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    Dissident lenders gave up...

    I think we would have been much better off allowing the automakers to enter bankruptcy, and I think the ripple effect would have been relatively minor. The last estimate I saw was 1.2 million people would have been out of work if the automakers had all completely collapsed (which wouldn't have...
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    Dissident lenders gave up...

    There was never any doubt that Chrysler would go into bankruptcy and the government knew it. Getting the taxpayers on the hook was just a way to give the government leverage when it came to the actual proceedings and, I must say, elicit responses such as yours to cover their crime. Bankruptcy...
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    Dissident lenders gave up...

    Terrible. We would have been much better off if Chrysler had gone into bankruptcy without a dime of taxpayer money (it wouldn't have been chapter 7). These creditors are entitled BY LAW to $1.00 on the dollar. They didn't get greedy, they were simply following what the law stipulates in these...
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    DELIVERY-finally--ssg coupe w/white stripes

    Beautiful!! Looks better than the SSG/Black combo, IMO.
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    It's yours for only $110,300 !!!!

    They apparently can't add either. THAT's the dealership I want doing my paperwork for me. :rolleyes:
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    Best corsa price? ready to buy...

    2.99% here... all online sales. I actually went and double checked when I heard 5%. In the end only about 5% of our sales are AmEx so it doesn't really impact margins all that much verses V/MC.
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    08 Viper vs Vette comparison

    Works fine on my Mac (using Safari 3.1). You just have to make sure Silverlight is installed: Microsoft Silverlight: Light Up the Web Interestingly enough, Safari on the Mac is the only browser I tried that would actually play it all the way through. My Windows box (XP and Vista) crapped...
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    ACR in Top Gear magazine

    Even more annoyingly, they didn't put (W) beside the time and have apparently forgotten about it. On more than one occasion they've had some other sports car on a bone dry track run a little faster, and have commented on how it was faster than the Viper.
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    Best Personal Plate Ever

    Metallica did a song by that name. I don't know about Rush though. The original short story can also be found online.
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    Best Personal Plate Ever

    Hmm. Well, no H.P. Lovecraft fans here I see. Cthlulhu is the name of an ancient, evil demi-god in his stories. The name just goes so well with the plate's logo, the little hand-prints...
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    Best Personal Plate Ever

    Best plate ever? It's not Viper related, but...
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    My Plates Finally Came ! ! ! !

    A quick google would have revealed the significance of the designation...
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    Any 6''3 Viper owners?

    6'3", 180lbs. 1" seat lowering kit installed and it's perfect. Pedals are a little bit close even at full extension but I have long legs so you may be better or worse.
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    My Viper is a 5 speed....

    6th is usable from about 45mph. I use it all the time starting at about 50.
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    Hi

    You should be able to find an '03 for right around $50k with some searching. There's a low mileage silver '03 in the VCA classifieds for $50k, and a black '03 for $56k with a few mods, including motons! You shouldn't have any problem finding something.
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    New Gen 3 Mopar engine available!

    Re: The New Viper Crate Engine http://forums.viperclub.org/showthread.php?t=604255 :)
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    Road Hunting

    My '06 does that as well. On the right road it take both hands and complete concentration just to keep it in the lane... I've been worried once or twice about being pulled over for being "drunk".
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    what is the effect of 10% ethanol in premium?

    It can be state by state, or on a station by station basis where there is no state requirement. Here in Massachusetts I only have access to E10, so that's what I use. Generally stations will post the alcohol content of their fuel at the pump (and it may be required, I don't know); we have...
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    what is the effect of 10% ethanol in premium?

    It also pollutes more than pure gasoline, is more expensive to produce, has almost no net energy gain, and even if the entire land area of the United States were devoted to growing corn solely for ethanol use, we still wouldn't have enough to supply our fuel needs. Ethanol is a dead end; it...
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    what is the effect of 10% ethanol in premium?

    The lower MPG and HP from ethanol is very real, and has nothing to do with the octane and everything to do with lower energy content (gallon for gallon) of ethanol vs gasoline. Ethanol contains about 66% as much chemical energy as gasoline: 76,000 BTU/gallon (low heat value basis) vs 114,000...
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    Just curious...

    And with the Gen III came the run-flats, which I'm sure more than made up for the ABS. I'd be willing to bet that even with 600hp we'll see far fewer "fatal crash" threads that involve the '08s.
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    First Viper... First Impressions

    *shrug* I sure didn't pay for different rear gears. It lugs a bit in 6th at 50mph (still at nearly 1000 rpm if I remember correctly) but as long as I don't need to accelerate in a hurry it does OK for cruising. The drone at that speed gets old quick though. As for the gearbox, what can I say...
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    First Viper... First Impressions

    I read that one when you posted it. I hadn't actually noticed the difference between the pedels until you pointed it out, but now it bugs the hell out of me! :) I plan to! Those and the Motons I'm hoping will make a big difference. Just have to give Chuck a call...
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    First Viper... First Impressions

    Well it's been just over a week since Woodhouse dropped off my first Viper. I've been reading this forum for several years now and I thought I knew what to expect from the beast. In almost every instance, however, I was wrong. I had seen the SRT before (from a distance) but never driven or...

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