And all I saw..... were tail lights today....Sad story.

[Newport Viper]

You know how people list their Viper for sale, "no stories."

Well this Viper has one.




For 9 years my 1995 RT-10 has been my daily driver. Today it left me.

I don't think too many Viper owners can say their Viper was their only car, for that many years.

Over the years I have moved the car with me from Orlando, to California to Maui to Oahu, and back to California again!

I bought it from a small dealer, near the Sebring race track. Tom "Flash" Gordon a MLB relief pitcher had traded it in, for several pickup trucks for his family. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/4279/

I had towed two cars down from Orlando, to trade in, for the Viper -- a '65 Mustang and a '84 Vette. I had the tow truck, so I thought, why not tow the Viper back? The dealer asked where I would like the wheels. I said, "I prefer them to be on the car!" He said, "No, this car came with an extra set of wheels!" They had no need for them. Well they were 5 spokes, with gold nuts on them. I promptly sold them for $1,800. Nice deal. Thanks Flash!

Orlando taught me, how to waterproof my Gen 1.

I also talked a Orlando Dodge Dealer into buying the hole-in-one insurance for a golf event I set up in 1998 for the club. ($750) Ex father-in-law missed it by a foot. The shot never left the pin. It was for a brand new GTS.

Hawaii was a blast. Two Islands to play on! Lots of fun roads. All the locals loved me. They always shouted, "Hey Bud." ( Let's see how many of you pick up on that.)

How many of you have driven a Viper to the top of a 10,000 ft Volcano?

http://www4.forum.viperclub.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=genvipdis&Number=471253&Forum=All_Forums&Words=volcano&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=471253&Search=true#Post471253

Califonia twice. ( With the move to Hawaii in between.) It's just an awesome place to live and own a Gen 1. Nothing like crusing the coast with your top down!

Got to star in it's own commercial!

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4458&highlight=car+is+the+sta


Went on to meet some fun people!

Set up a Viper event or two.

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=642&highlight=Viper+detail+day

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11371&highlight=Viper+detail+day




Got in a final picture.

Got to meet the new owner, who flew in from Houston to pick it up. ( I know his arms are tired.)

I had the same smile on my face, 9 years ago.

Got a final wave.

It's been a great ride!










And all I saw were........... Tail Lights.

 

[Vic]

This begs the question- Why did you sell it? Ready for something new?

 

[Fast Freddy]

You know how people list their Viper for sale, "no stories."

Well this Viper has one.




For 9 years my 1995 RT-10 has been my daily driver. Today it left me.

I don't think too many Viper owners can say their Viper was their only car, for that many years.

Over the years I have moved the car with me from Orlando, to California to Maui to Oahu, and back to California again!

I bought it from a small dealer, near the Sebring race track. Tom "Flash" Gordon a MLB relief pitcher had traded it in, for several pickup trucks for his family. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/players/4279/

I had towed two cars down from Orlando, to trade in, for the Viper -- a '65 Mustang and a '84 Vette. I had the tow truck, so I thought, why not tow the Viper back? The dealer asked where I would like the wheels. I said, "I prefer them to be on the car!" He said, "No, this car came with an extra set of wheels!" They had no need for them. Well they were 5 spokes, with gold nuts on them. I promptly sold them for $1,800. Nice deal. Thanks Flash!

Orlando taught me, how to waterproof my Gen 1.

I also talked a Orlando Dodge Dealer into buying the hole-in-one insurance for a golf event I set up in 1998 for the club. ($750) Ex father-in-law missed it by a foot. The shot never left the pin. It was for a brand new GTS.

Hawaii was a blast. Two Islands to play on! Lots of fun roads. All the locals loved me. They always shouted, "Hey Bud." ( Let's see how many of you pick up on that.)

How many of you have driven a Viper to the top of a 10,000 ft Volcano?

http://www4.forum.viperclub.org/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=genvipdis&Number=471253&Forum=All_Forums&Words=volcano&Match=Entire%20Phrase&Searchpage=0&Limit=25&Old=allposts&Main=471253&Search=true#Post471253

Califonia twice. ( With the move to Hawaii in between.) It's just an awesome place to live and own a Gen 1. Nothing like crusing the coast with your top down!

Got to star in it's own commercial!

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4458&highlight=car+is+the+sta


Went on to meet some fun people!

Set up a Viper event or two.

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=642&highlight=Viper+detail+day

http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11371&highlight=Viper+detail+day




Got in a final picture.

Got to meet the new owner, who flew in from Houston to pick it up. ( I know his arms are tired.)

I had the same smile on my face, 9 years ago.

Got a final wave.

It's been a great ride!










And all I saw were........... Tail Lights.

wow!!! that breaks my heart

 

[plumcrazy]

im gonna go out to my car now and give it a hug....

im sure there was a good reason for it

 

[George Murray]

Gotta know...what's the replacement?

How many miles were on the car when sold?

Any major repairs over the years?

