Muz, some of the roads over here are pretty rough. They have been fixing a lot of the areas major highways in the last few years, but these are some of the worst roads I have seen in the US. The Viper handles it pretty good, although I have probably developed a few squeeks and rattles as a result. We get a lot of semi truck traffic here with all the auto assembly plants and parts suppliers over here. I also think the State of Michigan allows semi's to carry a lot more weight than other states.
The Woodward Dreamcruise is awesome though isn't it? I cruised down Woodward in my Viper during last year's Dreamcruise and it got a little old with just crawling along at about 2 MPH and everyone egging me on to do a burnout all the time. This cop up in Pontiac told me to spin my tires when the light turned green, and I must have spun my tires for about 100 feet. That was pretty cool of him. But, the cops around Birmingham were pretty stringent on that sort of activity. After having about 60 people on the side of the road egging me on to do a burnout, I obliged them. I look around for cops before I did it but didn't see any so I gave the crowd a show. Within seconds 2 cops came from out of no where on foot and approached my car. The one said that spinning your tires is like a $250 fine and a few points or something and he didn't suggest I do it again. Pheeew, I thought I had a ticket for sure because they were handing them out right and left to a everyone else. I decided to call it a night and got the heck out of there after crawling along in traffic on Woodward for about 6 hours or so. Saw lots of cool cars though and my Viper got its share of attention. It is kind of funny to have everyone taking pictures of your car and video taping it. This year I think I will leave the Viper at home and just watch from the sidewalk like all the other people.
