get a funnel cake daddy?" to excitement upon seeing with their own eyes something that they can relate too. The fathers who are now 30-40 somethings quickly see there is a car here from thier own youth and not some handed down memory of their fathers. For many, its the first time they have seen a Delorean in person so they quickly begin goose stepping around every car that blocks their path to ultimate coolness and style.

This does not sit well with the balding, pot bellied, muscle car crowd. They gather around each other like a bunch of self absorbed high school girls and start with the catty comments. They wonder how the girl from band with braces got asked to the prom before any of them? It is beyond them how these lemmings could overlook their pride and joy to go gaga over a car that doesn't even have paint! It's just a matter of time before the more daring few of the bunch stroll over to give their 2 cents.....

"It's a piece of crap...probably trailered here."
"They won't go more than 85mph"
"It's supposed to have a 351 in it...This is obviously a kit car"
"Those doors are going to kill someone"

They then proceed back to their safe zone to ensure that their "Please look but don't touch" signs are still in place while you are allowing kids 5 through 65 to sit in yours and have their picture taken with a big smile on their face.

Yeah car shows can be fun sometimes.

[Lenny]

Very Well Written.

I can't think of anything to add. We should print this out and have it at car shows

I am in awe of some of my favorite cars when I'm at a show Mercedes Gull Wings New and Old, Bugatti Veyron, 1963 Corvette Split window. But, I don't go around bad mouthing the other cars. It's hard to have something good at a show I know how much work it takes. How can I talk bad about someone's hard work and expense.

I've been lucky with my car, I was able to buy a nice one so I don't have to do a lot of work to go to a show. When someone complements me on my car I tell them I don't deserve the complement as much as someone who had to rebuild their DeLorean from the ground up with all the time and expense that entails.

The Delorean has always been the red headed step child of any car meet. The other participants hate them because in their eyes the Delorean can't hold a candle to their (insert cookie cutter muscle car here) and has no place taking up real estate next to their version of what their childhood should have looked like.

To add insult to injury, any attention that gets bestowed upon one of these Corvettmoparamarostangs is quickly redacted once they lay eyes upon your tribute to "Hey, they made cool cars past 1973 too". They must witness lens caps being discarded and pics of their cars being deleted to make more room on the card for your ride. The children instantly transform from "I'm bored, can we go get a funnel cake daddy?" to excitement upon seeing with their own eyes something that they can relate too. The fathers who are now 30-40 somethings quickly see there is a car here from thier own youth and not some handed down memory of their fathers. For many, its the first time they have seen a Delorean in person so they quickly begin goose stepping around every car that blocks their path to ultimate coolness and style.

This does not sit well with the balding, pot bellied, muscle car crowd. They gather around each other like a bunch of self absorbed high school girls and start with the catty comments. They wonder how the girl from band with braces got asked to the prom before any of them? It is beyond them how these lemmings could overlook their pride and joy to go gaga over a car that doesn't even have paint! It's just a matter of time before the more daring few of the bunch stroll over to give their 2 cents.....

"It's a piece of crap...probably trailered here."
"They won't go more than 85mph"
"It's supposed to have a 351 in it...This is obviously a kit car"
"Those doors are going to kill someone"

They then proceed back to their safe zone to ensure that their "Please look but don't touch" signs are still in place while you are allowing kids 5 through 65 to sit in yours and have their picture taken with a big smile on their face.

Yeah car shows can be fun sometimes.

[robvanderveer]

Very Well Written.
I can't think of anything to add. We should print this out and have it at car shows

I'd seriously advice against doing that on a show where you will be surrounded by non-DeLorean car owners. Unless you intend to die young.

[Mark D]

Did a wedding surprise for the groom!

Then stopped at a park

I can't get over how awesome your car looks with RWL tires and wide black stripes. I've probably commented before, but for some reason this combo always grabs my attention. The rest of the car looks great too.

[Lenny]

I'd seriously advice against doing that on a show where you will be surrounded by non-DeLorean car owners. Unless you intend to die young.

I meant that as a joke

[Michael]

I'd seriously advice against doing that on a show where you will be surrounded by non-DeLorean car owners. Unless you intend to die young.

Statements like this assume the Delorean owner Iis a little helpless baby bird incapable of defending themselves. Those assumptions would be inaccurate.

[Mark D]

The Delorean has always been the red headed step child of any car meet. The other participants hate them because in their eyes the Delorean can't hold a candle to their (insert cookie cutter muscle car here) and has no place taking up real estate next to their version of what their childhood should have looked like.

To add insult to injury, any attention that gets bestowed upon one of these Corvettmoparamarostangs is quickly redacted once they lay eyes upon your tribute to "Hey, they made cool cars past 1973 too". They must witness lens caps being discarded and pics of their cars being deleted to make more room on the card for your ride. The children instantly transform from "I'm bored, can we go get a funnel cake daddy?" to excitement upon seeing with their own eyes something that they can relate too. The fathers who are now 30-40 somethings quickly see there is a car here from thier own youth and not some handed down memory of their fathers. For many, its the first time they have seen a Delorean in person so they quickly begin goose stepping around every car that blocks their path to ultimate coolness and style.

This does not sit well with the balding, pot bellied, muscle car crowd. They gather around each other like a bunch of self absorbed high school girls and start with the catty comments. They wonder how the girl from band with braces got asked to the prom before any of them? It is beyond them how these lemmings could overlook their pride and joy to go gaga over a car that doesn't even have paint! It's just a matter of time before the more daring few of the bunch stroll over to give their 2 cents.....

"It's a piece of crap...probably trailered here."
"They won't go more than 85mph"
"It's supposed to have a 351 in it...This is obviously a kit car"
"Those doors are going to kill someone"

They then proceed back to their safe zone to ensure that their "Please look but don't touch" signs are still in place while you are allowing kids 5 through 65 to sit in yours and have their picture taken with a big smile on their face.

Yeah car shows can be fun sometimes.

You nailed it pretty well I think... I've experienced this a few times at shows, the most recent being this past Saturday. A bunch of local car guys meet up every weekend in the Wendy's parking lot and I decided to stop by with the DeLorean. I parked at the end of a row and started wandering around to look at other cars. While checking out a very nice '64 GTO I oveheard a guy start trashing the my car and John DeLorean. I wasn't all that surprised until I found out it was the owner of the GTO that was doing the trash talking! How someone could own an early GTO and be that obivious to its origins and DeLorean's involvement? I couldn't hear everything the guy was saying, but the last thing I caught was him say 'He finally killed himself a few years ago." I was floored and had no idea what to say. I just kept on walking around and looking at other cars while a few people posed with the DeLorean to have their picture taken. I still can't believe it.

[robvanderveer]

I meant that as a joke

me too