xanadu
Enthusiast
God willing, next year I'll drive about 20 miles south to Sean Roe's Shop shake hands with the man himself and hand over the key to do what he knows with the Viper. Until then . . . . .
I don't expect many to get though this post in its entirety. Mainly, I would like some feedback on the Color Mock Up's I've been leaving in the Color Mock Up section of the Media Gallery. I'll be posting several more in the days to come.
I have been adding several photoshopped color ideas to the Color Mock Up section here on the Media Gallery. I did a couple oranges, but since DC has an orange coming out in 2005, what's the point. I have seen the orange on a SRT4 and it looked horrible. Maybe it will look better when I see it on a Viper. Lamborghini's orange called Arancio Atlas Mic 2CT is a perfect shade of bright metallic orange. Why DC would'nt use a shade of metallic orange that was specifically created just for the Viper SRT-10 is only a shame. For that matter, all the colors should be unique to only the Viper. For the same reason as orange, I did not do any yellows. There is already a Viper SRT-10 yellow. The yellow is very eye catching for sure. A very good shade.
Kudos for DC in dumping the white. I think white does look decent, but this baby needs color. The red looks decent, a bit too bright at times, many times, but it would be better slightly darker and in a metallic. A metallic candy red would really give it a deeply rich (not monitarily speaking)look.
The silver is great.
The black . . . so many like the black. To me, it totally takes away from the lines of this "beautiful beast". That might sound like an oxymoron, but that's really what the SRT-10 is to me. The lines are aggressively strong, but yet this is also a **** artwork. Black just takes away the sexiness of the lines and causes it to loose half of its impressiveness. The lines of the Viper get lost in the black.
A graphite color would be interesting, but maybe again not too dark, to keep alive the incredible lines of this Viper. Maybe a medium to light-medium metallic grey would be good. I have done a grey with a bluish tone that might work for some.
I've done several blues, or bluish combinations, and that is for 3 reasons.
1) Blue is my favorite color.
2) Blue is not a current color of the latest Viper generation.
3) Blue or bluish combinations can really draw out the sexiness of the lines of an SRT-10 Viper, while still being seen as an aggressive beast.
If you check out the pics in the Color Mock Up section, and like any of the colors I've done, give me some feedback here in this post. Some have said that DC is listening through this site, so maybe they will pick up on your words. I would not care for any personal insults as one member on here has done once already(probably was not actually a personal insult since no one knows me on here, but the way it was said was in a sense an insult to anyone). But, if you want to say that you don't like a color, say that too.
On another similar note, I have seen over and over and over the Gen I and Gen II people slamming the Gen III SRT-10. Personally, I have only recently begun to admire the Viper for what its really worth. I have always been a Ferrari Tifosi. What gets me though is how I read the posts at ferrarichat.com and regardless of what Ferrari a person has, they all are in it together. The brotherhood is like blood between them. Same for the Lambo guys on the same site. There is nothing close to the bashing as I have seen between Viper people. Maybe it doesn't happen in person and only on the boards. If you don't like the SRT-10 fine, say it and let it go. The Gen I and II guys seem to think that DC should have kept the same lines as the I & II generations; if they did that then the car would not have changed at all. Most sports car guys that I talk with, including myself, agree that the SRT-10 is the best designed Viper yet. Looking back at the Gen I, I think it looks goofy and has the worst looking wheels ever. But you know what, even though it looks goofy and has really bad looking wheels, its still a very sweet ride. I'm cutting it, but yet I'm still able to appreciate it in the end. I see what DC did with the Gen III SRT-10 as shifting the Viper from the lines of an American beast (Rosie O'Donnell) to a European **** beast (Brigette Nielsen, best I could think of). This new Viper has European sexiness to it, while still being just as aggressive as before. Smart thinking on the part of DC. This is what makes Ferrari so strong. They have Pininfarina creating beasts that still have that sexiness to its lines. Even their supercars have this. Seeing a 360 Modena or a 575M coming down the road is like pure sex appeal. Lamborghini lost it many years ago after the Miura. They have been aggressive since, but no sense of sexiness too them. I think that Viper people, Gen I, II, or III should embrace this SRT-10 as an incredible work of art in its lines, as well as it immensely impressive performance qualities.
