'03 Viper--Girl's Car

[KWIK]

\'03 Viper--Girl\'s Car

TUESDAY--
Reliable Transport unloads this red car at Timberline Dodge. I look it over....well.....it says "Viper" on the side so it must be a Viper. Have car detailed and DRIVE IT FOUR BLOCKS to install it in a place of honor in the showroom.
********* Viper guys arrive.
Rob: "Made an $84,000 mistake."
Cody: "Okay, but????"
Larry: "I think it's okay."
JonB: (for the first time in the fifteen years that I've known him) very quite
Tony: "Well, it's different."
Ted: only looked and looked
All the guys were not sure if it was a real Viper/GTS or RT10.
ALL THE GIRLS AND WIVES LOVE IT!

SATURDAY--
Dinner at Merriot Hotel....twenty-five real Vipers and one '03 imposter......wedding reception in the neighboring space.
Bride spots Vipers, sends for her groom, and before they greet their receptions guests, the newly married couple (in their wedding finery) take the elevator to the garage to see the parade of Vipers. This bride and groom are the first newlyweds to have their wedding photo taken in the '03. What fun! To round out their celebration...the Northwest Viper Club presents them with a model Viper as a gift. Which the bride carried with her all night long!

SUNDAY--
PIR...ride time! Ron Bauer, a senior member since 1988 of the PVO (Performance Vehicle Operations)for Chrysler takes riders at 85% (not over 4500rpm), three laps each in the '03 Viper. As every guy gets out of the car, they're in love! Very fast! And very flat! Makes the RT10 seem like 25 years old and the GTS okay. This car is very fast and very well mannered, you point it and it goes there. So if only the girls buy and drive it, you guys will be getting passed every track day and beaten at every drag strip by the girls. Don't judge a book by it's cover--THIS IS A VIPER!

Ken Klickman

 

[FastMatt]

Re: \'03 Viper--Girl\'s Car

if I wanted a Honda S2000 I would buy 1, not a $80K Honda with a V10...

03 viper is 1 thing.... ULGY

 

[David]

Re: \'03 Viper--Girl\'s Car

Ugly with cupholders... Cupholders... What were they thinking?

 

[Mike Brunton]

Re: \'03 Viper--Girl\'s Car

The crying is deafening.... my ears are hurting!!!

Waaaaa waaaaaaaa waaaa waaaaaaa

 

[GTS Bruce]

Re: \'03 Viper--Girl\'s Car

You're kidding,right?Cupholders?I don't even bother turning on the radio in my car while driving.Tried it once when new just to see if it worked or not. Bruce

 

[JonB]

Re: \'03 Viper--Girl\'s Car

P.S. to Ken's story: The bride and groom spent 1/2 of the 1st day of their honeymoon at...... PIR with the VCA. We took em on hot laps in the Pace Car as a wedding gift. (Only VCA members or Viper Techs rode the SRT/10.....perks you know, perks.....)
They sat in the stands for a couple hours watching us run laps!


There is NO CUPHOLDER.

The shallow, recessed hole that 'looks like a cupholder' is the finished nacelle for the ASHTRAY/Knick-Nack holder. It pops out. Remove the holder for trcak events, cleaning, or looks, and it makes the worlds WORST, guaranteed to scald you cupholder, that would likley even interfere with shifting if you had a tall cup in it by mistake. NOT A CUPHOLDER. Pulllleeeezze.

 

[Rich Detert]

Re: \'03 Viper--Girl\'s Car

:Quote: Originally posted by Qwik
This car is very fast and very well mannered, you point it and it goes there. So if only the girls buy and drive it, you guys will be getting passed every track day and beaten at every drag strip by the girls. Don't judge a book by it's cover--THIS IS A VIPER! :/Quote:

Are you saying that all previous Vipers don't handle worth a d*mn?
Most Viper owners never drive them to they're full potential anyway.
Besides that, until you put them on the track side by side nobody knows who the winner will be.

As far as horsepower, it take very little to get a Gen 2 past the 500 HP mark.

Save the sales pitch for people who like the looks of the S-2000/SRT

(Rice).

If we didn't care about the cars looks, there are lots of cars out there that could be made far faster and better handling than a Viper for far less money.

Since this is about the SRT, shouldn't it be in the SRT forum?

Moderators?
Has it been moved yet?
Well?

 

[ElDiablo Viper]

Re: \'03 Viper--Girl\'s Car

Bring it to the race track and let's see what it can do. I would love to have comp car.

 

[JonB]

Re: \'03 Viper--Girl\'s Car

Rich......... Ken Klickman has turned out THE best-handling, best braking Viper that I ever drove. 515 RWHP, flat, $9000 brakes, $5000 shocks. He KNOWS how to tweak a Viper. I drive that car regularly. This SRT/10 was faster, flatter, and brakes better. Only car I ever drove that brakes better: Panoz GTS. I also rode in an Audi Speedvision GT car. Amazing brakes.

Re-read Ken's bit. It praises 25+ Gen 1-2 Vipers. He was skeptical, as were many of us. He LOVES Vipers and drove a 550HP GTS this day, that he built.

But the message is the same. This SRT/10 on this VCA day (this forum?) was the fastest, best-handling Viper, at the track. "Almost New, out of the box" and only 4600 Death Valley miles on the clock!