7amood5041
Enthusiast
I bought the viper about a month ago and it had a few important issues to be addressed straight away. So it took me a full month to fix everything to make the car running in a good condition. I was taking my time, the issues were not that big if anyone was curious.
2nd of December is the UAE's national day so we had a 3 day weekend, Thursday to Saturday. It was the perfect opportunity to roll out my **** '93 RT/10. Wednesday night, I got the car ready and checked everything so I can cruise with it the whole day on Thursday. I went home on Wednesday and I couldn't stop thinking that tomorrow I would drive the car that I have always dreamed of owning.
On Thursday, 1st of December, I woke up and I went to my car directly, made my final inspection and started the engine. I drove it around my house to check it. It was ready for the night celebrations. I anxiously waited with the biggest smile on face till night so I can go and join the celebrations.
Let me talk about what 2nd of December means in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE is a country made of 7 states (AKA Emirates) and formed the union 40 years ago against all odds and against the will of adjacent countries. These Emirates are Abu Dhabi (the UAE capital), Dubai (the business and tourism hub), Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Qawain and Fujairah. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan and Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum are considered the founding fathers of the country. They are the late rulers of Abu Dhabi and Dubai respectively. Sheikh Zayed was also the late ruler of the UAE. So it's a pretty big thing here but enough with the history lesson.
So celebration time came and I started my car and I went to Jumairah road, which is consider the cruising road in Dubai and were all celebrations usually happen. The place was packed and it was full blown psychotic. I've never seen the whole country happy. Everyone was celebrating, Emiratis and non-Emiratis. All nationalities were out in their cars driving around with spaghetti spray brought from any small grocery on the side of the road and spraying other cars. All the cars had stickers of the rulers and late rules, the UAE flag and the national emblem. So I was driving my viper, and where ever I look I see someone admiring my car. Be it a small child or the child's father or even old people. I would drive next to a Maserati Gran Sport and people would give me more attention. I pass across a group of guys and they scream "VIPERRRRR!!!!" or I pass a car with kids and they shout "GIVE IT!!!!". I respond with a good rev to a clap or a cheer from them. It was unbelievable. I was always the center of attention on the road.
However, it was very crowded and it was all stop and go traffic. At some point a guy who was on the roof of this car look at me and said, "God help you, it a manual..." I looked at him and smiled. He replied saying that he didn't spray me with the spaghetti spray because he felt sorry for me and he also gave me a can of the spray. I thought that was a funny experience, I doubt it would happen to any other car. I gave the spray that was given to me to some kid in a random car because he asked for it and he started spraying on all the people around him.
I've never had so much fun with just driving a car, usually you would have to try to do something to get attention and have fun. But with this car, just drive it. That's enough.
Now, this is the first manual car that I ever owned, so I would talk about the driving experience. It is one of the easiest manual car that I have ever driven. I've driven a number of manual cars but I never imagined that the viper would be so easy. Just let go of the clutch and it starts moving and gentle tap the accelerator and that's it. Although I hate the 1-4 thing, its kinda annoying. The shifting is easy, the clutch it not tough and the right pedal is just sex... that's the only word that could describe it.
Sitting in the car is just another experience, hearing the exhaust is something to remember a lifetime, feeling the bumps on the road is exhilarating, the look of the car, the lines, simply put... everything. Its just perfection. The viper is perfection. God what a car. It surpasses every logical expectation I ever had for it.
When I had enough of cruising I headed home and I tried to sleep, my adrenaline levels were too high for that, I stayed a few hours in bed till I could actually sleep.
In short, everything that I ever imagined in this car, double it then multiply it by 8.0 and that's about what it actually is. What a car.
I just thought I would share my experience and hope to listen to others first cruise in their snake.
Excuse any bad English or grammar mistakes. English is my 2nd language.
2nd of December is the UAE's national day so we had a 3 day weekend, Thursday to Saturday. It was the perfect opportunity to roll out my **** '93 RT/10. Wednesday night, I got the car ready and checked everything so I can cruise with it the whole day on Thursday. I went home on Wednesday and I couldn't stop thinking that tomorrow I would drive the car that I have always dreamed of owning.
On Thursday, 1st of December, I woke up and I went to my car directly, made my final inspection and started the engine. I drove it around my house to check it. It was ready for the night celebrations. I anxiously waited with the biggest smile on face till night so I can go and join the celebrations.
Let me talk about what 2nd of December means in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The UAE is a country made of 7 states (AKA Emirates) and formed the union 40 years ago against all odds and against the will of adjacent countries. These Emirates are Abu Dhabi (the UAE capital), Dubai (the business and tourism hub), Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Qawain and Fujairah. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayan and Sheikh Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum are considered the founding fathers of the country. They are the late rulers of Abu Dhabi and Dubai respectively. Sheikh Zayed was also the late ruler of the UAE. So it's a pretty big thing here but enough with the history lesson.
So celebration time came and I started my car and I went to Jumairah road, which is consider the cruising road in Dubai and were all celebrations usually happen. The place was packed and it was full blown psychotic. I've never seen the whole country happy. Everyone was celebrating, Emiratis and non-Emiratis. All nationalities were out in their cars driving around with spaghetti spray brought from any small grocery on the side of the road and spraying other cars. All the cars had stickers of the rulers and late rules, the UAE flag and the national emblem. So I was driving my viper, and where ever I look I see someone admiring my car. Be it a small child or the child's father or even old people. I would drive next to a Maserati Gran Sport and people would give me more attention. I pass across a group of guys and they scream "VIPERRRRR!!!!" or I pass a car with kids and they shout "GIVE IT!!!!". I respond with a good rev to a clap or a cheer from them. It was unbelievable. I was always the center of attention on the road.
However, it was very crowded and it was all stop and go traffic. At some point a guy who was on the roof of this car look at me and said, "God help you, it a manual..." I looked at him and smiled. He replied saying that he didn't spray me with the spaghetti spray because he felt sorry for me and he also gave me a can of the spray. I thought that was a funny experience, I doubt it would happen to any other car. I gave the spray that was given to me to some kid in a random car because he asked for it and he started spraying on all the people around him.
I've never had so much fun with just driving a car, usually you would have to try to do something to get attention and have fun. But with this car, just drive it. That's enough.
Now, this is the first manual car that I ever owned, so I would talk about the driving experience. It is one of the easiest manual car that I have ever driven. I've driven a number of manual cars but I never imagined that the viper would be so easy. Just let go of the clutch and it starts moving and gentle tap the accelerator and that's it. Although I hate the 1-4 thing, its kinda annoying. The shifting is easy, the clutch it not tough and the right pedal is just sex... that's the only word that could describe it.
Sitting in the car is just another experience, hearing the exhaust is something to remember a lifetime, feeling the bumps on the road is exhilarating, the look of the car, the lines, simply put... everything. Its just perfection. The viper is perfection. God what a car. It surpasses every logical expectation I ever had for it.
When I had enough of cruising I headed home and I tried to sleep, my adrenaline levels were too high for that, I stayed a few hours in bed till I could actually sleep.
In short, everything that I ever imagined in this car, double it then multiply it by 8.0 and that's about what it actually is. What a car.
I just thought I would share my experience and hope to listen to others first cruise in their snake.
Excuse any bad English or grammar mistakes. English is my 2nd language.
