I got a Salvaged '94 Viper for my birthday! What was the CAR WIZARD thinking?
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- čas přidán 10. 06. 2023
- The CAR WIZARD 🧙♂️ has always wanted a Gen 1 Dodge Viper and so for his birthday he bought one... a Salvaged one!?!? What was he thinking???
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Very nice. I started my design career on that car, was in the room when Iacocca approved it for production. Fuel lines, brake lines, exhaust, hinge pillars and toe boxes, all those drawings have my name on them.
Wow!
Nice work. Did you ever know Ralph Gilles?
Thanks for commenting
Presumably the "burn your leg" exhaust placement was by design...I believe it's known as "Viper calf" ;)
@@GM-fh5jp snake bite
@@RayNLA Was he an engine designer on the 1st gen? I do remember a man with the name of Ralph, but I cannot recall his last name.
@@GM-fh5jp More packaging constraints than anything else. It was the only place to put the exhaust, no room under the car. Seeing the bare frame would show why.
One minor correction: A Viper will do exactly what you *tell it* to do, which is not always what you *want* it to do.
like women
@@jamdc2000 noo no, that's the opposite
@@maxv146 dont get it
I have my own version for this as a programmer: A computer will do what you tell it to do, whether you know/understand what you told it to do or not.
An easy example is with a slow/frozen computer - some people will hit a bunch of keys at the speed of a sowing machine, just to act all surprised when it catches up and starts acting on every input they just put in.
If you're going to buy a rebuilt title car, the rear end damage is the place to have it. Front end damage is scarier. Congrats on the purchase, Dave! Let us know about any insurance issues with the rebuilt title.
How about a salvage title? Or are they one in the same ?
@@slysimon8533 Rebuilt vehicles have Salvage Titles.
It’s going to be more, I imagine for a Viper it could be very expensive, it’s $100 a year more than a non-salvage on my 2011 Lincoln town car, so $260 per year versus $160.
I love the humor and wise cracks between you and the wife.😂They make me laugh all the time and enjoy your videos even more.THANK YOU.
Seriously lol
Happy Birthday, Dave! You're only 44 years young. I hope that you'll have a blessed year and that you'll be able to bring us many more years of videos.
We're the same age. I had no idea.
lmao saying his real name
@@kurtrusellpatrickswayze Yeah, who's Dave? It's like when I got to 30 my Grandfather said I could start calling him Ted. "No, you're Grandad"
@@user-sf7kl9uh7k Well, I meant it more like he tries to keep his real name private, and somebody here just said it. Or idk, maybe it's known, I didn't know it.
@@kurtrusellpatrickswayze He's not secretive about his real name, he's called David Long. We know him as The Car Wizard.
Truthfully, you rarely lose much value on Vipers for salvage paper unless the damage was extreme or it has massive mechanical issues .
But the low production numbers of them is why after all these years they still command at minimum 30 grand. I have shopped them before and never saw one lower than 40k. and that was 3 years ago.
So you done good Wiz.
I live in NZ, and I've only ever seen 2 of these on the road here - they have amazing presence and command at least as much attention as an Italian supercar.
Great video. I am on the 1996 Dodge Viper GTS a few years ago. It was my dream car. It was so exciting to drive and just thrilling to push that gas pedal and shift those gears. Much like you’re saying when I bought it in 2008 it was relatively cheap and I sold it back in 2020 right before the pandemic really head and made an absolute killing. I don’t regret selling it but man I had a great time owning it.
i bought a 1993 viper last year with 3,700 miles. i had all the gaskets replaced, the entire cooling system replaced, all fluids replaced, all new tires and got it straight piped. you have to straight pipe it, its a whole other animal and the stock cam has a nice amount of lope you can hear once straight piped. best car i have driven. just hard to get certain replacement parts.
What a Supreme score on that gorgeous first-gen Viper, congrats & enjoy!
Great stuff Wizard. I think you and the Mrs. should add test drives to these videos. We would all look forward to that segment!
Great idea!
Happy Birthday Wizard! Porsche brakes and KW suspension were common upgrades on the mk1 Viper here in Germany. Made the car much safer and more capabale
Happy birthday! Been watching since Tyler introduced you to us. It's awesome seeing how much more confident you've become on camera. Congratulations on your car and success.
I'm glad you can be able to afford this, total dream car, you deserve it and then some for how helpful you are to all of us and infinitely sharing your knowledge and tips. Happy Birthday, David!
HAPPY LEVEL-UP DAY Wizard! What a cool find - hopefully there are no other gremlins hiding in that thing from the accident.
