Detroit News "Dodge Viper Magnificent Dinosaur" article

[JonB - PartsRack]

Aplogies if this was posted, a search did not find it. A Detroit friend from Ford sent it to me!

Dodge Viper: A magnificent dinosaur


I did send them two corrections: "This is the ninth year that Dodge has offered the Viper as a production model." is one obvious error.....

And the Skip-Shift mention was incorrect as well

[dave6666]

They are almost writing about it in a past tense.

Hmm...

[ASPIRATIONS]

Quote:Frankly, there's nothing like it made in America......... Iam not worried (YET) about the future of the Viper but question when the insurance compines or the GOVernment will call a halt to the HP wars...Iam guessing the price of oil will beat both of them to it.....
Long Live Our Dinosaur!!!!!!!

[rcl4668]

Thanks for posting Jon.

/Rich

[MikeR]

I like how the add about the Viper owner " Cant help but wonder if their other car is a Mini Cooper" What does that have to do with anything. And no I dont own one.

[Cop Magnet]

"This is the ninth year that Dodge has offered the Viper as a production model."

Umm, okay...No pre-'99 models I guess.

"The ideal surface would be a well-maintained oval track, where you could really work the gears on the straightaways."

Yeah, oval track. That's where I track my Vipers. And I can use both gears!

"If the Corvette is a true American sports car, the Viper qualifies as an exotic, sitting somewhere between the 'Vette and a Lamborghini."

At least they got that right.

That article was written by a retard.
No offense to the mentally impaired.

[Bobpantax]

The writer appears to be a pencil pushing, comma carrying, guilt ridden desk jockey who may not have even driven the car or who did not properly do his research. In the alternative, the person who edited the article is neocortically impaired. For instance, the article states:

"and to 100 mph in about 12 seconds." As we all know, the car does zero to 100 to zero in 12 seconds. In 12 seconds, it would be well north of 130 MPH. His comments about gas usage are inane. The average MPG of full sized V8 pickup trucks and V8 soccer mom SUV's are both worse than the 2008 Viper stats. Let's see - a bit more than 1000 Vipers a year versus hundreds of thousands of trucks and SUVs. A flawed analysis like this is annoying.

[dave6666]

Originally Posted by Bobpantax

The writer appears to be a pencil pushing, comma carrying, guilt ridden desk jockey who may not have even driven the car or who did not properly do his research.

That's why we have this forum so we can write the truth.

[rcl4668]

Damn he's good . . . my other car IS a MINI!

[Vipermann]

"... the Viper symbolizes the very best and the very worst aspects of America's relationship to the road: Arrogance for thinking we can guzzle gas by the gallon while the rest of the world measures it in teacups; childish clinging to a bygone era that was truly great while it lasted."

The rest of the world? I guess the cars listed below are all made in America.

The writer, an American-hater (who probably drives a Prius), obviously doesn't know anything about ultra-high-performance cars -- they ALL have poor fuel economy -- high power requires fuel.

EPA MPG
Aston Martin Vantage ... 13/19
Ferrari 430 ... 13/17
Lambo Gallardo ... 10/18
Maserati GranT ... 11/16
Mercedes SLR ... 12/17
Nissan GT-R ... 15/21
Porsche GT-3 ... 15/22
Corvette Z06 ... 15/22
2008 Viper ... 12/21

[09 Venom]

0-100mph in 12 seconds....yeah if a trailer is attached to the back!!

[Kenneth Krieger]

Moronic writer who probably still uses a typewriter! Yes, Viper owners are in a different class......not necessarily all "high income", but definitely a higher IQ.....far higher than the writer of this "article"!

[2snakes4us]

I'm tired of folks claiming the Viper is a gas guzzler.
My 03'1500 Ram 4x4 with the HEMI get only 11.5 miles per gallon. I would work from my viper if i could. I think the viper gets great mileage per gallon.

[CajunViper]

The writer did admit to being REARed.

"As one reared in the golden years"

[29OUTLAW]

Originally Posted by rcl4668

Damn he's good . . . my other car IS a MINI!

What an idiot. My other car is a Focus.

[Hamrhead]

Originally Posted by 29OUTLAW

What an idiot. My other car is a Focus.

Yeah! Me too!

[CitySnake]

I'll just get it over with...

Chuck's other car is a.....Viper.


For that matter, so is Adrian's! I hate my friends!

[Andrew/USPWR]

Originally Posted by Vipermann

"... the Viper symbolizes the very best and the very worst aspects of America's relationship to the road: Arrogance for thinking we can guzzle gas by the gallon while the rest of the world measures it in teacups; childish clinging to a bygone era that was truly great while it lasted."

The rest of the world? I guess the cars listed below are all made in America.

The writer, an American-hater (who probably drives a Prius), obviously doesn't know anything about ultra-high-performance cars -- they ALL have poor fuel economy -- high power requires fuel.

EPA MPG
Aston Martin Vantage ... 13/19
Ferrari 430 ... 13/17
Lambo Gallardo ... 10/18
Maserati GranT ... 11/16
Mercedes SLR ... 12/17
Nissan GT-R ... 15/21
Porsche GT-3 ... 15/22
Corvette Z06 ... 15/22
2008 Viper ... 12/21

If their talking gas guzzlers, how about trucks and vans? My old chevy van never got over 13 mpg. No one was flipping me off in that.