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    Gen V ACR

    The question I keep asking myself is if they'll add a new engine option for all cars, and make that engine option standard on the ACR (direct-injected). I would think that would be a big-buck option if they do it in low numbers, but would make financial sense if they make the new engine...
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    Whose SSG ACR wrecked in Ohio today?

    I don't want to put words in anyone's mouth - but I think Bob was just putting some sound advice out there in a way that people can choose to listen, or choose not to. I know more than a few people who have wrecked their cars at track days. I know of more than one who had their car moved to...
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    Whose SSG ACR wrecked in Ohio today?

    Insurance companies don't treat track accidents too lightly, either.... Hopefully the owner has track day insurance :(
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    Blue Vipers with black stripes

    I'm pretty sure they'll total it out - it's fixable, and others with similar damage have been fixed just fine. But, I'm being advised that if the insurance company wants to total it out, that's the best thing to do since it'll have a story attached to it from here on out and there's a lot of...
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    Blue Vipers with black stripes

    Hey Bruce - bummer the ACR thread for this is gone. Even more of a bummer that my GTS Blue/Black ACR is gone, too :( At least my neighbors had fun cooking up the deer that murdered my car... ACR revenge hillbilly style...
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    SRT Viper on Top Gear USA tonight

    Did I see it wrong, or was the Amish guy who gave up his hat the guy from Amish Mafia (the giant dumb one)? Are those two shows on the same network? Anyhow, the show got me wanting a McLaren even more now than I did before. A few months ago I went to a restaurant up the road from my house...
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    Too early to start planning on my Gen V ACR?

    It's hard to say what's dumb at this point - if the car is an extremely limited production unit, and it has all the high performance parts and engineering that is being hoped for, $180k isn't totally insane. If it's just a tweaked standard SRT with suspension improvements, aerodynamics, brakes...
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    Thank you to all who directly or indirectly exposed the vca

    Also, let's thank everyone who will let life go on, forgive and forget... I stay out of politics as much as possible, but at this point in my life I've seen similar situations happen all the time, and I've been in the middle of them a few times. What probably happened is that people got...
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    Too early to start planning on my Gen V ACR?

    I dunno.... If they do what is on the drawing board, it'll be worth it. Direct injection engine (one of my wish-list items for a long time), titanium exhaust, carbon/ceramic brakes, shed about 100 lbs, manually adjustable shocks/springs, and a few other goodies, and I'd be happy with that...
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    Too early to start planning on my Gen V ACR?

    I heard that number from a few people (inside and outside of the "inner circle"), and if you do a search on SRT Viper ACR, you'll find some articles out there that mention that price point. I think it's totally worth it if they actually deliver the car that they want to - but if it's just a...
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    Too early to start planning on my Gen V ACR?

    Good point, I'm also keeping my fingers crossed that Asteroid 2004 BL86 doesn't change course and slam into the earth and wipe us out on Jan 26, 2015. If that happens, I guess I won't be getting my ACR.
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    Too early to start planning on my Gen V ACR?

    I'm definitely thinking about a TA, but when I buy cars, I buy them for keeps. If I put $120k+ into a car, there's just no way I'll be able to justify getting the ACR when it comes out (at around $180k from what I understand) - unless I sell the TA. But, we all know how that goes - the ACR...
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    Why Compare The SRT Viper To The Corvette Stingray Z51?

    To be honest, as a daily driver and something that I don't worry too much about having some idiot at Costco slam their shopping cart into, I wouldn't mind having a C7. It looks like a fun car and you just can't beat the performance per dollar value. The Viper is in a whole different class -...
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    Too early to start planning on my Gen V ACR?

    I had a little oopsies with a deer and a solid rock mountainside in my Gen IV ACR, and that one is going to probably turn into a track car after someone's big rebuilding project... So, I'm saving up some money to get myself into a Gen V, and I've got my sights set on an ACR. From what I've...
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    Rebuilding my blue and white ACR

    You should have seen mine after I had a little mishap with a deer and did a merger with a rock mountainside a few weeks ago. It's a goner.... I've been having nightmares about that one ever since.
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    Good body shop recommendation in San Francisco Bay Area?

    I went to a couple of events a while back (one at Normandin a couple summers ago), but got myself hurt in a non-car related accident, so put the car in storage for the last two years or so. I was just in the middle of starting to enjoy it again and wrecked the darned thing. Good thing is that...
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    Recommendation for good body shop?

    Thanks - I just talked to them, and hopefully I can get my Insurance company to let the car be towed over there. Keeping my fingers crossed that the car isn't a total - but with these things, it's a toss-up...
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    Good body shop recommendation in San Francisco Bay Area?

    Thanks!! Hopefully I can get this thing put back together - of all my friends who've crashed, at least half of them ended up being totaled, but I guess it is what it is...
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    Recommendation for good body shop?

    I had a little mishap over the weekend - was driving my '09 ACR in the hills, hit a deer, and overcorrected into the side of the road. The insurance company is going to take the car to one of their inspection stations, but before they do that, I was wondering if anyone has some advice on...
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    Good body shop recommendation in San Francisco Bay Area?

    I was driving home last night, and hit a frigging deer with my '09 ACR and then crunched into the side of the road. So, looks like I need some body work done - does anyone have a recommendation for a top-notch shop in the Bay Area? I used to take the car to Stevens Creek Dodge (they had a...
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    2000 RT10 California car... Smog protected?

    Actually, the CA cars do have difference in equipment from the rest of the cars in the country. When a CA car was ordered, it came equipped with a special sticker that sat on the left rear of the engine bay that said it was built to CA emissions standards. When I ordered and bought my car in...
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    Flower Mound teen dies after flipping Dodge Viper this weekend

    It's always sad to hear about an accident that leaves someone dead, and leaves their family grieving. But, it would be even more sad if we all didn't have the right to drive what we want when we want. I personally think it's stupid to put the keys of a Viper in the hands of anyone who might...
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    Filter Shelf Life?

    They should be good pretty much 'forever' as long as you don't let them get wet, sit in the direct sunlight, or go through temperature extremes.
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    CR Spotless water treatment

    These things do work well. A cheap and effective alternative is to buy one of the $150 Costco reverse osmosis units and plumb it into a big garden sprayer. Those generate virtually distilled water, and if you spray your car down with the distilled water from the garden sprayer, and finish-dry...
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    My snake got attacked tonight :(

    Where was it parked? It almost looks like a runaway shopping cart hit it, or a careless person let their door swing open. Usually, when someone does something on purpose, it'll be at one height (like keying) or it will be on the hood (like dumping a drink on the car). Since there's also a...

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