First Viper drive of '05

[Neil - UK]

weather was dry and sun was out, only a bit of moisture on the roads, so it would be rude not to go for a spin and take a few snaps



the road I drive to work 10 mile long, which is ideal for the GTS loads of bends, short straights 3rd gear sprints and not much traffic.




small inn en route

[dennis]

And EVO says the Viper is too wide for british roads...

Really nice pictures. Love the last one.

[kgrif]

Neil, that's steel grey right? What color are the strips? White or Pearl?

[VIPER BAZ UK]

Looks good Neil.....
Who cut the tree in the shape of a playboy bunny in pic 2.

[Neil - UK]

yep Steel Grey, stripes are white vinyl, car was plain but wanted stripes, tried a few colors including silver but liked white some better pics here
http://www.racegraphics.net/viper/slideshow.php

maybe a bit to wide Dennis down these lanes for a novice who isnt used to driving a viper. Jump into a viper for the first time, on the wrong side of these 'B' roads, steering wheel and gear knob in the wrong place and try and drive fast it would be a little daunting to say the least.

[VIPER COLIN UK]

Nice pics Neil, we have snow up here so no run in the Viper. The Miniviper of course, not much chance of driving the big one the now.

Colin

[Neil - UK]

Looks good Neil.....
Who cut the tree in the shape of a playboy bunny in pic 2.

Playboy bunny ? indeed
everyone can plainly see its a naked lady

[kgrif]

Weather absolutely blows here in Ohio. Days without the sun and a 16 inch snow meltoff, now 58 degrees and overcast and rain for the entire 10 day forecast. Wet, damp, dark! No Viper driving. I absolutely hate it!

[LynnRI]

Beautiful pics. Beautiful scenery. Makes me want to get on plane. I drove across Ireland (land of my ancestors!!) on a vacation a year ago...the roads were SO narrow I almost had several heart attacks, most especially, when driving the Ring of Kerry on a foggy day.

Is the viper (you have my fav color, by the way) your daily driver?? Just wondering as the steering wheel is on the left, and I don't know how you could switch back and forth without making yourself crazy.

Also, unless I something, how do you get away with only viper vanity plates??

Anyway, great pics, beautiful car, and that is a lovely ride to work you have! Happy New Year. Lynn

[Craig 201 MPH]

Awesome pics, I have to get over there someday.

[Neil - UK]

Unfortunately where I am we dont get much snow, I'd love a couple of feet for a few weeks but the normal winter is now a couple of frosty crispy mornings with a few inches of snow if were lucky that usually disappeared within a couple of hours. Last time it snowed heavily and lasted for a couple of days was around 13 years ago and the whole country ground to a halt. Global warming I guess.

I'm smack in the middle of England, well 10 miles from the center, you cant get more land locked although its still only a couple of hours in the viper to the closest sea. It's a bit rural,luckily my village is in a green belt area
which means no new buildings/construction are allowed without permission which is very hard to get from the government its also in the middle of a protected nature conservation area. Most of the surrounding roads are B roads like the pic above, with good access to the major motorways not that far away.

The viper for me like everyone over here isnt there main mode of transport, I use a GM small 4x4 to do the donkey work, and the GTS is a weekend/summer evening type car. Jumping from left to right hand drive has caught me out a couple of times, opening the passenger door (to drive) then looking a plonker I grab something and cooly walk around to the drivers side

Vanity plates are available, but all the good ones went years ago, and now are really expensive. The most paid I believe for a plate was $240K for K1NGS and that was a number of years ago, the V1PER plate I suppose is the ultimate you could get for a viper here sold at a auction a few years ago for $44K

oh well thats enough waffling off to bed...it is 2am...

[GimmeTheSpeed]

That is a mean looking grey!! very nice!