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Arachnamus posted:Front and rear, right? It's a Viper, the "Front" tires will wind up in the back eventually.  (I kid, Das Volk.)
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Man, I'm jealous. Had to do some tires on the previous gen Viper on after market rims at 335/30/20 and it took me four hours to do both without damaging anything. I'm sure you werent planning on bringing it down to Joe's discount tire shack for rubber but in all honesty the 335s were within millimeters of being too wide for our balancer. I'd reccomend finding someone well in advance capable of handling the job because in my entire nearly 9 year run slinging tires that Viper was hands down the most difficult I've ever had to do.
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I can only hope that if we manage to end up with two Viper owners in here, that we don't shortly end up back down to one or none for reasons other than
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holy moly.Comrade Flynn posted:I take full credit for giving you this idea. make this ai's next miata
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Sep 29, 2014 08:41
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I wonder how much a used Viper costs now? e: Holy poo poo, that's dangerously low.
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Sep 29, 2014 16:16
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I wonder how much a used Viper costs now? The scary thing is that original 1992 Vipers are only about 2 years from being registrable as historical vehicles in Ohio.
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meatpimp posted:The scary thing is that original 1992 Vipers are only about 2 years from being registrable as historical vehicles in Ohio. This is a very cool thought, though goddamn does it make me feel old. I am anxiously awaiting a video of this beast.
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Sep 29, 2014 18:47
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What would you have gotten had you not bought this?
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gently caress, this is around the corner from me. I want it so bad. http://www.cars.com/vehicledetail/detail/603947972/overview/ And it's the best color.  ...I can't afford it. 
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Sep 29, 2014 20:22
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That's the lovely thing about being in a different market. You can buy an almost-new Aston Martin for that price over here instead, though I've been looking at getting a Corvette C6 (how appropriate for this thread...), and the prices in the UK are ridiculous compared to what they are in the States. I would/will probably end up flying out to buy one and having it shipped home myself.
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Buy a TVR and make the Americans understand what "I'm worried my composite sportscar will kill me" really means.
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Sep 29, 2014 20:38
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Awesome car, please take track day videos so we can live vicariously through you. This is like the one car I would consider selling body parts to own, because I'll never afford one otherwise and I want one so. loving. bad.
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:That's the lovely thing about being in a different market. You can buy an almost-new Aston Martin for that price over here instead, though Well, you can get a brand new V8 Vantage GT for $99k in the US, so it's pretty close in price. It'll just be way, way slower.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:I wonder how much a used Viper costs now? The problem is the body panels are expensive as poo poo to replace if you wreck it. Think Lotus Elise clamshell expensive. I think headlights alone are about $500 a peice. That's for the older ones though.
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Congratulations on the purchase! Very excited to see how the car works out for you. How's that V10 scream? I demand some GoPro footage 
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Somehow the insurance is only $400 more a year than the M3. I ran my gopro tonight but all I hear is wind noise, even with the closed back on, so I'll have to do it again while recording audio separately.
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For now we'll have to do with a start & rev: http://youtu.be/oZy-K0gut_U Also this: 
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Congrats on the purchase! I'm a little surprised to see you move away from BMW but bigger and better things await. It's funny how buying a sports car can make it OK to drive it off the lot with a problem like "the stereo doesn't play anything." I once bought a car where the driver side door didn't work and it still managed to be one of the best days ever.
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It's fascinating seeing people grow out of the BMW products. My uncle basically had the same journey as you, only he's a little further ahead. He had a Viper for a while, did the GTR for a bit, and now has settled on Rally Fighter. More vids of viper plz.
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If Cflynn buys a viper can we have an official AI pool for how many pictures he posts of it within the first year?
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Das Volk posted:For now we'll have to do with a start & rev: http://youtu.be/oZy-K0gut_U Dammit I love that V10 sound. It gets a lot of hate because of the burbly idle, but I love that lazy howl that it makes.
