DeLorean Stories

Submission Guidelines

• Only current and former DeLorean owner stories will be accepted.
  
• Start the recording with: Your name, your VIN, your current city and state. (i.e. “Hi, I’m Doc Brown. VIN #05261, and I live in Hill Valley, CA, and this is my DeLorean story…”)
  
• Only submit one story per recording.
  • If you have several stories, submit them separately. Multiple submissions are welcome, but may not be published right away so we can feature a variety of owners.
    
• Time limit. Recordings must be 20 minutes or less.
  • Submissions longer than 20 minutes will not be accepted. If your recording runs long, please edit it down before submitting.

Recording 101

• Pick the right story. Think about a story you’ve told before, or that others would enjoy hearing. Tell your story about DeLorean ownership, not someone else’s.
  • Keep it tight. Prepare ahead of time by writing down bullet points you want to get across.
    
• Watch your language. Don’t swear, don’t be crude, and don’t bad-mouth other people, shops, vendors, clubs, or owners.
  
• Pick the right recording environment. Choose an environment that helps produce a high-quality recording on your mobile device.
  • Record in a quiet room. Avoid fans and background noise.
  • Use the voice recording app on your smartphone.
  • Silence your ringer and notifications.
  • Place the phone on a table in front of you, and tap record.
  • Don’t touch or move the phone until you’re finished. (This helps avoid microphone bumps, rubbing noises, and uneven audio.)
    
• Do a short test recording. Record yourself for about 1 minute, telling your story, then play it back to yourself.
  • Listen for background noise, echoes, or other things that distract from your voice.
  • If you need to, put your phone on a stack of books, closer to your mouth.
  • Compare your playback audio to what you hear on other speech recordings.
    
• Telling your story. Your story will sound more natural if you pretend you’re telling it to another person – or by actually having someone sit with you while you record and tell them the story.