Delorean Etiquette

1. The Delorean DMC-12 is a motor car and was built to be driven. Prolonged idling is to be avoided, as it is cruel and contrary to its purpose. 
2. A DMC-12 is at least 40 years old today. Most other cars from that era have long since been recycled into beer cans or manhole covers. Back then, a car was generally built to last 10 years, a Rolls Royce 20. A healthy dose of forbearance and humility towards the old technology has proven its worth.
3. As an Delorean owner, you are an ambassador for the brand and the 80s, sometimes a missionary when it comes to wild rumours, but always the driver of one of the most charming vehicles on the planet. You can’t drive around in an Delorean and believe that nobody will take notice.
4. You simply have to touch an DMC-12! However annoying the finger taps and handprints may be, no one has ever caused any real damage simply by touching it. Anyone who drives their Delorean in public will have to come to terms with this, or simply leave the car in the garage – which, however, goes against the first commandment.
5. Questions about the FLUX compensator and aluminium bodywork should always be answered in a friendly manner. These questions usually mark the start of a pleasant exchange and a nice chat. Even if the question no longer seems exciting or thrilling to the person being asked for the 278th time, the person asking may be seeing and experiencing a real Delorean DMC-12 here and now for the first time in their life. Enhance this special moment with a smile and a few friendly words. They will thank you for it.
6. Don’t complain if your car breaks down. The DMC-12 has never been as good as it is today! However, if the car ever fails to do what it’s supposed to, cut your exotic car some slack. Even if much has been refurbished, parts replaced and extensive work carried out in all areas, the Delo is a classic car and has been plagued by faults and shortcomings right from the start. New technologies and meticulous refurbishments can achieve a great deal, but a car remains a car. With all its quirks and faults, but also with all the joys and the gift of creating unforgettable moments.
7. Don’t assume that driving a DMC-12 will boost your self-confidence. You’ll need to bring some of that with you to remain visible alongside your car.
8. Don’t expect social envy. A Delorean elicits nothing but enthusiasm, happy faces and thumbs-up gestures from its discerning admirers.
9. Driving and owning a DeLorean is still an adventure. Anyone who prefers to operate in a world of comprehensive insurance and full cover is in the wrong place here and should, please, fundamentally reconsider the idea of buying an exotic car.
10. A Delorean is always brilliant, and every Delorean is something special. With a DMC-12, you own an extraordinary and special piece of automotive history – and, ideally, a mobile cultural artefact – no matter how many faults, shortcomings, repair marks, dents or scratches it may bear. It is your Delorean and it is and remains wonderful.

A postscript for those who don’t like what I’ve said:

COMPLAINING DOESN’T MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. MAKING THINGS BETTER IS THE WAY FORWARD!

...and one last wise saying for today:

Be good to your Delo and it will be good to you too!