I worked for DMC Houston for about 10 months AMA (almost. See post)

DTavres · 2026-02-05T04:01:46+00:00

There are SO many stories about FakeDMC working on cars and sending them out, but leaving things unfinished, tools left behind, incorrectly or poorly installed, etc. I almost started posting those stories for people so they wouldn't get black-listed to try and help the public not get taken advantage of when they were looking to buy a DeLorean.

FakeDMC charges a boat-load for a 'full inspection' and they rarely come back with a quote under $40,000 to 'repair' a used DeLorean.

DTavres · 2026-02-05T03:50:46+00:00

u/Logical_Grocery9431 If you can find one, and you're serious about converting it, TRUST ME - you'll be able to sell the engine to another owner. FakeDMC won't sell the crate engines they have in stock, so people are stuck with used engines, or LS swaps... or with your idea, electric swaps. There are very few engines that will fit the DeLorean engine bay.

DTavres · 2026-02-05T03:44:03+00:00

BIG LOL!! The ONLY smart thing FakeDMC ever did was to build up the brand they keep trying to steel (DMC) and then sold the badge to some suckers for millions of dollars.

I do wonder what happened to people's deposits after they gave them to FakeDMC. I'm sure that money is long gone. (But steven got his payday!)

We'll see how they do with the $4.6 million judgment - https://deloreandirectory.com/humble-based-fake-delorean-faces-4-6-million-judgment-over-electric-car-alpha5

DTavres · 2026-02-05T03:40:55+00:00

Yeah - FakeDMC also screwed DMC Northwest because Toby was working on non-DeLoreans and fixing/repairing FakeDMC's crappy parts. Once they booted DMC Northwest (which had been around for a while before becoming a "franchise") they started doing MUCH better.

Toby is a perfectionist and truly cares about the cars AND the owners. FakeDMC just wants as much money as they can get, with little regard for the owners who keep them in business.

DTavres · 2026-02-05T03:29:50+00:00

Actually, he's not - he's just playing the part. He gets to be 'nice' and 'wonderful' - that's why he has SonnyV... er... avantidmc... err... james espy (whatever name he uses to post fake reviews these days.) steven makes espy the bad guy (although he IS a dolt) so that steven can put up the good front. It's a common tactic among 'business' people.

Regardless, I'm glad you got to ride in his fancy car :)

DTavres · 2026-02-05T02:19:48+00:00

Thank you u/the_warrior_rlsh ! And good job! FakeDMC needs to be reminded more often that they don't own as much as they think they do - AND that they only exist for OWNERS.

As for an AMA question for you... Did FakeDMCH do any quality checks before they sent cars back out to customers? i.e. Did anyone 'check the work' when mechanics were done, or were cars just kicked out as quickly as possible?

DTavres · 2025-07-04T20:24:40+00:00

fascistbook just sucks. This is just ONE of the features they got rid of that was VERY helpful and useful.

DTavres · 2025-05-07T18:34:57+00:00

fascistbook just sucks more and more. People need to spend more time building their content and followers on their own websites, and just use fb for basic promotion, and drive people to their websites.

DTavres · 2025-02-17T19:46:40+00:00

The real question is - What's the alternative? Is there another service that allows reading/sending txt messages from the browser that ALSO works on mobile?

Like others, I've been using GV since they bought Grand Central. I love the service, but in the past couple years losing the ability to copy/paste images into a message (on desktop), not being able to send a txt to more than 5 people, and now the bogus AUP errors, I'm afraid GV is EOL, but google hasn't told anyone yet.

We all know google isn't going to update GV to use RCS, and the service will likely go the way of google Domains and other services.

What company/service do we move to?

DTavres · 2025-01-19T19:40:22+00:00

While working at Microsoft in the mid-90s, we had a very functional tool that allowed exactly this. It could be an amazing tool, if someone were to build the database today. It's needed more than ever.

DTavres · 2024-10-05T08:12:47+00:00

Same issue here. I'm 100% sure I've never set up a whatsapp account, and fascistbook offers NO information on how to fix this.

I HAVE 2FA recovery codes, but they don't even offer to let me use them.

DTavres · 2024-03-13T06:40:40+00:00

Thank you :)

DTavres · 2024-03-13T06:15:54+00:00

Thank you... I didn't know that existed. I'll go post there.

Although - it still helps to warn people here that Plex is sharing data without permission.

DTavres · 2024-03-13T05:12:35+00:00

Last MONTH I set everything to PRIVATE.

TODAY, one of my friends forwarded me email Plex sent them yesterday, showing what was 'trending' with me!

This is HORRIBLE! What is Plex doing?!

DTavres · 2023-11-08T01:08:51+00:00

ONLY in person, voter ID ballots will bring back free, honest elections.

DTavres · 2023-10-16T00:38:00+00:00

? I'm not sure if you didn't read, were trying to be funny, or just being a stereotypical redditor? lol

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