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    Top Gear Viper video

    I hadn't seen it before and I follow the show. I was wondering where the slow track time came from. Too bad they didn't run it on dry pavement. I would to see what the Stig could have squeezed out of it.
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    Top 10 Tips to Driving the Viper?

    #1 Pay extra attention to your surroundings. Exterior visibility in the RT10 is the worst of any car I have driven. Your chances of missing the presence of a cop car or radar trap are very good and the car is an attention magnet so the cop won't miss you. The low roof line and puny side windows...
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    Auto Trader Viper Scam

    So Hardviper are you saying the above was an attempted ripoff using Ebay? I thought the service the Ebay offers actually was escrow.com. When I used escrow.com I wired my money direct from my bank to the Bank of America branch they used and no Western Union or other third party service was...
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    Auto Trader Viper Scam

    I used Escrow.com for my purchase. Ebay supports them as well I think. Whether the car is what he says it is or not, a buyer doesn't have to accept it, and the seller doesn't get his money unless the vehicle passes inspection. BUT, if you check their site, the buyer is typically responsible for...
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    Looking for a higher mileage 97-98GTS

    Have you posted on Viper Alley? There are some guys there who don't frequent this board that might have a line on something like what you are after.
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    guys does bilstein make a suspension for a 1998 gts viper

    Bilsteins's colors ARE powder blue and yellow but they don't own this combination. I snooped around but could find no mention of any Bilstein shocks available for any Dodge other than trucks. They could have offered something a few years ago and just dropped them off their books when they...
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    guys need advice between 1999 gts and a 1998 gts

    $11,000? I'll take two please. What is the actual price of the 99? I am with you on the red with silver. All things being equal that color combo is far more desirable. The big thing about the 99 is the jump to 18" wheels but if that isn't important to you, get the one you think is prettier. You...
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    How the hell do people get in and out of their RT10 without looking goofy?

    No jokes about me looking goofy all the time, since none of you have seen me. There are no car entry instructions in the manual :D I am amazed at how bad the access is with the hard top on. I am a towering 5'8" and I can barely screw myself into the seat. The hard top wraps down so much it is...
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    More new buyer questions

    RT10. With a hard top they aren't a whole lot different car than a GTS. I prefer the GTS look a bit, but not with the top off. Click on RedEnuf93's picture gallery for some shots of a sharp looking RT10. He has one pic beside a GTS where you would have a tough time saying his RT wasn't the nicer...
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    whats with the mustang and vett bitches

    Mustang fingers are from envious twirps. Not sure about Vette people as I bet over half of all Viper owners are former Vette owners.
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    Went to the track today, results were bad

    You need more horsepower. You have taken a car that should finish the 1/4 in 3rd gear and made it a car that has to make that extra shift. With a good launch your time to 100mph is probably much better but you lose that plus more having to shift into 4th before the traps. Go back to stock gears...
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    More new buyer questions

    No bad years or "best" years but the newer you go the more features the car. The earliest models didn't have AC, no actual side windows, no ABS and less powerful engines. http://ivr.viperclub.org/features.php First thing is, GTS coupe vs R/T 10. That will narrow down the year a bit, as will how...
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    To Scam ...or not to Scam??

    Definitely scam. Overpayment and money back scams are pretty comon. Somehow the bank will temporarily honor the draft and then come back to you at a later date asking for their money back. Like the Nigerian widow scam, they always offer to throw extra $ at you hoping your greed will overrule...
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    Anyone replaced the carpet on the inside of their door panel?

    It will look great to begin with but wouldn't suede be more vulnerable to wear? That is why the door carpet goes hairy in the first place.
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    Anyone replaced the carpet on the inside of their door panel?

    Just the drivers leg or foot brushing constantly against that area entering and exiting. Plus it would be getting cleaned 10 times as often as the passenger door rag. The carpet on my driver's side looks like moss. The passenger side panel looks perfect. That is why I want to try to match the...
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    Any ideas for protecting the bottom of the front fascia from scraping?

    It looks like my car is going to have issues with the $hitty roads in my neighborhood and city. Potholes and frost heaves too frequent to always avoid. I am looking at the contact point with the lowest part of the front plastic and wondering about covering ground zero with something a little...
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    Anyone replaced the carpet on the inside of their door panel?

    Mine is looking pretty worn on the driver's side. It looks like it could maybe be coaxed off the panel without wrecking the vinyl on the top half of the door. Has anyone done this? Does Dodge sell the replacement carpet piece?
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    Finally an owner! Thanks Joseph Dell and the Palmer Dodge crew!

    Looking at their Viper selection have you noticed most of them are priced at $51,981.00? The prices are pretty good compared to some of the other dealers who move a lot of Vipers, or even some private asking prices.
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    Anyone put 3M or similar rockguard on their cars?

    I sort of thought it was worse on light colors. On my yelow Vette the very edge of the 3M would get a bit dirty after a while and eventually not be cleanable, except maybe by a detailer. I paid around $300 for a foot wide strip that ran from behind the front wheels to the very back "corners" of...
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    Anyone put 3M or similar rockguard on their cars?

    I had it on my Vette because where I live they use a lot of sand and finely crushed rock on the roads in the winter. It is well into the year before the roads are clear of it. The thing is, the plastic is not invisible, especially on the hood and looks as bad as small paint chips to me. Kind of...
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    Any experience with a Canadian Viper? Pass CA emissions? Metric to Miles?

    Re: Any experience with a Canadian Viper? Pass CA emissions? Metric to Mile Make certain advertise the old metric face guages on this site. There are a bunch of US car owners in Canada that will be interested in them. I would trade you mine except I am paranoid about doing anything with the...
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    1st Time Out Since Nov......PICS

    Lucky $hit. Edmonton just got 10" of snow last night :(
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    Any experience with a Canadian Viper? Pass CA emissions? Metric to Miles?

    Look at the asking prices for Vipers in Canada. www.trader.ca If you have a line on a good deal buy it and resell in Canada. The exchange rate will kill you coming the other way. A few years ago when the CDN dollar was .69 US it made sense but right now at around .87 there is no margin...
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    ROYAL PURPLE

    It may be true the synthetics don't break down the same way as conventional oils but depending on where you live you get condensation in an engine from cold weather operation so absence of mileage doesn't necessarily mean the oil is still fully functional. However I personally would not change...
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    Viper ACR Appraisal

    Where are you getting the car from Jay? What is the mileage? Are you committed to an ACR? They definitely got the better suspension setup for the track but is that what you are buying it for?

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