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Ouch! Michigan dealer breaking in a new \'03 SRT for some \"lucky\" buyer...
From the LS1 boards...
Sad thing is, someone is going to buy this car soon and will have no idea it was put through this kind of abuse...
Granted, it could have been his (anyone here perhaps? ) but it doesn't sound like it - sounds like a dealer out screwing around/potentially screwing up this poor SRT.
The originial thread....
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03 Viper.... Nuff said...
Well the title said it all boys. Rolling down (undisclosed location) at around 1 AM last night I notice a pair of lights coming up at me FAST, and I mean CRAZY fast, like 170-190 mph in a 65 fast.
Within a second he blows by me, engine ROARING, thats when I realize what it was, 03 VIPER! If it wasn't for the fact he was doing around triple my speed I might have bothered to try and catch him ...
Anyways, about 20 minutes later I notice the 03 pulled over on the side, immediatly I'm thinking oh **** this guy smashed it up. Granted the roads were void of ANY traffic, but still those speeds are insane.
I decide to pull over and see if I can help. No damage from the rear, and the car is still on, suddenly the driver gets out and walks back to my car.
Long story short he is a car dealer and was out for some fun. Well after some talking we decide to give it a run. The guy admited he had no idea how to launch the beast and wanted to go from a roll.
45mph roll. I tell him to take the punch. I hear his engine roar to life and then stomp it, no idea how the 03's are geared, maybe traynor can chime in, but he pulled HARD at that speed. Instantly he had a car, by 90mph however we were dead even, as the speed increased I started to see him in the side view, then I realized how fast I was going and backed off.
Guy was SUPER excited, but also surprised ... He wanted one more chance, but this time a TOP END run, I told him no way... Call me chicken but 150 or so is my limit ...
Bottom line, I have trapped 125+ in the 1/4 on average runs, 129 on best runs and I only got 1-1.5 cars on this guy
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From the LS1 boards...
Sad thing is, someone is going to buy this car soon and will have no idea it was put through this kind of abuse...
Granted, it could have been his (anyone here perhaps?
) but it doesn't sound like it - sounds like a dealer out screwing around/potentially screwing up this poor SRT.The originial thread....
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03 Viper.... Nuff said...
Well the title said it all boys. Rolling down (undisclosed location) at around 1 AM last night I notice a pair of lights coming up at me FAST, and I mean CRAZY fast, like 170-190 mph in a 65 fast.
Within a second he blows by me, engine ROARING, thats when I realize what it was, 03 VIPER! If it wasn't for the fact he was doing around triple my speed I might have bothered to try and catch him ...
Anyways, about 20 minutes later I notice the 03 pulled over on the side, immediatly I'm thinking oh **** this guy smashed it up. Granted the roads were void of ANY traffic, but still those speeds are insane.
I decide to pull over and see if I can help. No damage from the rear, and the car is still on, suddenly the driver gets out and walks back to my car.
Long story short he is a car dealer and was out for some fun. Well after some talking we decide to give it a run. The guy admited he had no idea how to launch the beast and wanted to go from a roll.
45mph roll. I tell him to take the punch. I hear his engine roar to life and then stomp it, no idea how the 03's are geared, maybe traynor can chime in, but he pulled HARD at that speed. Instantly he had a car, by 90mph however we were dead even, as the speed increased I started to see him in the side view, then I realized how fast I was going and backed off.
Guy was SUPER excited, but also surprised ... He wanted one more chance, but this time a TOP END run, I told him no way... Call me chicken but 150 or so is my limit ...
Bottom line, I have trapped 125+ in the 1/4 on average runs, 129 on best runs and I only got 1-1.5 cars on this guy
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