ViperVon
Enthusiast
Get a phone call yesterday evening from a GREAT friend and when I answer he puts his phone up to the exhaust and all I hear is V10...... So within seconds I'm on my way over to his place and you guessed it, there sits a Venom Red 09. After cleaning myself up and getting both feet on the ground again, I'm telling him we need to go for a ride. This is where I figured out that he was a GREAT friend rather than a good friend as he tosses me the keys. He then says have fun and doesn't even want to ride with me. Instantly another friend says "I'll go", who wants a ride but also has a little pudding in his shorts over this AWESOME vehicle. Before we take off my buddy also tells me that the motor has the ACR tune from the factory....(YEAH)!!!!! Once I get strapped in and hit the Start Engine button the adrenaline starts oozing...... Totally different feel, just in the seat, from my Gen II. Driving is also quite different than what I'm used to. Gas pedal definitely has a minor lag compared to the Gen II and the clutch also felt quite a bit different. Clutch grabbed right at the top which took a few shifts to get used to. I babied it around the neighborhood a bit getting used to it and then it's time for the open road.
Trying to remember all the do's and don'ts, all I could think about was make sure she's pointing straight. O.K. it's time to feel the 600+ horses....... HOLY SH$T, BATMAN!!! Words can barely describe the power, fun, excitement and all that goes with feeling the torque and HP that is just waiting to be unleashed. Made first to second, stayed on it through the fishtailing and then got third and shut her down. Had to pick up my passenger's jaw off the floor and we both just sat there in amazement from what had just happened. Needless to say I got bolder and bolder and had quite the spirited ride for about another 20 mins or so and then went back to drop her off before some catastrophy occured.
All in all, who knows if I'll ever get that kind of free thrill again, and it's been about 24 hours since I got out of the cockpit and I'm still smiling, ranting and raving......... I've always wondered what it would feel like to be able to just get into a production vehicle with that kind of horsepower, brand new out of the box, and have your way with it. All's I can say is it felt GREAT!!!!!
P.S. Only one problem............I still love my GenII but all I've thought about for the last day is Gen IV.
Trying to remember all the do's and don'ts, all I could think about was make sure she's pointing straight. O.K. it's time to feel the 600+ horses....... HOLY SH$T, BATMAN!!! Words can barely describe the power, fun, excitement and all that goes with feeling the torque and HP that is just waiting to be unleashed. Made first to second, stayed on it through the fishtailing and then got third and shut her down. Had to pick up my passenger's jaw off the floor and we both just sat there in amazement from what had just happened. Needless to say I got bolder and bolder and had quite the spirited ride for about another 20 mins or so and then went back to drop her off before some catastrophy occured.
All in all, who knows if I'll ever get that kind of free thrill again, and it's been about 24 hours since I got out of the cockpit and I'm still smiling, ranting and raving......... I've always wondered what it would feel like to be able to just get into a production vehicle with that kind of horsepower, brand new out of the box, and have your way with it. All's I can say is it felt GREAT!!!!!
P.S. Only one problem............I still love my GenII but all I've thought about for the last day is Gen IV.
