Hi all.
I’d like to join the parade of newcomers to the VCA forum. I’ve been lurking since February, but my day is drawing nearer, and the discussion of the Gen V has me pretty worked up, so I’m ready to join. I’m not very big on social media, so I won’t be setting the boards on fire, but I like knowing that I have the opportunity to interact remotely with other enthusiasts. Being a smaller, more exclusive group, I have noticed, as others have noted also, that this board is more friendly and supportive than some of the others dedicated to other makes and models.
I’ve been waiting for fourteen years, with just a few months left to go until I will be looking in earnest for a Viper. My job is in Oklahoma, I’ve been there since 2008, but I travel to Houston and Denver frequently for business. In fact, I’m in the middle of an assignment to Houston right now.
I’ve been a Viper fan since I was a senior in high school and first saw the new-for-1996 Viper GTS. Until that time, I despised all “late models” and was instead devoted to old Mopars; however, the styling of the GTS hit me like a ton of bricks (strangely, the RT/10 never did much for me). I was making $3.80 an hour pumping gas back then and would spend my work shift trying to figure out how many years I’d have to save to buy one. At that rate, I’d probably still be saving. After a “working man’s Ph.D.” and then nine years of college I have the means and my mind is set to buy one, after all, it’s the fulfillment of a dream I’ve harbored for many years. I worked as a mechanic at a Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge/Jeep/Eagle & Ford/Lincoln/Mercury dealership in a small Kansas town from 1997-1999 and never even saw a Viper in real life until a I saw a GTS at a 1999 car show in Topeka (they were much smaller than I was expecting). Come to think of it, that GTS and an SRT/10 I saw last year are the only Vipers I’ve ever seen outside of magazines and silly TV shows...
I’d like to join the parade of newcomers to the VCA forum. I’ve been lurking since February, but my day is drawing nearer, and the discussion of the Gen V has me pretty worked up, so I’m ready to join. I’m not very big on social media, so I won’t be setting the boards on fire, but I like knowing that I have the opportunity to interact remotely with other enthusiasts. Being a smaller, more exclusive group, I have noticed, as others have noted also, that this board is more friendly and supportive than some of the others dedicated to other makes and models.
I’ve been waiting for fourteen years, with just a few months left to go until I will be looking in earnest for a Viper. My job is in Oklahoma, I’ve been there since 2008, but I travel to Houston and Denver frequently for business. In fact, I’m in the middle of an assignment to Houston right now.
I’ve been a Viper fan since I was a senior in high school and first saw the new-for-1996 Viper GTS. Until that time, I despised all “late models” and was instead devoted to old Mopars; however, the styling of the GTS hit me like a ton of bricks (strangely, the RT/10 never did much for me). I was making $3.80 an hour pumping gas back then and would spend my work shift trying to figure out how many years I’d have to save to buy one. At that rate, I’d probably still be saving. After a “working man’s Ph.D.” and then nine years of college I have the means and my mind is set to buy one, after all, it’s the fulfillment of a dream I’ve harbored for many years. I worked as a mechanic at a Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge/Jeep/Eagle & Ford/Lincoln/Mercury dealership in a small Kansas town from 1997-1999 and never even saw a Viper in real life until a I saw a GTS at a 1999 car show in Topeka (they were much smaller than I was expecting). Come to think of it, that GTS and an SRT/10 I saw last year are the only Vipers I’ve ever seen outside of magazines and silly TV shows...
