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8ender posted:If this doesn't pan out you need to look into Italian cars if you're going to find something less reliable Like, maybe a Fiat? Maybe one of their subsidiaries would have something that might interest him. 
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Raluek posted:Like, maybe a Fiat? Maybe one of their subsidiaries would have something that might interest him. I know he's just been delivered a fusion of American and Italian ingenuity but I mean something thoroughly Italian like my co-workers Lambo that managed to flatten its battery and not start again for 2 weeks in a shop afterwards because he left the radio on with the door open for a half hour.
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May 4, 2015 06:58
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Congrats on finally getting the new car!
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That car is beautiful man. Fantastic colour.
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8ender posted:I know he's just been delivered a fusion of American and Italian ingenuity but I mean something thoroughly Italian like my co-workers Lambo that managed to flatten its battery and not start again for 2 weeks in a shop afterwards because he left the radio on with the door open for a half hour. The last time Das Volk touched a Lamborghini, it had to be towed home.
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Well lets just say I'm waiting to see how this one turns out.
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Coredump posted:Well lets just say I'm waiting to see how this one turns inside out.
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Considering this car is going into Death Valley for its first major trip, it could get interesting. I would like recommendations on places to see in the southwest - we're going to be following the old route 66 for a bit, do the extraterrestrial highway, and Zion/Bryce. Points of interest or favorite parks out there would be great to know about.
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Das Volk posted:Considering this car is going into Death Valley for its first major trip, it could get interesting. I would like recommendations on places to see in the southwest - we're going to be following the old route 66 for a bit, do the extraterrestrial highway, and Zion/Bryce. Points of interest or favorite parks out there would be great to know about. Load up on water and non-perishable food.
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Das Volk posted:Considering this car is going into Death Valley for its first major trip, it could get interesting. I would like recommendations on places to see in the southwest - we're going to be following the old route 66 for a bit, do the extraterrestrial highway, and Zion/Bryce. Points of interest or favorite parks out there would be great to know about. I like US 60 across New Mexico. Tight and twisty on the border, then a completely straight line through the Very Large Array. An old sign out in front of the VLA used to list speeding fines up to 100MPH over the limit. You read that right: posted fines up to 155MPH. At or around the end of that is I-25 and The Owl Bar in San Antonio, NM, home of the best Green Chile Cheeseburger in the world. I was gonna recommend driving up Highway 666, but they renamed it to Highway 461. It has Mesa Verde and some other cool stuff on it. Chaco canyon, Acoma Pueblo, and other old Native Amercian sites are all out in that neck of the woods, too. And almost no police of any kind.
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Das Volk posted:Considering this car is going into Death Valley for its first major trip, it could get interesting. I would like recommendations on places to see in the southwest - we're going to be following the old route 66 for a bit, do the extraterrestrial highway, and Zion/Bryce. Points of interest or favorite parks out there would be great to know about. Make sure you do it on Friday the 13th.
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Das Volk posted:Considering this car is going into Death Valley for its first major trip, it could get interesting. I Last Will and Testament.
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Das Volk posted:Wow what a machine. Looks like the interior's pretty similar, oh hey it's got a numbered badge! I missed the announcement of this thread, but I am going to be looking forward to any and all updates with anticipation. This photo and emot will be your
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Das Volk posted:Considering this car is going into Death Valley for its first major trip, it could get interesting. I would like recommendations on places to see in the southwest - we're going to be following the old route 66 for a bit, do the extraterrestrial highway, and Zion/Bryce. Points of interest or favorite parks out there would be great to know about. http://www.arizonaroadadventures.com/CoronadoTrail.html I just did this road last weekend with a group of 40-50 cars. It was a great ride.
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Das Volk posted:Considering this car is going into Death Valley for its first major trip, it could get interesting. I would like recommendations on places to see in the southwest - we're going to be following the old route 66 for a bit, do the extraterrestrial highway, and Zion/Bryce. Points of interest or favorite parks out there would be great to know about. Arches national park is awesome too. The hikes are cool and there's plenty to see from the car as well.
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May 5, 2015 16:53
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If you're passing through Vegas, hit me up. I wanna see this car.
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May 5, 2015 17:31
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Awesome color. Hopefully it's better built than all your other american cars.
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Sten Freak posted:Arches national park is awesome too. The hikes are cool and there's plenty to see from the car as well. I made this suggestion to him in the chat thread. Arches is awesome
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 quote:2014 SRT Viper Break-in quote:2015 Dodge Viper Break-In
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So when can you do a burnout???
