Well the time has finally come to move on from my cobra, as I finally purchased a car I have wanted for a long long time. I was around 10 when I had blue white striped viper on my bedroom wall (for the record cobra is the #3 dream car, viper#2, and 05 ford gt #1)
Friday morning at 8 am I flew out to Indianapolis, and then I had another hour ride to Columbus Indiana. The car is a 2013 gts, red with billet silver stripes, Laguna sepia interior, harmon kardon 18 speaker stereo (needs some tuning but impressed for a stock system) and track package. The Ford dealership I was purchasing from was great, paperwork went smooth, and I thoroughly inspected my car and was on my way! Well I was at least after wrapping the front end with Tracktape.
After an hour or so of wrapping the car I set on to make it to Memphis the first day, about 6 hours. After the first 3 hours my back started to absolutely kill and I started to get nervous that I was going to hate the car. Luckily I tried a different seating position that is more track driving oriented vs relaxed and voila! The viper has become comfortable! I made it to Memphis trouble free and spent the night. Saturday morning I woke up bright and early to drive the car the rest of the way home. The drive went great for the first few hours until I hit some rain. The corsas did surprisingly well in the rain but I was taking it extremely easy. The Tracktape however didn't hold up so well in the rain but I still made it back to Austin yesterday around 5, with no new rock ships.
Cliffs on viper- Engine is great, wakes the hell up around 3700 or so and then its on like a rocket. Handling is great, brakes are great, but the biggest surprise for me is the steering, its heavy but extremely direct, you point the car go to that spot, instantly.
Car is getting paint correction, xpel front end and ceramic coating this week and then I'll try and get some better pics, but for now I just had to share I am beyond excited and impressed with this car!
Friday morning at 8 am I flew out to Indianapolis, and then I had another hour ride to Columbus Indiana. The car is a 2013 gts, red with billet silver stripes, Laguna sepia interior, harmon kardon 18 speaker stereo (needs some tuning but impressed for a stock system) and track package. The Ford dealership I was purchasing from was great, paperwork went smooth, and I thoroughly inspected my car and was on my way! Well I was at least after wrapping the front end with Tracktape.
After an hour or so of wrapping the car I set on to make it to Memphis the first day, about 6 hours. After the first 3 hours my back started to absolutely kill and I started to get nervous that I was going to hate the car. Luckily I tried a different seating position that is more track driving oriented vs relaxed and voila! The viper has become comfortable! I made it to Memphis trouble free and spent the night. Saturday morning I woke up bright and early to drive the car the rest of the way home. The drive went great for the first few hours until I hit some rain. The corsas did surprisingly well in the rain but I was taking it extremely easy. The Tracktape however didn't hold up so well in the rain but I still made it back to Austin yesterday around 5, with no new rock ships.
Cliffs on viper- Engine is great, wakes the hell up around 3700 or so and then its on like a rocket. Handling is great, brakes are great, but the biggest surprise for me is the steering, its heavy but extremely direct, you point the car go to that spot, instantly.
Car is getting paint correction, xpel front end and ceramic coating this week and then I'll try and get some better pics, but for now I just had to share I am beyond excited and impressed with this car!
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