He wont know anyway becauee he’ll be too cheap to put the 93 gas in it and wont drive it anyway.
Happy Birthday wizard and congratulations on your Viper. Well deserved and thank you for sharing your knowledge and stories with the community.
You deserve it man. Your channel is really out here helping people
Enjoy your new car David, as long as drives straight, some TLC on the paintwork and new tires
and the title will be soon forgotten.
Have a great Birthday.🎂
Happy Birthday wizard. My dad bought me a 1:18 diecast model of this when I was little in the 90s on holiday in Kish island, southern Iran in the Persian Gulf and ever since then I've fantasised about owning one. I'm very envious of you, but i will have to say you have made a fantastic desicion. Shame we cant get these beauties over here. You're a lucky and blessed man Wizard.
I had a die cast model of this and I could not stop admiring its curves. It's a great piece of art and history.
Happy Birthday, Dave! Great thanks for your educating content. I've learnt so so much over several years of watching your channel. I greatly appreciate all your time and labour investment in producing videos and repairing cars concurrently.
Love seeing the Viper in the foreground and the XLR in the background. Also, for a salvaged out Viper that frame looks great front to back especially if it drives straight. I think you really found a gem here Wizard
Congrats Wizard, welcome to the Viper club! I was so happy to see you got one, I think it says a lot for someone who has worked on several of them to recognize how awesome they are.
And if that V10 gives out, you can swap it with a Hellcat V8 motor - similar to the one #Throtl did for last year's Roadkill Nights event in Detroit.
Happy Birthday!! Enjoy the new ride. Looking forward to followup videos on it.
Happy Birthday, and best wishes for many miles of fun in the Viper.
Love when Mrs. Wizard chimes in. You are a fine duo.
Many Happy Returns Wizard.
May you have many happy years with your new toy.
I wouldn’t worry about depreciation on that viper, as they get rarer and rarer they will either hold their price or go up in value, you’re extremely unlikely to loose money on that purchase, even if you got bored with it after a few years, you’ll always get back what you paid for it… if not more!
Hey wizard,
I love your new purchase!
One of the things that I would love to see on your cars, either yours or your customers, if they are viable, it’s for you to start them up so that we can hear the engine run!
Especially cars like this with a big V10, just to hear it rumble for a while, it just makes all the difference.😍
Thanks
Happy Birthday !! And (I've said it before but) thanks so much to you both for your fascinating car related videos!! Learning a lot from you both. This car looks great and the under-frame structure looks extremely robust. I guess it takes a bit of oil to keep that v10 happy...... I have found with the older cars I have had that the seat and seatbelts should be checked over for metal fatigue and structural integrity , such as fatigued welding joint cracks or the like. I have had car seats move when I stopped and seatbelts hanging on by a thread because I didn't check them after I bought the car. With all that power good to know you can rely on the belts and seats if needed :)
Happy B day wizard! Been watching your channel for 1 yr now. Keep doing these videos, they really rock
This car is VERY COOL Wizard! Congrats! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Don't get in trouble!!
The Dodge Viper is still one of my dream cars. I was able to drive a Gen 1 after a parade to help get all cars back to a dealership, and it just stuck with me. Such a normal interior but a monster lurks beneath.
Buddy ! It’s so good to see you finally have some success from all of your hard work ! Congratulations on your birthday present ! You earned it !
HBD! Always good content and well explained. Thanks.
Happy b-day wizard! Beautiful, glad to see you take care of the beast.
Happy birthday and Congrats! to you 🎊🏆I also purchased mine last months paid in cash. While watching this video I feel very proud of who I am and what I've accomplished. I'm glad I made a wise financial choice that changed me
Congrats you definitely need a load of money to own a car rn, you did it!
Congratulations! I'm motivated, and I'm also saving up to buy a house, so this means a lot to me right now. Would you mind sharing some advice on how to increase my income?
@@andreblechynden4578 thanks
@@peteranderson5714 Here are some tips that helped me.
1. Plan towards it
2. Be frugal and minimal on spending (don't buywhy you don't need )
3. Save money towards retirement (Roth IRA/401k)
4. Build an emergency fund
5. Save to invest, this is the most important because it's a proven way to get richer. Very important to financial success.
@@dabriga7 thanks you for replying me speaking about investment i have heard it, but not sure where to begin or how to make a decent one can you explain further?
Congrats on the purchase, and Happy Birthday!!!
Happy birthday Dave! Wishing you and yours a wonderful day.
I remember when the Wizard was happy to get a clean Crown Victoria 🎉.
If there's something that will recover a Viper in a nice way, it's a Wizard. Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday! You deserve it! 🧁
Happy Birthday! And, Mrs Wizard is really hitting her stride! Bravo!