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Looks like they forgot to add for the 2014 model: Dealership employees: At 500.1 miles, please do not do neutral drops or burnouts in the parking lot
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Bape Culture posted:So when can you do a burnout??? I'd say "immediately."
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It doesn't say you can't accelerate the engine gently to 3500RPM and then drop the clutch.
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Can't wait to the color on this thing in real life. Hopefully I'll actually end up seeing it before it succumbs to your curse.
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We had a rare bad weather day so I really didn't get any great pictures, but I did get in some break-in miles. I'm very carefully following the break-in procedure, and it helps that the roads around here let you carry silly speed without really trying. This was what I really expected when I bought the Viper the first time around though. The TA 2.0 is a vast collection of little improvements and tweaks over the base model. The Bilsteins ride much better than stock, the car handles noticeably better, the brakes are much stronger, everything about it is dialed up 10-20%. Even the base stereo is a huge improvement. Anyway, the one decent picture from today - Anyone wanna guess what this is? 
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That is the best loving color.
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That's a jumper wire for an auxiliary port somewhere in the instrument panel harness, manufactured by Fiat, it fits 2013 through 2015 Vipers. I'd tell you more but my wiring diagram source doesn't cover cars that new. Since it doesn't appear to have a connector on the far end, I'm guessing it's not an ESC or ABS disable cable, probably a plugin power port pigtail for hard wiring a radar detector? 
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kastein posted:a plugin power port pigtail for hard wiring a radar detector? We have a winner!
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kastein posted:That's a jumper wire for an auxiliary port somewhere in the instrument panel harness, manufactured by Fiat, it fits 2013 through 2015 Vipers. I'd tell you more but my wiring diagram source doesn't cover cars that new. Since it doesn't appear to have a connector on the far end, I'm guessing it's not an ESC or ABS disable cable, probably a plugin power port pigtail for hard wiring a radar detector?  And I thought I was a sperg.
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When I read wiring diagram source I wasn't thinking a reference volume, but more some shady back alley electrical engineer deal.
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Quite A Tool posted:
So you've met Kastein, I see.
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some texas redneck posted:
What? A man needs to read something in bed before going to sleep.
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 What a loving apocalyptic sound that thing makes. It feels like the end of the world is outside the windows. If I had the cash on hand, I ... let's be real. I wouldn't buy one. I would be dead within the week. Thanks for the ride earlier today -- glad to have gotten it while all the rods are still inside! Enjoy the road trip.
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Christ that is a beautiful machine.
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Goddamn that color is beautiful. If you ever decide to roll through Arkansas for some ungodly reason, let me know. I'd love to shoot some photos of that thing 
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Yeah, that blue looks incredible. The TA is the sweet spot between streetability and performance for Vipers. On the extreme end:  
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The asymmetry of that stripe makes me twitch. This picture, though, captures my question -- what does the blue look like in real life? In the pictures you posted, DV, the car looks like a pastel blue (like an original '90 blue Miata that has faded), but in the picture above and what The Linux Fairy posted, it looks like it may have a darker depth to it that could be quite awesome... does it have somewhat of a shift in person?
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meatpimp posted:The asymmetry of that stripe makes me twitch. It's been really hard to capture the color, to the eye it looks much darker. Doing HDR with my phone makes it look much brighter so I'm pretty sure that there's some color shift going on, it reminds me of Santorini Blue on BMWs but different somehow. Linux Fairy made a good point yesterday using Clarkson as an example, that what can be said about cars above a certain level is undifferentiated. Looking at the specs for the ACR, I find it difficult to imagine something faster still, and the analog nature of the car really takes it into uncharted territory for most drivers. The Linux Fairy posted:What a loving apocalyptic sound that thing makes. It feels like the end of the world is outside the windows. You're welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed it, hopefully this one is going to last.
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That color is perfect. Does the V10 require unicorn piss in terms of oil?
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BrokenKnucklez posted:That color is perfect. Does the V10 require unicorn piss in terms of oil? Not as high a price as the BMW Castrol TWS for M cars, but there's an "SRT formula" called Pennzoil Ultra. I'm not sure how it differs from other oils but there's some certification level it has that others don't. I'm taking the "early and often" option for oil changes, it's getting one at 500 miles tomorrow before we set off.
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