So maybe I do need new tires.

[wastntim]

At the end of last season, while just learning to drive my Viper, I began to form the conclusion that a new set of tires would be a good idea. As the cold weather began to come in, I began to have more and more trouble getting the tires to stick. With the beginning of spring and some warm weather, my opinion began to swing. I seemed to be getting a decent amount of grip and I was thinking about holding off since the tires only had 3,000 miles on them...until last night.

With a mash of the gas, I took off from the stop sign leaving behind the stupid mother f****er in the pickup truck that had the brainstorm that he was somehow going to race me and nearly sideswipe me in the process. With a bit more agression than common sense I launched myself into a two second wheel hop which seemed to go as much to the right as it did foward only to illuminate the light pole that I was now hurtling towards. Firing faster than my sparkplugs, my brain conjured up the carnage of each and every wrecked viper. By a mere survival instinct, I turned the wheel and by nothing more than dumb luck, the car turned despite the dirt shoulder and I pulled the next gear. Ten minutes after being home, I found myself back in the garage visually confirming that I did not, in fact, impale my car onto that light pole but did answer that nagging question ... it's time for new tires.

[STUGOTS]

I would YES it is time for some new ones

[2002_Viper_GTS_ACR]

Got some if ya need 'em

Jon

[ViperGTS]

Don't waste your time with old tires!

[STUGOTS]

yeah just burn them off the back and get new ones LOL

[Mopar Steve]

Maybe some new BVD's while you're at it.

[wastntim]

Maybe some new BVD's while you're at it.

Everything happened so fast, if that happened it would have been post mortem. What I really needed was a defibrilator for when I got home and realized how close I was to slicing the car in half.

[AviP]

With a mash of the gas, I took off from the stop sign leaving behind the stupid mother f****er in the pickup truck that had the brainstorm that he was somehow going to race me and nearly sideswipe me in the process.

Someone's gotta say it so I will. It takes 2 to race. You are a stupid mofo if you are racing a pickup! What's to prove with a pickup? I bet he had the last laugh seeing you getting near that pole. Grow up!

[Matt]

What are the date codes on the side of your tires?

Might be worth investing in a tire durometer.

[wastntim]

Someone's gotta say it so I will. It takes 2 to race. You are a stupid mofo if you are racing a pickup! What's to prove with a pickup? I bet he had the last laugh seeing you getting near that pole. Grow up!

At the time he was attempting to race me, I was on a two lane highway. I wasn't racing him. He went into the opposing lane to pull even with me, as I was driving.

The part where I did not use my head was when I took off. He was behind me at the stop sign. I was just trying to leave this idiot far behind me.

Trust me, the last person I am going to race is someone in a pickup truck.