Happy Birthday Weeezard!
I've had 2 and the only problem the Viper has is that it always seems to be trying to kill you 🤣
It's always the most fun and terrifying vehicle ever made.
Happy Treat-Yo-Self Day, Sir Wizard! A red Viper as a B'day present sounds almost *too* on-the-nose, but golly, it looks like silly-fun lies ahead for you (and Mrs. Wizard, whom I presume gets some driver's-seat time, as she seemed to hint at here). Glad Tyler gave you the soft top from his Viper...never assume you'll never get a bit of rain on a nice day's drive. Looking very much forward to your driving and wrenching episodes with this one.
A very happy belated birthday, Wizard! I am so happy for you and the missus on your new birthday present! She’s gorgeous!
Happy Birthday. I drove a a Generation one for the internet way back when they were new. I burned my leg on side pipe, it fishtailed like crazy, it had no radio and I was loving every minute of it all. Mrs. Wizard looks to be about 23 and your guys seem really good together. I would love to hear the satire between the two of you once in a while. Beautiful car. Greeting from Wichita.
Happy birthday Wizard! When you said that you had a midlife crisis I assumed that you bought a corvette. Although this is much cooler than a corvette. I turn my head every time I see a Viper.
Happy Birthday Wizard!
Happy birthday Wizard! Thanks for all that you do
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WIZARD!!!!!! GLAD TO SEE YOU GETTING SOMETHING AWESOME FOR YOURSELF...GREAT CHOICE TOO
I love it. Congratulations Wizzard. You deserve it! Thank you for your service too. Shows you what an American can do. Love the videos of course. Keep it real dawg
Love all the Vipers. Wicked looking machines. Congrats on the car, hope you enjoy it and it serves you well.
Happy Birthday, Wizard! I've always wanted a Viper since I had a poster of one on my wall when I was 6. You're a lucky man! Enjoy your sweet ride. I hope to see more of it.
Happy Birthday! That is the best birthday present ever. Enjoy the ride Wizard. Happy Motoring!
Hi wizard how Tyler doing? He seems happier in his latest video. Happy birthday to you and please be there for him. I have a feeling hes keeping all of this bottled up and would be good to know he has a friend there who he can hang out with and vent. Tell mrs wizard youve got a bro in need and you need to spend some quality time with him. Hes done so much for you all and im sure never expected anything in return. Sorry but it would just make me feel better to know his friends are circling the wagons and taking care of him.
What happened to him?
@@justinx9892 I think his old lady cheated on him. That's why he has to sell everything and now living at his garage where he parks his cars.
You’re never too old or too young to have a midlife crisis lol! Congrats on the Viper! The first gens look particularly awesome!
For me it was more the After-midlife-crisis, I am 16 years older and 2 years ago bought a red '94 car like the Wizard. But that is about where the parallels end.
But one advantage I have: I have about 5,000 miles of unlimited autobahn. So unless the Wizard goes on a racetrack, my car can go legally faster than his Viper with 2 1/2 the power.
Happy birthday!! Congratulations on the Viper!! 🎉😁
Happy Birthday Mr.Wizard!!!!Youre show rocks Blessings nd Gods speed
Knowing we're the same age, and that you went from, what, a 91B, to a successful business owner gives this former 11B that's now a heavy equipment tech (thanks Bradley Fighting Vehicle) quite a bit of hope. I keep considering doing a weekend-only ag repair business, and other dude's success is helping to push me more and more to give it a shot for a year.
Dave is turning into Tavarish. He's got a number of project cars that aren't finished, so what does he do? He gets another. When he buys a McLaren off Copart that's wrecked beyond belief we'll know he's finally gone over
PS: Nice Viper
He seems to learn from THEIR mistakes
2:04 that’s right it’s just a go fast machine, you are the control!
Love those cars . Enjoy wizard happy birthday Sir
Right in Wizard!! Happy Birthday and enjoy your new toy!!
It'll be really fun to watch you give that Car Wizard TLC to this thing over the coming weeks. I can't wait to see how bright and shiny everything will be when you get it the way you want it. Seriously, though, I want to HEAR it when it's done. On the other note, I doubt Mrs. Wizard wants to celebrate birthdays any more... instead, you get the... ummm... 9th? anniversary of her 29th birthday.... and yeah, you gotta celebrate her curves more than you celebrate the sexy curves on your car... can't forget that. Thanks for sharing your mid life crisis with us... at least it's a really cool one.
If it is only 21k miles, check the air filters. The earlier style filters have a foam gasket which turns to tar and clogs the filter. My gen 2 had them when I got it 2 years ago.