 

[Sellshomesdrivesviper]

Nice story, thanks for sharing.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Yeah, why did you sell?

 

[SSSSE YA]

Nice story, thanks for sharing.

 

[VENOMAHOLIC]

There were some priceless moments pictured. I really hope there is a happy ending to this story and we find out you are about to recieve a different Viper soon if not already.

 

[VIPER BAZ UK]

Are you getting another one?????
Thought you would have that beauty for ever

 

[Andrew/USPWR]

for your next. Might I suggest................

img]http://gallery.viperclub.org/data/500/4030picture-76-med.jpg[/img]

2005 Silver SRT/10
2000 Steel Gray GTS (sold)

 

[Andrew/USPWR]

A glitch in the matrix

2005 Silver SRT/10
2000 Steel Gray GTS (sold)

 

[sshorty]

Yea, now it's killin me, I need to know what made you sell it? You getting another one? That was a sweet car and a magnificent story...I'd buy it just for the story lol.

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

That was a great story. Like someone else asked, how many miles were on it? A Viper as a DD for 9 years? I'm honestly jealous. How old is the new owner? He looks like really young. Good luck dealing with the Viper withdrawl! Hope to see you back in a Snake soon

 

[BarryBum]

Man.....break my heart would ya, that last pic with the Viper going out of site, almost brought tears to my eyes and I don't even have one.

 

[TXViper]

Hi David and all!

My name is Duy Nguyen. I am the new owner of David's Viper. David is one of the nicest gentlemen I have ever met. It was a really touching momment right before I drove off his garage. I've felt like I was taking away his son or daughter . David, I hope you feel better!

On my side, my love for the Viper is increasing exponentially even though I've been having it for less than 24 hours. I got thumbup's and compliments already.

Before the Viper, I have an Infiniti Q45 (will goes to my friend soon) and is an active member of the Nissan/Infiniti Car Owners club (nicoclub.com). I also have a website dedicated to the '97-'01 Q45 (http://fgy33.tripod.com/). My passion for cars is huge and I assure you [David] that the Viper will get 110% of my passion.

I'm still in California at this moment but will leaving for Houston, TX in a couple hours. See you guys later!

PS: I'm 30. Not that young but I think I'm one the youngest one in here .

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

PS: I'm 30. Not that young but I think I'm one the youngest one in here .

Hope you enjoy the car David! My 1st Viper was almost a yellow Gen 1, but I couldnt quite afford it back then. Be ready to be a celebrity . As for you being 30, nowhere even closer to being one of the youngest. I'm 25 (bought my Viper at 23) and some of these guys make me feel like an old fart

 

[Jay H]

Just remember the fun times with the best tail you have had..

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

My name is Duy Nguyen.

Any relation to Tila Nguyen?

 

[JUCD VPR]

PS: I'm 30. Not that young but I think I'm one the youngest one in here .

Hope you enjoy the car David! My 1st Viper was almost a yellow Gen 1, but I couldnt quite afford it back then. Be ready to be a celebrity . As for you being 30, nowhere even closer to being one of the youngest. I'm 25 (bought my Viper at 23) and some of these guys make me feel like an old fart

You are an old fart. I'm only 24 muahahaha bought mine at 23 also
Thats a sad story, i sure hope you sold it to buy another one...RIGHT?

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

You are an old fart. I'm only 24 muahahaha bought mine at 23 also

Damn youngens

 

[Paul Hawker]

Fair-well to one of the shinest yellow Vipers in SoCal.
Hope another Viper is in your future.
Thanks again from the ViperClub for putting on those great Meguiars events.
Mahalo

 

[Purdue_Boiler_Viper]

Had to go sit in the car for 15 minutes to get over this.

 

[BDZ1984]

I had to go put a coat of polish on my baby after reading this.... But on a side note all you guys are old ... im 21 and bought it when I was 19........

 

[JUCD VPR]

I had to go put a coat of polish on my baby after reading this.... But on a side note all you guys are old ... im 21 and bought it when I was 19........

Haha i wonder what people say about you owning all those cars. I get enough comments like, he must sell drugs, he's rich, his daddy bought it for him. Hell i've been in the Marines for 6 years, i buy my own stuff. You being only 21 and buying that when you were 19, how in the world did you manage that? Good job either way.

 

[JUCD VPR]

Just remember the fun times with the best tail you have had..

Hey how did you do that, i'm wanting to do something like that with my cars photo in it.

 

[Casey]

Nice story!

How many miles did you put on that RT?
What are you getting next?

 

[Fishtail]

sad story...what's next?

 

[Forged Horsemen]

Our relationships with our cars are special. And I'm sure a lot of us have stories. And it must be very painful to see a car that you had so much fun with go. But life goes on. I know when I finally sell my Viper its gonna be very painful. But we all have to do what we have to do. As a lot of you know I have to part with my Viper to expand my auto transport business. So I'll probably have to watch my Viper ride out in the sunset also...

 

[slaughterj]

Good story! What's next?