Vin 11766 Middle Eastern Car

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Re: Vin 11766 Middle Eastern Car

Postby bandit » Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:10 pm

I wouldn't touch self drive personally, especially with a D' of all things. As we all know, they take a little getting used to, someone WILL without doubt smack something with it.
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Postby kckoopa » Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:15 pm

bandit wrote:I wouldn't touch self drive personally, especially with a D' of all things. As we all know, they take a little getting used to, someone WILL without doubt smack something with it.


That's my worry too, but I'll give it a go until I chicken out! Hope I won't have to come back saying you all told me so!
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Re: Vin 11766 Middle Eastern Car

Postby arranj » Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:18 pm

Well at least you have a u.s.p.
I'm assuming you can get a fair bit for that too!

But, I would liken it a little bit to a hooker offering unprotected sex. Sooner or later something is going to fall off! :lol: Either your £500 a day customer is going to have the fuel pump fail on the M40, or as Julian says, that right front fender is going to get a whack.
Still I reckon you might get top dollar for it - lots of people ask about it all the time.
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Re: Vin 11766 Middle Eastern Car

Postby tourettes tony » Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:13 pm

well if it goes tits up, just buy yourself a can of petrol and a box of swan job done ;)
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Postby A Van » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:22 pm

Nice idea, niche market I think you might succeed!
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Re: Vin 11766 Middle Eastern Car

Postby MikeWard » Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:58 am

It would definitely be the only one available for self drive hire in the UK, I guess you could pretty much set your own price.

You're a brave man though, personally I wouldn't hire my car out self drive for any amount of money. It's not worth the risk in my eyes, and mine is a POS compared to your car.
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Re: Vin 11766 Middle Eastern Car

Postby willinot » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:12 pm

bandit wrote:. As we all know, they take a little getting used to


in fairness, providing you only drive in a straight line its not to scary! ;)

Where we are going we dont want corners.

Just make sure you have a LARGE deposit to help cover accident damage. Id love to do self drive hire but haven't got the balls and the thought of test pilots "trying" to wheel spin etc just makes me cry.

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Postby A Van » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:38 pm

There used to be one to hire in Scotland a few years ago
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Re: Vin 11766 Middle Eastern Car

Postby kckoopa » Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:43 pm

The company I'm hiring it out through seems to think it will do well and obviously the type of person who can afford it isn't really the test pilot that will ruin the car.
If it starts to look like its affecting the car I'll have to re-assess.
I tried for years to find one to drive myself and could never find anywhere that had one to hire so its definately a niche that needs filling and if it brings more people into the DeLorean clubs then at least it would raise the profile of the car.
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Re: Vin 11766 Middle Eastern Car

Postby marwood82 » Mon Sep 01, 2014 3:54 pm

seeing as this page hasn't changed since i took possession of 11766 i thought i'd update it.

first here are a couple of pics of her in her new habitat

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here at a local classic car show with us in the background sat around my mates VW camper


off the top of my head, here's a list of some of the work done in the last 12 months
(for most of which i have to thank Wolfgang Hank and Ed Uding!)

gear shift repaired (moving the stick was in effect moving the entire linkage making it almost impossible to get into first gear)
fog lights rewired as parking lights + red rear side reflectors replaced with amber ones.
vin number stamped on frame(at the German DVLA's insistence)
unspecified unspeakable things done to hand brake to make it worse(at German TUV's insistence!)
new stainless brakelines (to replace the stainless ones that were already there but didn't have a TUV stamp on them, thanks germany!)
new front wheel
new front lower control arm
new DMCE front springs
new radiator + fan cowling (my fault on some cobble stones)
new fuse box
new blower motor
new DMCE stainless roofbox
new AC low pressure switch
new rear wheel bearings
new stainless fuel lines
new injectors
new stereo

to do
do something (anything) to improve the brakes!
sort out the creaking/clunking coming from the front. (hopefully my new shocks will help)


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