RE: You Know You Want To: Dodge Viper GTS

[Gixer]

timmartin said:

or this cayman S sport (300 plus bhp) and thirty grand
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

five grand in your pocket and it goes round corners.. not 0.60 4sec straight to the scene of the accident....

You do know ACR Viper holds the production car ring record, right????

You do know the ring has quite a lot of bends on it right?

And you can tell which end of a Viper is the front as it dosent look like a turd from both ends

[anonymous-user]

However, we are not talking about the ACR here are we. The comparison was between a S/H Gen1 Viper and the current Cayman. And that is swung very much in favour of the german corner.........

[kambites]

I think it's just a question of preference. The Cayman is undoubtedly a more capable car, but it's also rather dull.

[VUK]

Seen this car in lakeside essex in april 2008

I was so amazed to see one in real life, I had to stop and perv lol

[BS75]

anything fast said:

ahh yes the 456, the ugliest Ferrari ever made, and as a result the cheapest modern(ish) Ferrari you can buy.

Seriously? In a world that gave us the 308GT4, F512M and the hollywood-facelift-gone-wrong FF?











As for the original thread question....

The cayman is a lovely car and I'd be proud to have one but if a choice has to be made I wouldn't bat an eye at having a disposable SOTW as a daily and this:

[steviegunn]

kambites said:

I think it's just a question of preference. The Cayman is undoubtedly a more capable car, but it's also rather dull.

Agreed, a ride / drive in a Viper would be an event, for me, no Cayman would ever be on the same level.

[WhiteBaron]

F1GTRUeno said:

BrightYellowTVR said:

I don't think the photo of that example shows the Vipers at its best..heres a few more..defo take the Viper every time!


IMG_9754 by Ukjonnyboy, on Flickr

Now apologies to the owner if he's on here but I've never been a fan of this one.

Think it looks terribly tacky and nowhere near as good as the racing car it's supposed to be aping. Especially the splitter on the front looks awful.

He's got a Viper and I've got a Corsa though, so I guess I should pipe down.

I believe that one belongs to fatboy18 although I could be wrong.... I often see it at the GBW St. Saturnin

[Gixer]

Max_Torque said:

However, we are not talking about the ACR here are we. The comparison was between a S/H Gen1 Viper and the current Cayman. And that is swung very much in favour of the german corner.........

You've proved yet again you do not know what you are talking about. This thread is not talking about a gen 1 viper but a gen 2.
Why would it swing in favour of a dull boring slow soulless German car?
Blah blah blah

Edited by Gixer on Wednesday 20th February 18:51

[Grovsie26]

Viper= awesome. Anyone driving one of these in the UK is a cool muthafker.

Only 300bhp/tonne compares a 3.0Litre V6 NSX with a Dodge Viper.

[Gixer]

WhiteBaron said:

I believe that one belongs to fatboy18 although I could be wrong.... I often see it at the GBW St. Saturnin

You're right, its Marks

[viper kev]

If we all liked the same thing, life would be so boring.

I love my 20 year old Viper, it brings a huge smile to my face and is always noticed where ever I go.

But you may not like it, preferring something else, good for you.

If it makes you smile and you have fun with your car, that, at least for me is what its all about

[Viper_Larry]

viper kev said:

If we all liked the same thing, life would be so boring.

I love my 20 year old Viper, it brings a huge smile to my face and is always noticed where ever I go.

But you may not like it, preferring something else, good for you.

If it makes you smile and you have fun with your car, that, at least for me is what its all about

Absolutely :-)

[TomV8]

Double post deleted. iPhone balls up!

Edited by TomV8 on Wednesday 20th February 20:19

[99GTS]

You blokes are right.The Viper GTS is a piece of junk compared to my Sunbeam Alpine I had.

[RacingBlue]

Back in 1996 (aged 13), this was the definitive supercar for me



Fast forward seventeen years, it pretty much still is

[shoebag]

Max_Torque said:

However, we are not talking about the ACR here are we. The comparison was between a S/H Gen1 Viper and the current Cayman. And that is swung very much in favour of the german corner.........

Why don`t people check their facts before posting?

The 2001 Viper was Gen 2. Also the ACR was produced in 2001. I should know I have one.

[anonymous-user]

Gixer said:

Max_Torque said:

However, we are not talking about the ACR here are we. The comparison was between a S/H Gen1 Viper and the current Cayman. And that is swung very much in favour of the german corner.........

You've proved yet again you do not know what you are talking about. This thread is not talking about a gen 1 viper but a gen 2.
Why would it swing in favour of a dull boring slow soulless German car?
Blah blah blah

Edited by Gixer on Wednesday 20th February 18:51

Not wanting to get bogged down in semantics (again) but i was using "gen" to mean the major re-chassis/re-engine events in the vipers history. The RT/SR platform being the first, the ZB (SRT-10) being the second.

So what connections do you have to vipers? I engineered the Car for GM, what did you do?

[Grovsie26]

it looks bloody awful IMO, well the model year in question and that blue one above, but i love the new one and the gen before it.

[Escort3500]

Looked dreadful when they came out, even worse now

[fatboy18]

swerni said:

collateral said:

BrightYellowTVR said:

I'm pretty sure I let this car go past me a few months back - anyone on here?

Made my day

We all let him go past.

It's the only way he ever overtakes anyone

Hoy