Chris Harris driving the acr at top gear

Chris Harris driving the acr at top gear

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acr_nick

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Friday 12th August 2016
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viper2day

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Saturday 13th August 2016
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Nice find !!!!

and an good honest assessment ( i think !!! )

Perhaps it should be posted on the Porsche forum !!!! LOL ...redcard

fatboy18

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210 months

Saturday 13th August 2016
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I need to sit down..... Good God someone finally gives the car an honest review, and about bleeding time too!

Blayney

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Sunday 14th August 2016
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That was brilliant thanks for sharing!

AndrewD

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Sunday 14th August 2016
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Who can look after these in the UK?

I'm in the US right now, tempted to buy one and ship back

acr_nick

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Sunday 14th August 2016
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AndrewD said:
Who can look after these in the UK?

I'm in the US right now, tempted to buy one and ship back
Well if you took it to a Chrysler dealer they would probably ask what it is over here, but any performance car service garage could handle them. They are very easy to work on and everything is visible unlike Italian cars hidden away under carbon fibre panels.

My gen 4 acr is much the same in engine bay and easy to handle, what part of the country are you in? Loads of viper owners around and can point you in the direction of where they go.

fatboy18

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Sunday 14th August 2016
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AndrewD said:
Who can look after these in the UK?

I'm in the US right now, tempted to buy one and ship back
Honest Answer, No UK Dealers would touch it.
But there are ways and means, The UK Viper club look after our own cars, we have access to Viper Techs and have even had People from the USA come over and help on tech stuff. There are also our Swiss and German friends who also have tech support. The Club support on the web is brilliant.
But yes it is a risk if there was a major engine failure
Check out the club http://driveviper.com/
As far as American Dealerships, the main two are Woodhouse Dodge and Tomball Dodge (Viper Exchange) these guys know their stuff. Talk to Bill Pemberton or Mark Jorgensen
Manager http://woodhousemotorsports.com
402-677-2935 Cell

Or Andy Wheeler
ViperExchange Performance Division Manager
awheeler@viperexchange.com

Edited by fatboy18 on Sunday 14th August 23:11

fatboy18

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Sunday 14th August 2016
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They are talking about the TG Review here too smile
http://driveviper.com/forums/threads/15116-Chris-H...

sonicbloo

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149 months

Monday 15th August 2016
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My (2006) car recently had a safety recall on the clutch lockout which prevents the car starting unless the pedal is depressed. The recall came from Chrysler UK, and I booked it in at my local Jeep dealer to be done. I have also ordered Mopar parts for my car there. I suppose it helps as early SRT10's were officially sold in Europe.

But, as said above, I doubt they'd be capable of doing major mechanical issues on mine, let alone a gen 5

AndrewD

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Saturday 27th August 2016
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Seen a car and talked to the Viper tech at the dealership south of San Fran. They seem pretty straightforward but I think we would need access to the software for reading diagnostic codes in the Ecu. Anybody know an easy source for this? I guess there must be somebody on the Internet. I will also try Dodge of course to see if they will be nice.

AndrewD

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Saturday 27th August 2016
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Car has a deep blue pearlcoat and red stripe and looks utterly fantastic.


acr_nick

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Saturday 27th August 2016
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Love that colour I made a few mock ups on the online configuration and that was one of my favourites

fatboy18

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Saturday 27th August 2016
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AndrewD said:
Seen a car and talked to the Viper tech at the dealership south of San Fran. They seem pretty straightforward but I think we would need access to the software for reading diagnostic codes in the Ecu. Anybody know an easy source for this? I guess there must be somebody on the Internet. I will also try Dodge of course to see if they will be nice.
Thought the codes could be read with a STC tuner plugged into the DRB port?

If Not Todd at Arrow would know how smile
http://www.arrowracingengines.com/

The place to ask all your Gen V questions is here
http://driveviper.com/forums/forums/7-Gen-V

good luck smile

Edited by fatboy18 on Saturday 27th August 19:39

AndrewD

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Sunday 28th August 2016
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Thanks!

I've also been pointed in the direction of the David Boatright Partnership in Braintree

V10 SPM

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Thursday 15th September 2016
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Tom Hartley Jnr currently has a new 2016 ACR for sale at 164,950 GBP.

acr_nick

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Thursday 15th September 2016
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Lovely car they have, now the pound is so weak it wouldn't be that far off price for a high spec acr extreme. Kicking myself for not being able to buy one when I was offered one at £95,000 on the road here.