DeTomaso Mailing List: September 2000, Message #191

Mike wrote -

Nolan,

Deloreans are technically interesting, and fairly well-built apparently.

They are also dog-slow and don't handle particularly well, due to
front/rear
weight distribution problems that are something like 30/70?

You'll get 180 hp on a good day, according to the period advertising.
Personally, I doubt it.

Renault gearbox.  Questions? :>)

Body should be immortal, assuming nobody runs into it.  Once they do,
how do
you fix it?  You see painted Deloreans every now and then--those are
cars
that got smashed up, couldn't be fixed neatly and had to be fixed with
"conventional" means (i.e. bondo and paint.)

As long as you view the Delorean as an alternative to a Honda Civic for
daily
driving to the store, then yes, I suppose it's reasonable.  But if
you're
viewing it as a performance car, then forget it--you'd be better off
hot-rodding your Civic! :>)

Mike

REPLY - -- -

I thot when Deloreans first came out, that they were offered in
stainless OR painted?
I believe red, white and possibly black were optional?
Could be wrong.

Phil