Just turned 109k
I have some Viper questions.
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Just turned 109k
That's not impossible, hopefully I still have mine when/if that happens
They're sick!
That's nothing man. And in all honesty, you can drive it as much as you like without "feeling bad".
Mine had 25k miles when I bought it, and I've driven it almost 3000 miles after soon 4 months ownership.
Sometimes I feel bad for driving a low mileage car so much, but on the other hand I did not buy my dream car to stare at it in a garage
Thinking about picking one of these up. Which is the better deal? Is the vert really worth that much less? http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/5691349156.html http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/5687524397.html
^ has the 08 hood, you're good! lol
Forget the convertible. It's not a "real" Viper.
I'd go for the first one, the Coupe. But one question comes to mind.
How can an accident only result in damaged strut? And how can a strut get damaged but all other suspensions parts are OK?
I'd save up and go Gen V if you can swing it. My bolt on gen 4 was the scariest car i've ever owned. And ive had a lot of high powered cars. That thing tried to kill me on multiple occasions. After driving a gen V i had to sell my gen 4 and get one.
If you get a gen 4 i'd strongly recomend an R compound tire from day one.
Don't worry about reliability their are guys with ram SRT-10's topping 150k miles.
If you get a gen 4 i'd strongly recomend an R compound tire from day one.
Don't worry about reliability their are guys with ram SRT-10's topping 150k miles.
Interesting.
In what way was the gen 4 so scary?
Comparing now with my gen 2 which obviously lacks quite a lot of horsepower from your gen 4, the gen 2 is really easy. And the suspension and overall handling should be a lot better than on the gen 2, more forgiving so to say.
Gen 4 ACR must be so much fun!
Well suspension and braking was amazing I also had a VOI X edition with ACR brakes, wheels, tires so i was very happy there. It was the power delivery. I mean i was making just shy of 600 rwhp and just over 560 rwtq. But the shape of the power curve was ridiculous. Sort of like a diesel truck the thing would make so much torque at such a low rpm it would break loose almost constantly. I had the thing go sideways on me at 70% percent throttle at 25 mph in 2nd. At like 2000 rpm. And it wasn't just a slick road or something it was always breaking loose. Thats with 345mm michelin super sports on the back. And without traction control you are always fighting with it to bring it back under control. The gen 5 has a more aggressive cam and the powerband is more natural its not so raw.
oh man. you guys are making me want a gen IV so bad....raw = win/fun to drive
white knuckle rides are the best imo. The minute my 04 stopped spinning (i put 315 NT05Rs on it) - I sold it 2 weeks later.
white knuckle rides are the best imo. The minute my 04 stopped spinning (i put 315 NT05Rs on it) - I sold it 2 weeks later.
That sounds like so much fun!
Interesting how it's breaking loose so easy. It's about 150hp more than the Gen 2 but my gen 2 doesn't even break loose in 1st gear!
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