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Coredump posted:I think you drive your American cars differently from the German ones. You've made no bones about the fact you prefer German cars over US cars. Didn't you have a Porsche before the CTS-V? Even if he did, short of an epic moneyshift or something, there's no reason a brand new engine in a halo car should grenade after 5,000 miles. Vipers are meant to be driven hard, and if he drove it harder than his M3 it's because the car was I'm glad SRT is standing behind their vehicle. Good on them.
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Coredump you said the exact same thing in the other thread and it doesn't really make a lick of sense at all.
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Bob NewSCART posted:Coredump you said the exact same thing in the other thread and it doesn't really make a lick of sense at all. We need Uri Galler in on this poo poo.
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Bob NewSCART posted:Coredump you said the exact same thing in the other thread and it doesn't really make a lick of sense at all. Figured it not fair to be talkin that smack in the other thread and not where Das can see it directly y'know? As far as it not making a lick of sense, just pretend for a moment we were hearing about this story from another forum, not from here. Someone with vocal prejudice against cars from the US and he has three enthusiast models fall apart on him? All I'm saying is that should be enough to arouse some suspicion is all.
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Coredump posted:All I'm saying is that should be enough to arouse some suspicion is all. Or maybe he's the only US performance car owner to drive his stuff that hard. 
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Dec 9, 2014 18:07
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Coredump posted:Figured it not fair to be talkin that smack in the other thread and not where Das can see it directly y'know? As far as it not making a lick of sense, just pretend for a moment we were hearing about this story from another forum, not from here. Someone with vocal prejudice against cars from the US and he has three enthusiast models fall apart on him? All I'm saying is that should be enough to arouse some suspicion is all. Suspicion of what? His latant physic mind powers that manifest in bending reality to cause his American cars to fail?
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Coredump posted:Figured it not fair to be talkin that smack in the other thread and not where Das can see it directly y'know? As far as it not making a lick of sense, just pretend for a moment we were hearing about this story from another forum, not from here. Someone with vocal prejudice against cars from the US and he has three enthusiast models fall apart on him? All I'm saying is that should be enough to arouse some suspicion is all. I for one agree with Coredump, things just seem suspicious. Sure a Cadillac, Corvette or Viper might not have the same albino whale penis seat trim as a Porsche/BMW/Mercedes/other euro luxo barge but the failures Das encounters and his vocal hatred of American cars seems weird. Hell, at least with the Viper we know this thing was abused hard before he bought it since the transmission was trashed.
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Dec 9, 2014 19:35
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Das Volk are you being paid by Zee Germans to sabotage American sports cars 
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Yes, of course. Das Volk spent nearly 6 figures of his own money on a car he irrationally hates (multiple times), just to purposefully destroy them to prove how terrible domestic cars are to nerds on an internet forum. It all makes sense, now! 
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Dec 9, 2014 19:40
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Its not prejudice or irrational hatred when they really do keep falling apart 
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KillHour posted:Yes, of course. Das Volk spent nearly 6 figures of his own money on a car he irrationally hates (multiple times), just to purposefully destroy them to prove how terrible domestic cars are to nerds on an internet forum. It all makes sense, now! That's right, I'm a German spy!  Just because the car broke, doesn't mean I can't get one that isn't broken. I don't know if I've communicated this effectively but I love the Viper, it's as close as I'll ever get to riding a nuclear bomb waving a cowboy hat, and I have no intention of replacing it with something else. If I'm lucky they'll let me ask for a new one and I'll pick out a competition blue one instead, but that's about it. The T/A 2.0 I drove at LVMS: 
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Das Volk posted:If I'm lucky they'll let me ask for a new one and I'll pick out a competition blue one instead, but that's about it. Holy poo poo that color is incredible, dude you absolutely have to get that color if they offer you a replacement. I just found my new dream car  [edit] makes me miss my mariner blue Miata 
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Das Volk posted:]. If I'm lucky they'll let me ask for a new one and I'll pick out a competition blue one instead, but that's about it. That "American" color looks suspiciously like... Laguna Seca Blue.
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Dec 9, 2014 20:58
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This thread turned into the Letters section of any American car mag in an awful hurry.
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Das Volk posted:That's right, I'm a German spy! Shoot, a fella could have a pretty good time in vegas with one of those.
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Dec 9, 2014 23:14
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leica posted:Holy poo poo that color is incredible, dude you absolutely have to get that color if they offer you a replacement. That really is a pretty badass over-the-top color for that car.
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I love the way SRT took a page from TVR's book and made a car that looks like it's been attacked by an axe murderer. I love crazy blues.
