Bad Car
Viper Owner
How many Vipers do you think have been destroyed beyond repair? I always see Vipers on the web that have been in very bad street & race accidents. I guess these cars are probably sold for parts.
How many Vipers do you think have been destroyed...
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Chuck 98 RT/10
Enthusiast
I think it's somewhere around 1/3. More if you consider the bogus poser crap some people destroy their Vipers with.
CitySnake
Enthusiast
Too funny!
Sadly there are quite a few, as a matter of fact I believe its the most commonly wrecked exotic.
its because of all the torque and idiots who cant handle it but choose to get behind the wheel anyway.
and of course the traction is alot worse if you don't buy tires from Olin Mott.
its because of all the torque and idiots who cant handle it but choose to get behind the wheel anyway.
and of course the traction is alot worse if you don't buy tires from Olin Mott.
Casey
Enthusiast
It's got to be alot. 1/3 may be a good estimate!
Hell, everyweek there is a couple fresh wrecks on Ebay!
It won't be too much longer and I will have the only GTS left!!!
Hell, everyweek there is a couple fresh wrecks on Ebay!
It won't be too much longer and I will have the only GTS left!!!
its really sad however exactly like Jon said it makes ours alot more valuable, I think maybe this year I might get a smashed up snake and (with the Wizards help) redo it all custom, thats been something I have been dying to do for some time.
Chuck 98 RT/10
Enthusiast
I'm going to get banned from here if I keep bashing you folks, aint I?
Chuck 98 RT/10
Enthusiast
Just think of the publicity I could get for a national sponsor.
Jay Herbert
Enthusiast
Been doing that.... um, for more years than I can remember
Janni
Enthusiast
You guys really think it's up as high as 1/3? I was thinking 15% would be reasonable - but I think 1/3 is pretty high.
Too bad we couldn't get some national registration data....
Too bad we couldn't get some national registration data....
Viper99
Enthusiast
I've heard (from my insurance agent) that Viper is the most commonly totalled exotic within the first three month of ownership. Anyone else heard this claim?
Jay Herbert
Enthusiast
Definitely the highest in the first three days of ownership!
Dave T (BADVENM)
Enthusiast
it would be nice to start a forum or official or unofficial count of Vipers left, similar to the link on this site of the numbers of RT10s/GTS per year with numbers per various options. How many GTS' like mine (86 were made) are still left. Like others have said, give it another 10 or 20 years and mine could be the only one left. A scoreboard would be cool with a countdown of various Vipers and their various option packages left.
rcdice
Enthusiast
Might be easier to keep a database of known totals (wrecks), by VIN number. You could then "assume" the remainder were still out there in some form, until known otherwise.
Bad_Byte
Enthusiast
Allegedly it's 17%. (from a source known to us all, Skip T.)
Jay Herbert
Enthusiast
One of these days all the known wreck VINS will get entered into the IVR database. We have a field to indicate car status (VIN Database) Bonkers has them in a big Excel spreadsheet right now. We now have a programmer, so maybe we'll be able to get him to write a few scripts to upload the tons of VIN information gathered.
Un'sidepiper
Enthusiast
Check out this website if you can stomach it! It shows alot!
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/viper/index.shtml
http://www.wreckedexotics.com/viper/index.shtml
Socrates
Enthusiast
It pains me to see the Yellow/Black ones...
Dave T (BADVENM)
Enthusiast
I like the one about the 3rd or 4th page which listed a 2001 sapphire with stripes as a 2003!!
Epro
Enthusiast
I think the Corvette is still the most commonly wrecked exotic (Sports car, w/e) This amount of crashes aint looking too good on Insurance is it?
Warfang
Enthusiast
I'd go out on a limb and say first three MILES! At least more so than any other exotic.
Warfang
Enthusiast
It pains me to see the Yellow/Black ones...
My best friend totalled his yellow/black acr. Still pains him to think about it.
Warfang
Enthusiast
I don't think the vette is considered an exotic. Exotic by definition suggest it should be "rare". As nice as they are, I think GM makes more vettes per year than Dodge makes Vipers in 5-10 years. Might as well call a Mustang an exotic.
rcdice
Enthusiast
Guy I bought my car from first had a red 01 RT/10. Bought in on a Saturday. On the following Tuesday, took it back to the dealer because it had a "squeak" in the right front wheel. Viper tech lost it on the test drive and ran it into a bridge. 279 miles on the odo. Totaled.
Car showed up in Texas sometime later with a washed title. Somehow, the new owner tracked him down as the original owner after having suspicions that the car had been wrecked. He emailed the new owner pics of the wreck, same VIN #. Said the guy was sick to his stomach after receiving them. I guess so!!! Bad people out there.
Car showed up in Texas sometime later with a washed title. Somehow, the new owner tracked him down as the original owner after having suspicions that the car had been wrecked. He emailed the new owner pics of the wreck, same VIN #. Said the guy was sick to his stomach after receiving them. I guess so!!! Bad people out there.
PhoenixGTS
Enthusiast
Check this one out. Car is supposedly on it lid, but the suspension is in full droop. Looks like a Photoshop job to me.
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viper GTS-R
Enthusiast
You thought that was bad...
I really hope that driver survived.
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I really hope that driver survived.
