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From: ceby2_at_csc.com <(ceby2_at_csc.com)>
Date: Sat Feb 16 11:38:06 2002

If you go motoring in the DeLorean, just remember to bring heavy weather
gear. DeLoreans have many less than admirable qualities to compliment their
geek-appeal. They leak from every passenger compartment related gasket and
seal -- especially the windscreen. They have the go of a Volvo wagon --
because that's where they got the engine (not that this was such a bad
thing in 1981-2) just don't try any Porche slaying. They also have
unreliable cooling systems. This has nothing to do with the location of the
engine. It's because the radiators up front and the lines running back to
front corrode with breath-taking speed and performance.... almost that of a
Volvo wagon.

I became overly intimate with the long dead marque, when a flatmate ( full
time truck mechanic) took such a beast on as a side project. It haunted the
driveway for six months, making it damned awkward to get my Kawasaki in and
out of it's paddock. Can't say he ever had a kind word for the stainless
steel lawn ornament. He was just glad someone was giddy enough to want it
fixed up. The DeLorean's owner got well and truly milked. My flatmate used
is ne're do well gains to got well and truly sauced.

I can, as a result, say that if you wanted to get a computer into a
DeLorean -- you'll require the upgraded shink-a-matic ray gun. The standard
model would never hack it.

Colin Eby
Senior Consultant
CSC Consulting




On Fri, 15 Feb 2002, Christopher Smith wrote:

> Well, provided you could fill some of it up with boards and disks,
> in such a way that it would function as a computer, the DeLorian
> itself may be considered a REAL computer, since it has wheels, and
> a sufficiently large case.

  Real computer or not, it is one of the most impressive cars I've ever
sat in. One of my geek friends owns one, and has promised me that the
next time he runs it He'll give me a ride. I have every hope of
upgrading that ticket to a chance to drive it.
  Just getting in the driver's seat is sweet. In the immortal words of
my auto-dealer grandfather, "It makes yer butt laugh just sittin in it!"

     Doc, who didn't see any straw-holder either.
Received on Sat Feb 16 2002 - 11:38:06 GMT