1981 DeLorean DMC-12 review from North America

I bought the car right from a seventy five percent stage of restoration state, so it had many problems.

Knowing this I put so much aside for:

New fuel system, new cooling system,

tune-up, complete service, new power antenna.

It still needs a new dash and seat covers, a missing trim post on the door, torsion bar adjustment, new cassette player. But if you look at the big picture, how many cars can come out of being stored from 1985-2000 with a fuel tank of gas, oil, and still be able to be brought back, without any spot or sign of rust in the northern states.

I love the De Lorean! if I wasn't afraid of being in an accident or driving it in salted ground it would be my primary car. The car doesn't recive its well over due credit. I never had a problem, in the two years I have owned it in getting a signal part or having it serviced. Only one place messed the car up, but it since has been fixed and driven since March of 2003 without one major problem. great care has gone into my car.

The other side is.

The De Lorean seems to be released a little to early. Its almost a concept car, not finished yet. Many people remark on the low speed, or low performance on the De Lorean car. But they forget to notice that the

De Lorean was built under very different circumstances. The company only built the cars from 1981-1982, and other company's have been in the business much longer.

I never had one remark of the car without it being a good one. I hear people talk about it when I'm out eating, and they bring up the myths and smart remarks about time travel, or the misunderstood cocaine trial. But when they speak to me and have a decent conversation of cars their attitudes change, once they understand the facts not the myths.