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Old 08-14-2008, 12:40 PM
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Old 08-14-2008, 12:48 PM
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mmmm an older viper.....
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crash the viper... buy it back... find a way to shoehorn the motor into the older miata.
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Old 08-14-2008, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by splitime
crash The Viper... Buy It Back... Find A Way To Shoehorn The Motor Into The Older Miata.
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congratz on the new one
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Old 08-14-2008, 01:15 PM
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The '99 is so sweet. Leave for work early just to get some seat time in.
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So you live in a motor home?
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Old 08-14-2008, 01:22 PM
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Nice Viper, blue w/ white stripe hardtops are my favorite. I was eyeballing a twin turbo one at a local meet last weekend.

Are those RPF-1's on the 99, or knockoffs?

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Old 08-14-2008, 01:51 PM
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No, they are real RPF-1's. I put them on the 90 before I gave it to my friend to drive during the summer and put the 16's from the 90 on my 99. Damn those Rpf-1's are light.
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Old 08-14-2008, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by neogenesis2004
So you live in a motor home?
No the motorhome belongs to the guy I bought it from in Cali. That was the day I picked it up. He bought a MSM.
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He needs a lawnmower.

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i'd rock the viper. or at least park it in my driveway till gas prices come down
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Originally Posted by paul
i'd rock the viper. or at least park it in my driveway till gas prices come down
Oh it's not so bad...it'll get 15 on the interstate if you baby it.
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Old 08-14-2008, 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by KPLAFIN
Oh it's not so bad...it'll get 15 on the interstate if you baby it.
**** some guys claim 24 mpg on the highway and I believe them. In 6th gear at 75 you're only hittin about 1600 rpm!!!! Stock Vipers have 3:07s in the rear ends. I get 12-13 around town.
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Is that markp's old car?
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No, it's Mike Bs old car. He lives in Castro Valley, CA. He was the 2nd owner though. Don't know who the first was.
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