My biggest dislike of the SRT-10 . . . the chromey looking overly polished wheels. I like the more tasteful silver wheels on the SRT-10 GTS-R car a thousand times better. You haven't seen Ferrari, Lamborghini, or Aston Martin come out with chrome appearing wheels, and for a good reason. Thank goodness that DC doesn't put bling-bling spinner wheels on it though. That would be the ultimate ruin of a Viper for sure. I have never seen a sideways hat wearing, pants falling off, crotch grabbing, yo-yo, what up, werd to yo ***** "***** G" with any class, and that's the [spinner] wheels those guys like, because they are flashy and honestly have no class and that's [class] not something they are interested in. And for the smoked wheels on the Yellow SRT-10's, those just look like dirty wheels that need some wheel cleaner sprayed on. Lambo has that as an option too; just not my thing. Maybe for some.
My biggest draw to the Viper SRT-10 over a Ferrari 360 or Lambo Gallardo has been that's it's agressive, classy, and **** for more than half the price of those others. It's in an almost exclusive class of engines; not quite a V-12 but not a V-8 either. It looks incredible either top up or down. It has outstanding performance out of the box, and massive performance upgrades in every area. Maintenence can be done pretty much up the street or in any decent town down the road. The others would be a great ride for sure, but realistically thinking, the bst overall buy is an SRT-10.
My biggest wish for the Viper would be to have an option of either Manual transmission or a paddle shifted semi-auto Sequential gearbox. I think that DC should try harder with getting back into racing with the Viper, and endurance racing or any racing for that matter would be a great proving/testing/ R & D grounds for a sequential semi-auto gearbox. Some say that the Vettes would kill the Vipers, maybe so. But then, maybe not if the effort was put forth by DC. The Vettes are beatable, but they also never dropped out. DC/Viper should have worked with regulations and those creating regulations and stay involved in racing after 3 straight LeMans victories. They can still work with going forward again in racing, and they should. Did anyone expect a Viper to win LeMans? 3 years in a row? You can't build on something that you don't start, period.
The thoughts and views given above are by no means the views and opinions of the
Republican party and should be understood as those of a personal opinion only.
Peace and Merry CHRIST mas
I don't expect many to get though this post in its entirety. Mainly, I would like some feedback on the Color Mock Up's I've been leaving in the Color Mock Up section of the Media Gallery. I'll be posting several more in the days to come.
I have been adding several photoshopped color ideas to the Color Mock Up section here on the Media Gallery. I did a couple oranges, but since DC has an orange coming out in 2005, what's the point. I have seen the orange on a SRT4 and it looked horrible. Maybe it will look better when I see it on a Viper. Lamborghini's orange called Arancio Atlas Mic 2CT is a perfect shade of bright metallic orange. Why DC would'nt use a shade of metallic orange that was specifically created just for the Viper SRT-10 is only a shame. For that matter, all the colors should be unique to only the Viper. For the same reason as orange, I did not do any yellows. There is already a Viper SRT-10 yellow. The yellow is very eye catching for sure. A very good shade.
Kudos for DC in dumping the white. I think white does look decent, but this baby needs color. The red looks decent, a bit too bright at times, many times, but it would be better slightly darker and in a metallic. A metallic candy red would really give it a deeply rich (not monitarily speaking)look.
The silver is great.
The black . . . so many like the black. To me, it totally takes away from the lines of this "beautiful beast". That might sound like an oxymoron, but that's really what the SRT-10 is to me. The lines are aggressively strong, but yet this is also a **** artwork. Black just takes away the sexiness of the lines and causes it to loose half of its impressiveness. The lines of the Viper get lost in the black.
A graphite color would be interesting, but maybe again not too dark, to keep alive the incredible lines of this Viper. Maybe a medium to light-medium metallic grey would be good. I have done a grey with a bluish tone that might work for some.
I've done several blues, or bluish combinations, and that is for 3 reasons.
1) Blue is my favorite color.
2) Blue is not a current color of the latest Viper generation.
3) Blue or bluish combinations can really draw out the sexiness of the lines of an SRT-10 Viper, while still being seen as an aggressive beast.
