willgoldstone wrote:Seems they can’t verify mileage, which I’m not that worried about but also that it failed emissions tests all of last year. What do you lot think?
As james says above, mileage on a delorean is never accurate. When i got mine it read about 24k but the angle drive was shot. Going by the dial on the lambda its actual mileage was probably more around 40k and with some of the work ive seen done on my car (notably in the VOD) this wouldnt seem too far off a guess. Who knows but i aim to keep it working.
As for the emissons, this is likely why its being sold. In some states the emissions are far stricter than others and even more so than they are over here and theres not much the owner can do other than store it or sell it perhaps. Here we dont need the cat converter on it, there they do (which is why DPI sell their exhausts with cats). Its possible the cat isnt as efficient as it used to be. I would suggest you upgrade to a freeflow system anyway (sounds better and doesnt strangle the engine as much). If its not the cat, it could just need a tweek fuel wise. Either way, i wouldnt worry about it too much. Find a classic friendly MOT station and they wont even test emissions here