I always read stories of VCA members going out of their way to help out other members and just wanted to post a few examples of this all the way over here in Scotland.
Buying my Viper I knew there would be nowhere to take it if things went wrong, I knew I could do all the maintenance but was unsure what I would do if things broke that I didnt know how to fix myself......
First problem, I am 3 hours from home and my power steering pulley brakes! Well great (Yes I should have known this was going to happen but kept putting it off for more exciting mods), I give Colin a call just to get his take on it, at the time I thought it was my tensioner. Colin drops what he is doing and drives an hour to where I am with a tensioner off his own Viper to try and get me going! He immediately tells me its the PS pulley but waits and helps me get the car onto a flat bed without scraping the nose off. A few days latter he drives the 2 hours to my house with a Daves PS pulley and bracket which he happens to have spare, and fits it for me.
Next problem my heater core wants to dump into my footwell
Well the wizard sends me a new heater core in record time and at a great price as always. I read through posts to see what I am dealing with, a garage are saying it would take them about 6 hours to change so im thinking will take me a lifetime! I call Colin and he makes the 2 hour trip into the highlands to give me a hand (do all the work while I watch and learn), he arrives and has this thing changed out in 2 hours! Thats stopping to chat as we go! Having taken a fraction of the time we move onto changing Diff fluid, Tranny fluid, spark plugs and wires then upload my new SCT tune! What a day!
The VCA Spirit has definitely spread over the pond!
Love owning a viper!!!
Buying my Viper I knew there would be nowhere to take it if things went wrong, I knew I could do all the maintenance but was unsure what I would do if things broke that I didnt know how to fix myself......
First problem, I am 3 hours from home and my power steering pulley brakes! Well great (Yes I should have known this was going to happen but kept putting it off for more exciting mods), I give Colin a call just to get his take on it, at the time I thought it was my tensioner. Colin drops what he is doing and drives an hour to where I am with a tensioner off his own Viper to try and get me going! He immediately tells me its the PS pulley but waits and helps me get the car onto a flat bed without scraping the nose off. A few days latter he drives the 2 hours to my house with a Daves PS pulley and bracket which he happens to have spare, and fits it for me.
Next problem my heater core wants to dump into my footwell
Well the wizard sends me a new heater core in record time and at a great price as always. I read through posts to see what I am dealing with, a garage are saying it would take them about 6 hours to change so im thinking will take me a lifetime! I call Colin and he makes the 2 hour trip into the highlands to give me a hand (do all the work while I watch and learn), he arrives and has this thing changed out in 2 hours! Thats stopping to chat as we go! Having taken a fraction of the time we move onto changing Diff fluid, Tranny fluid, spark plugs and wires then upload my new SCT tune! What a day!
The VCA Spirit has definitely spread over the pond!
Love owning a viper!!!
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