jgfurr
Enthusiast
After 3 years, I\'m still in love!
Just thought I would share my experience with my Gen 1 beast. After 17,000 miles of abuse (28,000 now on the odometer), I still love this car. First day I bought the car, I drove it 500 miles home through the rain. Over the next 3 months, I piled on 5000 miles of abuse. Any problems? Yup - fried clutch. However, I had over 1000 miles of "warning", so it wasn't unexpected.
Last year, the only maintenance required was oil changes, checking the coolant, and waxing waxing waxing. Of course, I had to put on a Belanger exhaust to get rid of the UPS truck sound. The 1500+ mile round-trip to VOI went without a problem. Drag racing? Nothing broke. 140mph on the Nashville track? No problems, not even overheating.
I just got finished driving it 500 miles to/from my wedding, and again no problems. After talking to some friends that own Ferraris/Lambos, I'm not sure if I would trust my wedding day with one of them considering the 500-mile distance (I know some here have reliable ones though). Regular maintenance, regular abuse, and the Viper runs great. It's loud and I love it. It's plain on the inside and I love it. It slides sideways at 60mph and I love it.
We'll be buying another Viper in the future so our 94 isn't so lonely!
Just thought I would share my experience with my Gen 1 beast. After 17,000 miles of abuse (28,000 now on the odometer), I still love this car. First day I bought the car, I drove it 500 miles home through the rain. Over the next 3 months, I piled on 5000 miles of abuse. Any problems? Yup - fried clutch. However, I had over 1000 miles of "warning", so it wasn't unexpected.
Last year, the only maintenance required was oil changes, checking the coolant, and waxing waxing waxing. Of course, I had to put on a Belanger exhaust to get rid of the UPS truck sound. The 1500+ mile round-trip to VOI went without a problem. Drag racing? Nothing broke. 140mph on the Nashville track? No problems, not even overheating.
I just got finished driving it 500 miles to/from my wedding, and again no problems. After talking to some friends that own Ferraris/Lambos, I'm not sure if I would trust my wedding day with one of them considering the 500-mile distance (I know some here have reliable ones though). Regular maintenance, regular abuse, and the Viper runs great. It's loud and I love it. It's plain on the inside and I love it. It slides sideways at 60mph and I love it.
We'll be buying another Viper in the future so our 94 isn't so lonely!