If you check out the pics in the Color Mock Up section, and like any of the colors I've done, give me some feedback here in this post. Some have said that DC is listening through this site, so maybe they will pick up on your words. I would not care for any personal insults as one member on here has done once already(probably was not actually a personal insult since no one knows me on here, but the way it was said was in a sense an insult to anyone). But, if you want to say that you don't like a color, say that too.
On another similar note, I have seen over and over and over the Gen I and Gen II people slamming the Gen III SRT-10. Personally, I have only recently begun to admire the Viper for what its really worth. I have always been a Ferrari Tifosi. What gets me though is how I read the posts at ferrarichat.com and regardless of what Ferrari a person has, they all are in it together. The brotherhood is like blood between them. Same for the Lambo guys on the same site. There is nothing close to the bashing as I have seen between Viper people. Maybe it doesn't happen in person and only on the boards. If you don't like the SRT-10 fine, say it and let it go. The Gen I and II guys seem to think that DC should have kept the same lines as the I & II generations; if they did that then the car would not have changed at all. Most sports car guys that I talk with, including myself, agree that the SRT-10 is the best designed Viper yet. Looking back at the Gen I, I think it looks goofy and has the worst looking wheels ever. But you know what, even though it looks goofy and has really bad looking wheels, its still a very sweet ride. I'm cutting it, but yet I'm still able to appreciate it in the end. I see what DC did with the Gen III SRT-10 as shifting the Viper from the lines of an American beast (Rosie O'Donnell) to a European **** beast (Brigette Nielsen, best I could think of). This new Viper has European sexiness to it, while still being just as aggressive as before. Smart thinking on the part of DC. This is what makes Ferrari so strong. They have Pininfarina creating beasts that still have that sexiness to its lines. Even their supercars have this. Seeing a 360 Modena or a 575M coming down the road is like pure sex appeal. Lamborghini lost it many years ago after the Miura. They have been aggressive since, but no sense of sexiness too them. I think that Viper people, Gen I, II, or III should embrace this SRT-10 as an incredible work of art in its lines, as well as it immensely impressive performance qualities.
My biggest dislike of the SRT-10 . . . the chromey looking overly polished wheels. I like the more tasteful silver wheels on the SRT-10 GTS-R car a thousand times better. You haven't seen Ferrari, Lamborghini, or Aston Martin come out with chrome appearing wheels, and for a good reason. Thank goodness that DC doesn't put bling-bling spinner wheels on it though. That would be the ultimate ruin of a Viper for sure. I have never seen a sideways hat wearing, pants falling off, crotch grabbing, yo-yo, what up, werd to yo ***** "***** G" with any class, and that's the [spinner] wheels those guys like, because they are flashy and honestly have no class and that's [class] not something they are interested in. And for the smoked wheels on the Yellow SRT-10's, those just look like dirty wheels that need some wheel cleaner sprayed on. Lambo has that as an option too; just not my thing. Maybe for some.
My biggest draw to the Viper SRT-10 over a Ferrari 360 or Lambo Gallardo has been that's it's agressive, classy, and **** for more than half the price of those others. It's in an almost exclusive class of engines; not quite a V-12 but not a V-8 either. It looks incredible either top up or down. It has outstanding performance out of the box, and massive performance upgrades in every area. Maintenence can be done pretty much up the street or in any decent town down the road. The others would be a great ride for sure, but realistically thinking, the bst overall buy is an SRT-10.
My biggest wish for the Viper would be to have an option of either Manual transmission or a paddle shifted semi-auto Sequential gearbox. I think that DC should try harder with getting back into racing with the Viper, and endurance racing or any racing for that matter would be a great proving/testing/ R & D grounds for a sequential semi-auto gearbox. Some say that the Vettes would kill the Vipers, maybe so. But then, maybe not if the effort was put forth by DC. The Vettes are beatable, but they also never dropped out. DC/Viper should have worked with regulations and those creating regulations and stay involved in racing after 3 straight LeMans victories. They can still work with going forward again in racing, and they should. Did anyone expect a Viper to win LeMans? 3 years in a row? You can't build on something that you don't start, period.
The thoughts and views given above are by no means the views and opinions of the
Republican party and should be understood as those of a personal opinion only.Peace and Merry CHRIST mas
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