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Thanks for the start-up vid, Das! Car sounds mean as poo poo. Any mods planned or are you keeping it stock?angryhampster posted:Dammit I love that V10 sound. It gets a lot of hate because of the burbly idle, but I love that lazy howl that it makes. I never want to speak to someone who hates a V10. This sounds stupid, but it sounds like basically two independent 5 cyl motors at the same time, and one 5 cyl motor alone sounds orgasmic.
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GramCracker posted:Thanks for the start-up vid, Das! Car sounds mean as poo poo. Any mods planned or are you keeping it stock? Most car guys love V10s, but a lot some to dislike the sound of the Viper V10.
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I still remember the first (and only) time I saw a Porsche Carrera GT - I was in Paris and caught this yellow car out of the corner of my eye, my jaw dropped when I realized what it was. It came to a stop across the street at a red light in front of this theatre which was just letting out, and the car got swarmed by a bunch of tourists taking pictures with it. The light goes green and the driver goes wide open throttle - I can still remember how mesmerizing it sounded 8 years later.
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KillHour posted:gently caress, this is around the corner from me. I want it so bad. They just cut the price of a brand new Viper by $15k to bring it down to $85k. How can that dealer justify selling a USED 2013 for $92k? I feel bad for the poor uninformed sap who buys that thinking he's getting a "killer deal".
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The Midniter posted:They just cut the price of a brand new Viper by $15k to bring it down to $85k. How can that dealer justify selling a USED 2013 for $92k? I feel bad for the poor uninformed sap who buys that thinking he's getting a "killer deal". I'm curious how long it will take the used market to catch up. I did a search on Autotrader and I think I found one below 80 but otherwise it's like no one got the memo.
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The Midniter posted:They just cut the price of a brand new Viper by $15k to bring it down to $85k. How can that dealer justify selling a USED 2013 for $92k? I feel bad for the poor uninformed sap who buys that thinking he's getting a "killer deal". That's £91,000 not $91,000. So that's actually near enough $150,000.
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pmMike posted:That's £91,000 not $91,000. So that's actually near enough $150,000. I found a local dealership trying to sell an unused 2013 for $133K Cdn http://www.kijiji.ca/v-cars-trucks/...gationFlag=true
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pmMike posted:That's £91,000 not $91,000. So that's actually near enough $150,000.  Wat?
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 Are you in the UK? If so, I'm guessing it's guessing your currency based on your region. If you're not in the UK...uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I dunno.
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The Midniter posted:
But it's the same number. So they'd have to detect the local currency, but then just swap the $ for a £ and otherwise not convert the value. Triple wat.
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Sep 30, 2014 20:41
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Isn't that how pricing for ROW always works though? 
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Raluek posted:But it's the same number. So they'd have to detect the local currency, but then just swap the $ for a £ and otherwise not convert the value. Triple wat. It's intensely lazy localization is what it is. Software is ruining everything.
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Safety Dance posted:It's intensely lazy localization is what it is. It's even worse than that. It's not geo-locating; it's taking the currency symbol from your browser's language settings. I tried to get a laff-worthy screenshot of ¥91,850 but it just showed up as ?91,850. Not as funny.
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Raluek posted:It's even worse than that. It's not geo-locating; it's taking the currency symbol from your browser's language settings. I tried to get a laff-worthy screenshot of ¥91,850 but it just showed up as ?91,850. Not as funny. Oh lord those loving jokers.
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Came for the thread about an AI guy buying a truly I-level Viper, stayed for the 30 new posts about a Buffalo used car dealer's website not converting every currency in the world correctly using up to the minute conversion rates edit: I just bought the car for $918 thanks to my laptop's local currency setting 
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Raluek posted:just swap the $ for a £ and otherwise not convert the value. To be honest, that's how the price of most things end up working out in the UK 
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:To be honest, that's how the price of most things end up working out in the UK And that is pretty much why I left. I do miss being able to drive to the Nurburgring in 4 hours though.
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