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You guys would be surprised at how many exotics are around the burbs of Chicago. Yes, I saw a dark blue McLaren getting ice cream at 31 flavors, it had euro plates. Bentley's, tons of murcielagos with the 10 g paint jobs, every soccer mom has a cayenne S, and every mercedes, bmw, porsche you could think of. See 'Raris quite often too.
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Originally Posted by Bowtiered
oh yeah, i've worked on a viper though. . . and i'm only 17. . . this was in autotech class.
OOH!!! i'm going to see a jag XJ220 soon, a TEACHER, and autobody teacher at my school (well, actually "career center" hard to explain, central place for vocational classes in the county) owns one. . .now THAT is badass. same teacher brought in the viper to work on (not his)
this guy owns the XJ220, 3 944s, and a 959
OOH!!! i'm going to see a jag XJ220 soon, a TEACHER, and autobody teacher at my school (well, actually "career center" hard to explain, central place for vocational classes in the county) owns one. . .now THAT is badass. same teacher brought in the viper to work on (not his)
this guy owns the XJ220, 3 944s, and a 959
I have taken mine to a tech all the time for work. They are different cars and somebody always thinks they know them and end up screwing up somewhere. There are many quirks about them.
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I would only send mine to a certified tech or a tuner. Much less a high school shop class.
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Here in LA, seen tons of Porsches, Jaguars, high end Mercedes and BMWs every friggen day. See a couple of Ferraris , Vipers, Lotus, every weekend. I even saw Jay Leno in a 1940's firetruck of all things.
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Originally Posted by Mike 01WS6
Why are you working on someone's viper? All vipers get worked on by a local viper tech, it's a standard procedure at dodge when a car needs maintenance. Almost all viper owners get their car worked on by a certified tech at a dealer, or the work will not be warranteed or backed by dodge. Then your F#$%ed when you have to go buy another $13,000 engine.
I have taken mine to a tech all the time for work. They are different cars and somebody always thinks they know them and end up screwing up somewhere. There are many quirks about them.
I would only send mine to a certified tech or a tuner. Much less a high school shop class.![EEK !!](https://ls1tech.com/forums/images/smilies/LS1Tech/gr_eek2.gif)
I have taken mine to a tech all the time for work. They are different cars and somebody always thinks they know them and end up screwing up somewhere. There are many quirks about them.
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I would only send mine to a certified tech or a tuner. Much less a high school shop class.
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Well, firstly, they are not that complicated. Take off the aluminum skidplate on the bottom and you can see the 5-2-1 headers and mufflers (it was an 03) and the driveshaft, and not too much else. the rear suspension is kinda strange, but nothing you would really need crazy skill to work on. maybe the electronics are tough, but nothing else really.
anyway, it had been wrecked and that teacher had just got done fixing it at his shop and we were just checking for a noise coming out of the rear, which ended up being a loose bolt on the upper rear driver's control arm.
And if someone fucked my engine up in a viper? I'd put an engine that had 8 cylinders in there with some sort of standard aftermarket and potential. not raggin on vipers, but you can get way more than 500 horses for $13,000. I'd also NEVER own a car I wouldn't work on myself. Just my opinion.
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and the XJ220s are quad turboed. . . and quite fast
i haven't seen it yet. most of his class has, and he's bringing it to school one day.
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Originally Posted by john_matrix
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Originally Posted by john_matrix
Totalling an XJ220....ouch. I hope the guy who owned it at least had fun, and hopefully didn't die.
so ****. . .what aboutt he insurance company who had to pay for another $600,000 XJ220
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