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From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Sat Feb 16 17:08:55 2002

On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 ceby2_at_csc.com wrote:

> 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.
>
>
>
>

M. K. Peirce

Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island

"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
              
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