What Could Replace Your Viper???

[GARY J]

Hello fellas,
I had an intresting email yesterday. A guy asked me how much I wanted for my GTS. I asked him how he found the car. Turns out he was looking through a dupont registry and read a link to my site where I was hosting some pics of a renntech mercedes. He said I saw the CLK but I am more interested in the Viper. To make a long story short he asked for a price like the car sits and I came up with one. He's going to call back later this week.

Now he may be full of it, but it got me thinking what in the hell would I replace that car with. O.K. so lets go down the list of replacements.

SRT-10,(+$20k)
Very performance oriented, but I am still undecided on the looks, and there goes my twin turbo money.

Porsche 993tt,(+$15k)
Beautiful car and among my favorite porsches but starting to look a little dated to me. Plus it would be very difficult to match the viper performance.

Porsche996tt,(+$30k)
Good looking car, very nice interior, cost to performance ratio is really high, kinda blends in with the other 996's.

Ferarri 355,(+$20k)
I love the looks of this car but I think it would leave me wanting the vipers right pedal.

Older Diablo,(+$50k)
Slow by comparison, over priced, and the looks are incredible but may be a little over the top for the real world.

There are a couple of others but these are the few that would be realistic for me. It got me thinking, For what I like in a car the GTS seems to have it all, and if I did sell it I would probably want another GTS.

If you were faced with selling your viper what could you replace it with if anything?

 

[Wild Bill]

That's a 'no brainer....another Viper of course!

B

 

[Shelby3]

If it couldn't be another Viper, the new FORD GT40 remake would be an easy pick.

 

[VIPR GTS]

Hard to replace the coupe with a new car without spending way to much money, the R/T10 replacement would be a Superfomance Cobra.

 

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[VIPER BAZ UK]

If not a 98 GT2 it would be a SALEEN S7........

 

[SapphireGTS]

Any 2000 HP car.

 

[bwhitmore]

C6 Z06 is going to be my next ride...

 

[Buckeye Viper]

Saleen S7
Pagani Zonda
Koenigsegg

 

[SNKEBIT]

another Viper!!!!!

 

[Casey]

Not a Vette that's for sure!!

Enzo maybe, McClaren, Porsche Carrera GT3
Of course, I could then sell whichever one of them and buy another GTS! And use the rest of the $$ to build a shrine for Her!

If money was any factor at all, there is NO replacement for my GTS!!

 

[MoparMan]

I would only consider another Viper to replace my current GTS.

 

[YouWish]

Another GTS or a SRT-10 Coupe.

 

[Torquemonster]

Another Viper - or just sit on the one you have.

If you are even considering a twin turbo Viper - you gotta get a ride in one before you sell your and get something else.

Once you have been for a ride/drive in a really nice twin turbo Viper - everything else will seem pedestrian and borish. Ask Sal P what it's like to have a 9 second daily driver that drives like a stocker!!! The other options fall way short of that kind of thrill and wow factor every time you fire it up.

 

[NatRT10]

A newer Viper.

 

[viper585]

Well,if not a Viper,then the last of the badboys,01 Diablo.

 

[ViperRay]

There is no direct replacement for the viper. Yes, there are other fast cars, but nothing like the viper. Any of the other cars you mentioned would be great to get in addition to the viper though (I am partial to the Ford GT). Therefore, unless you need the money, no point in selling it since you'll only have to get another

 

[SRT 10 2004]

probably this one would do the trick

http://www.bigmantoys.com/cars_viper.html

 

[Andrew2KRT10]

Ford GT-40, or Pamela Anderson pre-Hep.

Andrew

 

[jramey]

I have a 2000 gts that I will have until I die, I want to get a 355 or early 360 but my wife says I cannot have 2 red sports cars at the house so I will have stick to my viper, bummer to be me!
john

 

[99 R/T 10]

I have a 2000 gts that I will have until I die, I want to get a 355 or early 360 but my wife says I cannot have 2 red sports cars at the house so I will have stick to my viper, bummer to be me!
john

Not true, just get a yellow one and you're "good to go"!

 

[Bill B]

On the BMT page check out the Camaro Z28 Supercharged, great description.

 

[jcaspar1]

Nothing could replace it but for a stable mate: Diablo or Countach. Maybe a Ferrari Testarossa or 512. Don't like the new little racer models. Never a Porsche! Probably will end up with a Daytona Coupe kit (which would be a lot of fun to build) or a Lotus Elise for something totally different.

Loved the quote about the 996 turbo: "Chicks don't freak out when they see it because they think it's their uncle Bobs 1977 Turbo."

 

[SylvanSRT]

westfield r500 or r600 , lotus elise, ford gt, ultima GTR/canam, can am exotics lola t70 replica, noble m12

 

[GraphiteGTS]

Two Vettes?

 

[viper585]

Nothing could replace it but for a stable mate: Diablo or Countach. Maybe a Ferrari Testarossa or 512. Don't like the new little racer models. Never a Porsche! Probably will end up with a Daytona Coupe kit (which would be a lot of fun to build) or a Lotus Elise for something totally different.

Loved the quote about the 996 turbo: "Chicks don't freak out when they see it because they think it's their uncle Bobs 1977 Turbo."

I couldnt agree more on all your choices.It would be really cool to build one of those daytona kits!!

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

If you were faced with selling your viper what could you replace it with if anything?

Which one?

 

[Vic]

Chrysler ME 4-12

2006 Ford GT V-10, if they do it.

You said not "add to", but "replace" the Viper, right?
Well thats what it would take for me. Don't want any foreign cars, really, so Ferrari's out of the picture. I like 'em American!!

 

[Fiorano]

I doubt I'll ever sell. I'd like to add one or more of the following in the future:

Ford GT
Viper SRT10 coupe (if made)
Noble GTO-3R

Out of all of those, the Ford GT is what I want most.

 

[BadVenm]

Nothing.

I am working on adding a Ford GT.