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Dec 9, 2014 23:40
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I think one of my favorite colors is that gently caress me in the eyesockets green that Lotus used for a while that you could never really photograph. I think it would suit a Viper.
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Dec 9, 2014 23:43
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Green Viper!
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I'm partial to that "copperhead" color: Not only does it look great, it also makes sure you know it's a Viper, because not many other cars wear it so iconically.
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Dec 9, 2014 23:57
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I had a viper owner freak out on me at a car meet in 2004 because I commented his color looked a lot like the montego blue paint on my RX7. He proceeded to rant about how his color was a one off and could not be replicated on such a lowly car ect. ect. Stopped talking to Viper owners from that day forward.
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EvilBlackRailgun posted:I had a viper owner freak out on me at a car meet in 2004 because I commented his color looked a lot like the montego blue paint on my RX7. He proceeded to rant about how his color was a one off and could not be replicated on such a lowly car ect. ect. Yeah every Viper owner is like that, you made a wise decision. 
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:Yeah every Viper owner is like that, you made a wise decision. All the ones with intact cars are, because they fuss around with poo poo like that instead of driving the hell out of the car
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Raluek posted:All the ones with intact cars are, because they fuss around with poo poo like that instead of driving the hell out of the car Usually the car outlives the driver, dasvolk failed to accomplish the breaking-in procedure. Dodge Viper T/A Service Manual, page 39 posted:FIRST DRIVE Dodge Viper T/A Service Manual, page 52 posted:TROUBLESHOOTING Seat Safety Switch fucked around with this message at 05:18 on Dec 10, 2014 |
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Saga posted:That "American" color looks suspiciously like... Laguna Seca Blue. LSB is great, but I'm going to say the Viper blue is even better because it pops more. OFFICER 13 INCH posted:I think one of my favorite colors is that gently caress me in the eyesockets green that Lotus used for a while that you could never really photograph. Krypton Green, the best color Lotus has ever painted IMO (https://www.google.com/search?q=lot...Dg&ved=0CB0QsAQ)
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Mat_Drinks posted:
I like that the color of it looks different in every single photo. Hard to photograph is an understatement.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:TROUBLESHOOTING DV killed the Viper before it killed him 
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Das Volk posted:That's right, I'm a German spy! Don't forget the stripes this time, please. 
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Mat_Drinks posted:LSB is great, but I'm going to say the Viper blue is even better because it pops more. It's like that yellow/green color that fire departments switched to in the late 70s before they found out it was stupid and went back to red.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Usually the car outlives the driver, dasvolk failed to accomplish the breaking-in procedure. In the 00's a friend of ours was doing TT kits for vipers and had his own TT viper. I know of at least one occasion easily where the owner lunched the car on the way home.
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One of my sisters worked at a Chrysler dealership. Some old guy bought a new Viper and totalled the car (along with several others) pulling out of the dealer after picking it up.
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Shampoo posted:It's like that yellow/green color that fire departments switched to in the late 70s before they found out it was stupid and went back to red. High visibility yellow is awesome. All ambulances in Denmark are hi-viz yellow now, and cop cars/bikes are getting hi-viz yellow accents in addition to their traditional white paint with blue letting. The bike cop helmets are going that color too.
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Shampoo posted:It's like that yellow/green color that fire departments switched to in the late 70s before they found out it was stupid and went back to red. The only reason red came back is that they were able to once LEDs got cheap and bright enough to make the trucks massively stand out no matter what color paint, and red kinda looks better/is the tradition.
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It seems like someone who would drive right into a giant fire truck will do it no matter the color.
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thebigcow posted:It seems like someone who would drive right into a giant fire truck will do it no matter the color. Well yeah, it just takes 'I didn't see you there' out of the equation.
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Tommychu posted:The only reason red came back is that they were able to once LEDs got cheap and bright enough to make the trucks massively stand out no matter what color paint, The new LED police lights are so dazzling when driving its kinda unsafe passing a bunch of cop cars at night. Cant see poo poo.
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D C posted:The new LED police lights are so dazzling when driving its kinda unsafe passing a bunch of cop cars at night. Cant see poo poo. But how can we ensure officer safety if you can see them well enough to aim a gun at them?
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Dec 11, 2014 20:57
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Data Graham posted:I'm partial to that "copperhead" color: 
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Dec 11, 2014 22:09
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BMW's Valencia Orange is a lot closer than that Volvo's color.
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Tommychu posted:It is a more visible color though. Have you guys seen those brake lights on emergency vehicles that flash once or twice before going to full 'on' when the vehicle is braking? I really want a pair of those to wake up the Facebooking drivers behind me.
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