I'm very close to finally pull the trigger on getting a Viper. I have loved them since I was a kid, although it has been less than three years since I started seriously considering getting one, before then it just looked like an impossible dream. Now I'm just waiting to complete the money I've been saving specifically to buy the car, which should happen next month or the one after that. Lots of times during this period of time I've gotten the corvette bug, because they are cheaper and still good performance for the money and yara yara yara... But today I saw a viper on the street and that was enough to get me back in line and say I'll wait until I have the money and find the right viper for me. I've only seen 2 viper in the road in the last three years so forgive my excitement...
Now though I'm deciding whether I will get a gen3 as soon as I find one I like or if I will save more and wait until I can afford a gen4 which could happen in the next 6 to 10 months. I know the basic differences about the bigger engine displacement, the additional horse power, the improved gearing and transmission, higher top speed, more refined etc. But I've also heard that gen3s have higher low rpm torque which sounds both more exiting and dangerous. I would like to hear some opinions from viper owners. So bring it on guys give me some arguments pros/cons of both generations
. If I go with a gen4 it would have to be a 2008 so I will still get the slower 5th gear that seems to be improved on 2010s. If it's a gen3 it would most likely be a 2004 or 2003. Are there differences between 2003, 2004, 2005 model years or are they all the same?
BTW the viper I saw today in Lake WA St. in Kirkland, WA was a black gen3 coupe with stripes that were almost as dark as the car like ghost painted. I'm assuming it was an 06 given it was a coupe. I'm wondering if it belongs to a member. It look very close to this one:
If the owner reads this feel free to step in and say "it was my car..."
Also since I'm somewhat close to start looking for my viper I want to ask if someone near the area would give me a ride in his srt10. That would be awesome.
Tony
Now though I'm deciding whether I will get a gen3 as soon as I find one I like or if I will save more and wait until I can afford a gen4 which could happen in the next 6 to 10 months. I know the basic differences about the bigger engine displacement, the additional horse power, the improved gearing and transmission, higher top speed, more refined etc. But I've also heard that gen3s have higher low rpm torque which sounds both more exiting and dangerous. I would like to hear some opinions from viper owners. So bring it on guys give me some arguments pros/cons of both generations
. If I go with a gen4 it would have to be a 2008 so I will still get the slower 5th gear that seems to be improved on 2010s. If it's a gen3 it would most likely be a 2004 or 2003. Are there differences between 2003, 2004, 2005 model years or are they all the same?BTW the viper I saw today in Lake WA St. in Kirkland, WA was a black gen3 coupe with stripes that were almost as dark as the car like ghost painted. I'm assuming it was an 06 given it was a coupe. I'm wondering if it belongs to a member. It look very close to this one:
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If the owner reads this feel free to step in and say "it was my car..."
Also since I'm somewhat close to start looking for my viper I want to ask if someone near the area would give me a ride in his srt10. That would be awesome.
Tony
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