In less than 23 hours, I will be down in Wichita inspecting and taking delivery of the car. Ran into some possible problems today, as the parts that were sent to the owner made it down there, but I do not know if he installed the angle drive to fix the speedometer. He is going […]
Today I had my second lesson on “How to drive a manual transmission car for dummies” and it went rather well. I was able to catch on much quicker today, and only stalled the car a few times, mainly on inclines at an intersection. Thats something I will have to practice, but is not of […]
Well today was my first lesson on how to drive a manual transmission. Yes, I bought a car before I knew how to drive it. However, as I still have 3 days before I pick the car up, I have some time to learn. It has been something I have always wanted to learn, and […]
Just came back from the insurance agent where I had my policy set up to begin on Saturday, July 2nd. This will be the first day I am driving the car, and the first day on the adventure back to Niagara Falls. The insurance actually worked out to a lower cost than what I was […]
Its official now. The transportation method for this car from Kansas to its soon to be new home in New York will be the hands on driving experience. A friend will be going down with me on July 2nd to pick the car up. We will be flying into Kansas City via Delta Airlines, renting […]
Ok, so I did it. Actually I did it yesterday. I was bidding on a car on eBay and won. Even though I knew what I was doing, I was still shocked to have had it happen. I was in a state of shock for the entire day, and never had a chance to post […]
Today I called up my current insurance company, Allstate, again. I talked to a girl who was extremely rude and basically blew off my request. She said she would call back with a quote in a few hours, and six hours later still nothing. So, per a recommendation from the DML I tried Farmers insurance. […]
So today I called up State Farm (which seems to be one of the few insurance companies that covers daily driver DeLoreans) and was quoted a fee of $965 every 6 months. I tried to call my current insurance company, AllState, but my rep was out for the day. Will try again with them tomorrow. […]
Well, I checked out the eBay auctions today and there were a few new listings. One was for a car in California that had one owner, 33k miles, and has been stored for 8+ years. They had a buy it now of $8,200 on the car. I figured by the time I added shipping and […]
This weekend I traveled on a 3 1/2 hour adventure to Grand Bend, Ontario. We met there with several DeLorean owners in a meet put together by Marv from the DeLorean Mailing List. Everybody was extremely nice and supportive, and I received plenty of information from the owners. I have a list started of maintenance […]