Picked up a VCA Coupe!

[imagine32000]

Hey gents. Picked up an 06 VCA coupe (#36 of 50) from Bill P @ Woodhouse! Originally was waiting for an ACR, but with no end in sight, I pulled the trigger on this peach of a car that they had in stock. 298 miles! Beautiful car. Here's a little rundown of how my experience & trip went.

I flew in to Chicago from Tampa @ 8:30pm w/ a planned flight into Omaha @ 9:30pm. Wound up flying out at 2:30am & getting into Omaha at 3:30am. I had a taxi drop me off at the local EconoLodge thinking they had rooms. Of course, I was told they had no vacancies right after the taxi left. So I wound up sitting in the Econolodge lobby for a few hours. 7am comes around & I'm getting anxious, so I walk a mile down to the dealership. Met w/ Bill & his team. Very, very friendly folks. Mark Jorgensen answered some technical questions I had & then I was on my way to go get the car 3M'ed. Waited several hours to get that done & left Omaha in the car @ 6pm on Thursday. With all stops, gas, & sleep fit in, I arrived into Tampa @ 2am Saturday. 1500 miles! Unfortunately (and nerve-racking...ly,) my trip consisted of about 75% bad rain and/or wet weather. Throw in a ticket for 8 2in a 70 in the great state of Tennessee & there you go.

Back home now. I'll get some pics up soon. Ordered a K&N kit from JonB & have an SCT Programmer from DC w/ a tune on it. Going to do some baseline & after dyno runs. Any feedback on what I should expect from stock & also after the intake/tune?

Thanks guys!

- Matt

 

[Venomiss]

That's great news on your new Viper and your experience with the Woodhouse gang.


Pictures from your trip?



Make sure and PM one of the moderators here with all your information-VIN, address, and make sure your profile is filled out. They can put in Viper Owner under your name.

Hopefully you'll join the VCA if you haven't already and we'll get to see you at VOI?

 

[Chopper]

Next time ship it.

 

[Rolstar]

Nice choice of color. The 3M is a good investment. Good luck, enjoy and drive smart...

 

[mjorgensen Woodhouse]

Matt,

Was great meeting you and glad to here you made it OK.

The K&N may get you 10hp if your lucky and the tuner will net you about 30 under the curve hp along with better mileage, throttle response and smoother running. I will try to take care of you if you decide to get anything else for the VCA. If not, you are already in great hands with Dan and Jon .

Take care buddy and thanks again,

Mark

 

[RogerDodger]

Matt - congratulations on your purchase. I'm near Clearwater and was considering approaching the Gentlemen at Woodhouse later this year about a Viper.

Your post sounds exactly like a trip I may have to make. Did you get an estimate for shipping? If so, I am curious to know how much.

Thanks & good luck. Looking forward to seeing your pictures.

Roger.

 

[SSG CHIC]

Congrats and

 

[mjorgensen Woodhouse]

We do shipping at a total LOSS right now with fuel prices so I doubt there will be cheaper "enclosed personal" shipping available. We charge $1.33 per mile you are from us so it is actually 1/2 that per true mile round trip. If I catch someone on a empty back trip this saves even MORE.

Hope we can help you out,

Mark

Matt - congratulations on your purchase. I'm near Clearwater and was considering approaching the Gentlemen at Woodhouse later this year about a Viper.

Your post sounds exactly like a trip I may have to make. Did you get an estimate for shipping? If so, I am curious to know how much.

Thanks & good luck. Looking forward to seeing your pictures.

Roger.

 

[RogerDodger]

Mark.

Thank you very much for the info.

Roger.

 

[triblk6spd]

 

[DodgeViper01]

298 miles?!?! Wow, got to put some miles on the car.

 

[mike & juli]

WELCOME and congratulations!!!! We stock dyno-ed our '05 at 425rwhp. Will get into more mods with you if you wish that we added to our '05...sold now. Now we have a new 2008 as of just last week. Congrats on your VCA Coupe~~AWESOME color combo!
CONGRATS!!!! Welcome to the 'BEAST' world!!! ~juli

 

[stonemaster44]

HeLLo MATT
congratulations on the viper, love the 06 VCA coupe, I drove my R/10
from OHIO to land o lakes when I bought it in 2006 and drove half the way in the rain but I loved every minute of it
this coming saturday august 2nd at 11am the central florida VCA have a meeting at Jakes hamburgers in tampa(waters & dale mabry) it will be great if you can make it, [meet some great guys,talk about the vipers,talk about upcoming events,etc.etc]
hope to see you saturday
Sam

 

[voi9]

Congradulations and welcome! Nice color choice. That would have been my next choice if I was not able to get my current VOI9. Enjoy.

 

[NHL2133]

...Looking forward to your pics...someone mentioned nice color, I don't see your color listed?
CONGRATS!!!! Welcome to the 'BEAST' world!!! ~juli

Juli,
The 2006 VCA edition coupes were all painted red with white stripes.

 

[blue01gts]

WELCOME and congratulations!!!! We stock dyno-ed our '05 at 425rwhp. Will get into more mods with you if you wish that we added to our '05...sold now. Now we have a new 2008 as of just last week. Looking forward to your pics...someone mentioned nice color, I don't see your color listed?
CONGRATS!!!! Welcome to the 'BEAST' world!!! ~juli

it's a VCA which is a red with white coupe.

 

[wiseasp]

Congrats and welcome to the VCA brotherhood!!!!!.

ROB

 

[imagine32000]

Thanks guys! Pics shortly!

- Matt

 

[KenricGTS]

Congrats!! You will love the Red/White combo!

 

[MTGTS]

Congrats, hope you make it out to the vca meet this weekend in Tampa