Kmrumedy
Enthusiast
It is 12:30am and just got in from driving my 1st Viper for the 1st time for the past 6 hours!! As per my previous post I just bought a 1997 B/W GTS and had to wait to get it plated so I could drive it legally. That just happened.
So...I spent 8 months doing research while looking for my car. I think I read every single snake bite incident post there was on this forum. As hard as they were to read it did build a respect for the car but also made me nervous as hell to drive it. When I pushed in the clutch today and went into 1st gear for the first time I was holding my breath and expecting my stomach to be slammed into my spine. Instead I found if you want to drive this car like a normal car....well...it can drive like a normal car!
Did learn this quickly....I was practicing driving it in industrial park areas with new wide roads to start. Didn't feel like I was going very fast but I noticed a passed a car very quickly. I'm Canadian, the speed limit in towns is 50km (30 MPH). I checked the speedo and I was only going 60....then I suddenly remebered....I imported this car from the U.S. ....The speedo is reversed. I was going 60 mph (100km) in a 30mph zone. Oooops!
I finally got to the highway. Immediatly a car with 4 teenage boys came beside me and started taking pictures with their cell phones. Then a pickup truck filled with kids came by as two kids hung halfway out the window giving me the thumbs up. I drove to my buddies house. I wasn't there 5 minutes when the doorbell rang and it was some neighbourhood adults asking if their kids to have a look inside my car. I opened the doors and spent time answering all their questions. Great kids!!
Simliar things kept happening all night. What a great car!! I know I have a lot to learn about the car itself. But I am taking it easy and enjoying the ride all that comes with it.
On the last few miles home it occured to me....we always seem to want more, bigger, better (bigger home. etc). But if I could chose any car in the entire world to own (ferrari, etc.) I would chose this car in the year I bought in this colour. How often do you get to say "If I could any car in the world it would be a -----" and turns out...you actually own it!!
Now....how am I supposed to sleep?
So...I spent 8 months doing research while looking for my car. I think I read every single snake bite incident post there was on this forum. As hard as they were to read it did build a respect for the car but also made me nervous as hell to drive it. When I pushed in the clutch today and went into 1st gear for the first time I was holding my breath and expecting my stomach to be slammed into my spine. Instead I found if you want to drive this car like a normal car....well...it can drive like a normal car!
Did learn this quickly....I was practicing driving it in industrial park areas with new wide roads to start. Didn't feel like I was going very fast but I noticed a passed a car very quickly. I'm Canadian, the speed limit in towns is 50km (30 MPH). I checked the speedo and I was only going 60....then I suddenly remebered....I imported this car from the U.S. ....The speedo is reversed. I was going 60 mph (100km) in a 30mph zone. Oooops!
I finally got to the highway. Immediatly a car with 4 teenage boys came beside me and started taking pictures with their cell phones. Then a pickup truck filled with kids came by as two kids hung halfway out the window giving me the thumbs up. I drove to my buddies house. I wasn't there 5 minutes when the doorbell rang and it was some neighbourhood adults asking if their kids to have a look inside my car. I opened the doors and spent time answering all their questions. Great kids!!
Simliar things kept happening all night. What a great car!! I know I have a lot to learn about the car itself. But I am taking it easy and enjoying the ride all that comes with it.
On the last few miles home it occured to me....we always seem to want more, bigger, better (bigger home. etc). But if I could chose any car in the entire world to own (ferrari, etc.) I would chose this car in the year I bought in this colour. How often do you get to say "If I could any car in the world it would be a -----" and turns out...you actually own it!!
Now....how am I supposed to sleep?
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