by jamesrguk » Sat Aug 24, 2019 2:08 pm
Whilst I agree most DeLorean people are odd, as proven by the members on here, I don't mind the attention the car gets, granted there's the odd idiot, but on the whole I think it's great and people are just excited to see one on the road.
I don't agree with those who feel some sort of right to 'save' a car from it's owner, and whilst it is frustrating to any car enthusiast to see something go to waste, it is someones property and up to them to do as they please with it.
I had an old friend and his father had a habit of buying nice cars taking a few bits off then abandoning them in the garden to be reclaimed by nature, I remember a DB3 with a bush growing through it next to a Lotus Elan and an old Alvis, quite some site, but that's his choice.
When I went to the NEC in 1997 and Chris Parnham took me for a spin round the car park in his DeLorean, that gave me the final nudge and set me firmly on the path to ownership, I like to offer the same opportunty to other enthusiasts where I can.
I have my car out and about a fair bit, I was at Sainsbury's the other day and a chap and his girlfriend asked is they could get a picture with the car, I said of course and said don't just stand in front of it and I popped open he door and told him to get behind the wheel. A few photos later they left beaming from ear to ear and I was happy another person had got the buzz that I got when I 1st sat in Chris's DeLorean all those years ago.
J