Happy birthday 🎉🥳. Nice Ride Young Man
Another year of Good Health Congrats 💪🏾
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Mr. Wizard! Love your videos. Your knowledge helps a lot of us.
Remove the cats asap.
Happy birthday David! Thanks for all the great and honest advise. God bless u and your family.
Congrats Dave and HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Welcome to the Viper family Wizard! I love my Viper and recently bought a gen 2 like yours with some accident history. Nothing major front bumper replaced and 31k miles. I plan on driving it as well! A teenage dream come true.
Sweet ride! Enjoy! Happy birthday
Happy Birthday Dave, love from the UK man.
Happy birthday, Wizard!! sweet ride
Excellent birthday present, enjoy! And thanks for all your videos, they encourage we older wrenchers to fix things. Gooday from Australia.
Happy birthday Wizard! All the best!
Happy Birthday! Nice gift to yourself! Hope she cleans up well!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY WIZARD!🎂 enjoy your viper!
Cool car dude! Glad you got an awesome birthday gift! A viper is on my car bucket list! Happy birthday! 🎊🎉🎁
Happy birthday Dave and thank you for sharing your Viper with us.
Great car, loved it the first moment i saw it. Got a model kit of it, painted it green. Some years later at the start of my job career i worked at Mercedes-Benz when they merged with Chrysler and got the offer to drive one of these brand new. I didn't take it because i feared of crashing it (i was 21 at the time, just made my driving license the year before) and it was needed for a presentation the following day. I have a hell of a lot of respect for that torque monster without servo steering, ABS and so on.
This one was well taken care of even though it wasn't driven much. You got it for a good price and i wish you a lot of fun and always a crash free drive with it.
Thank you for sharing your purchase with us.
Happy birthday Wizard, thank you for the knowledge you bestow upon us!
Happy Birthday Wizard, enjoy your present, I hope it treats you as well as you will treat it🙂
Happy birthday man! Love those first gen Vipers...great snag!
Happy Birthday big fella, great purchase for you as well, Rj in Oz
Your videos are getting so much better!
Happy birthday, Wizard! Great deal on a fantastic summer fun car! I hope y'all have a riot wasting the rear tires on this puppy. Thanks, Mr. and Mrs. Wizard; have fun! ✌️❤️🙂🇨🇦
Happy Birthday gonna start calling you the Viper dude awesome!
Again, happy happy birthday mr. Wizard and congratulations on your new viper. I've got several vipers in my collection so I know you will be having fun. But I like to know could you do a pros and cons on a 2014 Chevy suburban the LTZ package 1500 ❔ thank you. I watch almost all your videos and I watch them because you give a lot of good tips and I trust in your opinion of automobiles ❗👌
Happy birthday! Enjoy your special birthday present 🎉
Happy Birthday!! What a Birthday present! I am soooo jealous.
Nice purchase Wizard. And Happy Birthday
And a happy birthday from Belgium as well
Happy Birthday! Still a pup!! Thank you for sharing your great work. I hope you get to do something special for yourself today...beyond the VIPER
Wow. You are *hilarious*. "Yes! Let's do that, right now!". Thank you for that genuine lol. Congrats on the awesome car, mate. Happy birthday!
Gorgeous ride; happy belated birthday!
That's fun present for yourself, definitely gambles on salvage-titles, but good deals to be found especially if keeping for own enjoyment. And you have the skills to address the issues. Congrats on the new to you car!
Happy Birthday and Make Vipers Great Again!
Happy Birthday 🎁 and WOWwhat a gift !! Your wife ROCKS!!😎👍🏻🦅🇺🇸
From Australia. Happy Birthday. I remember Australian racing driver Rusty French driving a Dodge Viper around the Mount Panorama race track where the Bathurst 1000 is raced every year, which is basically a blocked off public road for the race, similar to the roads used in the Isle of Man TT except the latter being a motorcycle time trial. French ran out of brakes. Brembo replacements would be on top of the shopping list for me. Great price by the way, bargain hot rod.
I think it needs a special Car Wizard wrap, something like you face and beard around the front fenders maybe into the bumper. But like a checkered side the is the center of the Car Wizards hat like a checkered pattern. Have a great birthday and I hope you take my suggestion and make it truly something special when it shows up at a car show. Better yet get invited to SIMA (?sp) show it wrapped with all the Wizards special touches! Love the videos and the content you both create for us, much thanks!
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear wizard, and love the CAR TOO!!!
Happy birthday Wizard enjoy your Viper I love those cars they are very iconic, if I could I own one, congratulations!