2006 Dodge Viper

Convertible

8.3L 8275CC 505Cu. In. V10 GAS OHV Naturally Aspir

Manual

1B3JZ65Z96V100115

Clear

Gasoline

OF ALL THE GENERATI0N 3 CONVERTIBLE SRT-10'S BUILT 2620 WERE RED 2021 WERE BLACK 1267 WERE SILVER THIS IS ONE OF THE ONLY 88 BLUE EVER BUILT Car was in a recent low speed collision floor mat pushed against the accelerator and the car went from dead stop and took off and traveled less then 100 feet where it ran into another car where it impacted drivers front wheel to drivers front wheel.I’m not a mechanic but just looking at the obvious damage cosmetically the fender headlight and front bumper cover need to be replaced. Mechanically the knuckle where the tie rod attaches broke. There doesn’t seem to be any structural damage all the body panel seems still line up perfectly. looks to me if the knuckle is replaced the car would be mechanically 100% and drivable. The front rim has a dent but still holds air. Although its a $1500 rim in the past I’ve been able to swap a damaged rim for a brand new one for $250 charge. There are a couple of prior exterior issues I’d like to point out.The left rocker panel has some heat damage caused by a incompetent dodge dealer mechanic.When I first bought the car an it had 9k miles on it and it had Belanger Headers installed I brought it to the local dealer Port Jeff Chyrsler/Jeep to repair exhaust leaks and a week and $1000 later the just repaired exhaust system came apart and the muffler fell off under the rocker panels.(BOTH SIDES!!) After waiting days for them to reinstall the exhaust because they were busy and unbelievably they were putting new service customers ahead of me I picked up the car . This time not only did it take 2 days for the exhaust to fall off and again both sides but the clutch failed the same day on a car with again less then 10k .After having the car towed back to the dealer they explained that the seals in the clutch slave master cylinder failed and charged me $1100 to fix it. As for the exhaust I was told there was some kind of problem and it was in some way defective and they refused reinstalling it and referred me to an exhaust specialist. I picked up the car and the next day the heat from the open exhaust caused the rocker and plastic inner fender well too burn for a few seconds resulting in the damage. If that wasn’t bad enough after the referred to “specialist” installed the exhaust it again quickly fell off. When I finally found a competent mechanic who properly installed the exhaust he explained that problem was they kept using gaskets between the header flange and muffler. The $5000 headers are designed to be connected metal to metal and the gaskets kept burning away leaving a loose space where the bolts just vibrated off. He also told me the clutch seals were damaged by the extreme heat from the open pipes. Not only won’t the dealership pay for repairs and charged me for damage caused by them they won’t even discuss it and ins. of course denied the claim The trunk and rear bumper were damaged when I was bumped a a red light I temporarily spray painted over the damage and for $12 both damaged areas are barely noticeable. I included pictures of damage prior and after painting over it.The right side of the car aside from a few scratches has remained damage free.The interior as shown in the pics is in good condition.Last August I installed a new rear end when the original started making noise.I did not rebuild or buy a remanufactured one. I ordered and purchased from Dodge an oem brand new complete rear end at a cost of $4000.A few weeks ago front brakes were done including new pads and rotors at a cost of almost $2000 dollars.