New Viper owner in Tennessee

[Rand]

This summer I purchased a 2010 ACR from John Gastman at Roanoke Motors - he and his staff were really great to work with. It is GTS Blue with a large silver center stripe. My wife and I enjoyed the 450mi drive back from Roanoke, Ill to Brentwood, Tn. My wife was behind me and was laughing at the reactions of drivers as they noticed the viper! I am loving this car, it handles great and attracts lots of attention at the local car shows. I met other viper owners this summer/fall at car shows in the area and several were members of VOA and encouraged me to join, so I did so today.
The forum is very helpful and I have identified several "wish list" items for my car.

Rand

[dodgefever]

Congrats and welcome to the club. I hope you plan on participating in the Tail of the Dragon event June 1-4 so we can check out the car. The event will be based out of Gatlinburg and It's anticipated there will be between 150 and 200 Vipers this year. You can find info on the Tennessee or Carolina Sub-forums. Also, the FB page is excellent. WELCOME!

[Rand]

Thanks - I will mark my calendar as this sounds like a great event!

[Joel]

Glad to have you in the club! Hope to see you again soon!!

[1ststrike]

Congrats and welcome to the club. John is a great guy with a wealth of knowledge.

[AdairII]

Welcome Rand to the TN area - there are a few running around in these hills.
Joel usually sends an invite out for the Cars and Coffee in Franklin for the first Sat of every month (once the season starts) It is unofficially exotic(s) weekend. It is very cool when a few of the vipers roll in together.
Hope to cross paths soon.

[St.Char]

Congrats! Bet she looks great too. It's too bad you don't own a camera though.

[Viper98]

Hey Rand, congratulations! Welcome aboard. Great cars + great peeps = great forum.

It's a lot of fun to watch the people in approaching/surrounding cars. One day a little 2/3 year old, walking with his mother, just STOPPED!!! ..... I could see him point and say "whooooooa" as we slowly drove by. Man, what a cool feeling....for both of us ....I mean.

Tuners, kids, cops, Russians; heck, everyone likes a nice Viper, even if they won't admit it.
Before long you'll get used to all the stopping and staring. You'll get used to all of the Beemers, Audis and Hondas that want make a name for themselves. All of the pics and videos being taken will grow old and ..ROTFLMAO, who am I foolin'? HA!!! Of course you won't ever get used to it, it just keeps gettin better and better and alooooot more fun.

You'll be sportin' wood and a permanent-grin.

Have fun, my friend, have fun!!!

Be well

Jer

[Rand]

Thanks and I agree about John - a fun guy to talk with and very knowledgeable!

[Rand]

Thanks - I do attend CnC on a regular basis and have met some great folks! Please let me know when you plan to attend.

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Thanks and I will get a pic posted soon!

[Rand]

Too funny and true!!!! Thanks!

[Rand]

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Here is a pic of my ACR

[uvbnbit]

Awesome. , I'm in Kingston Springs but I work in Brentwood (31 yrs now, lol). I saw a Matte Gen V (ACR?) last week on Franklin Rd.
We have a great bunch of owners in Mid Tn area. I"ll message you my cell # . Feel free to call if got any questions.
Congrats on purchase.

[commandomatt]

Amazing looking car

Welcome to the exciting world of Viper ownership

[99RT10]

Beautiful car Rand. Love the color combo!!

[Rand]

Thanks and do send me your contact info - looking forward to good weather and getting on the road again!

[Rand]

Thank you - Vipers are exception al cars and I have to believe they will appreciate in value given 2017 is the last year of production.

[Rand]

Thank you! I wanted either a blue or grey/silver car and found this one that was a little of both!

[SmoknTires]

Congrats man!

Good car (and from a good dealer). Have fun out there with the new toy!