Vacationing in Florida

[Jeebs]

As the title says, thats what my wife and i are doing. We came to Florida for our 1 year anniversay. Plus she was friends here. First off i just want to say how much i like it here. Beats the snow and cold back home. Second is, are Vipers not allowed in this State? Well i have seen one. A red 03 srt. We landed in Orlando, stayed there for 4 nights, went to Miami for lunch then drove down to Key West for supper. LOTS of driving. And now we are in New Smyrna Beach for a couple days. I have seen only 1 Lambo, 1 Ferrari 360, & 1 srt 10, BUT i have seen over 100 vettes!!! They are every where. Its like we just missed a big give a way or something. What gives. Now i know there are vettes sold compared to vipers, so thats a big reason there but come on. I was hoping to atleast see a few on vacation. And i like running into fellow owners and possibly chat a bit.
Anyways, im having a good time either way just thought i would through this out there.

 

[wikkid]

Jeebs, i live in Chicago, have had 2 Vipers over 3 years and have only run into 1 Viper on the road. As you know, its really a pretty rare sight.

 

[LaViper]

I travel to Florida often , (Lake City, Silver Springs,Orlando, Ft.Pierce) and rarely see any Vipers. But that's not unusal, even where I live there's quite a few Vipers, but you will see many, many more Vets. "RARELY" will I see a Viper. I had to join the local Vet club to have someone to go cruisin with on weekends. Don't buy a Viper if you expect to get a bunch together & go crusin in groups. At least not in the area I live.

 

[Jeebs]

Ya i know there are not a bunch out there and when i get home i can look at mine all i want but its not the same. I love my car and all but its just nice when i get a chance to run across one, and or its owner.

 

[Red Snake]

I have a place in the panhandle and visit there often. I rarely ever see a Viper there.

 

[mach4444]

Vipers are a rarity no matter where you are. want to see exotics spend some time, preferably a weekend, in Naples, this town is crawling with lambos, ferraris, astons, porsches etc. I see more lambos than I do Vipers here, vettes are everywhere as are porsches, bentlys etc. The weather this time of year is gorgeous, come back in august!

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

I've been driving my RT/10 to work every day for the past few weeks and of course on the weekends too.

 

[daytonprowler]

I have 3 Vipers around my place in Cocoa Beach.... red Gen3, black Gen2, B5 blue Gen4. Couple of Prowlers too, a black one and a yellow one. The black one has over 130,000 on it.

When I move down there permanently, I'll have to join the Central North Florida region.... it will be nice to be able to drive the Viper and Prowler everyday.

 

[Grisoman]

There were 9 of us Vipers on Flagler Ave in West Palm Beach on 22Jan12. Most were from Davie area and one from Ft. Myers.

 

[EllowViper]

I drive a lot on weekends and have yet to see Chuck either...I do see a few RAM SRT-10's every so often. Does that count?? There is a red 08/10 ACR that I see on the Crosstown every now and then.

 

[Silver04]

We came to Florida for our 1 year anniversay.

Jeepers creepers! If you want many more you might wanna get off the PC and chill with SWMBO...I know, I know...it's an addiction...

 

[3whitevipers]

I've got 2 Vipers here in Fla--know of 2 others in my area--Dave

 

[TowDawg]

You should have spent more time in Miami. I try to get down there at least a few times a year and always see at least a couple Vipers each time. You'll definitely see more Lambo's, Ferrari's and Bentley's though. I swear there's a Continental GT on every corner!

 

[Jeebs]

Well its our last night and its been a really good time. And your right TowDawg about the GT's, i've seen several. And for Silver04, your funny and right. But i have only really been on here a couple times and only for a couple mintes. Then the wife is busy or into her book i jump on here. Its a win win for both of us. She knows how much i love this cars, thats why she let me buy mine after we got married.
Maybe i'll spot another on the way to the airport. If not i'll have to poke my head in the garage when i get home

 

[JnM_SRT]

I live in south Florida and I can tell you from experience everyone and their grandma, yes I've seen very much older ladies, drive a Corvette. I see more Lamborghini's and Ferrari's driving around every day then I do Viper's. Viper's are down here, just not as many as Vette's which I like!!! I think 90% of the Vette's down here are automatic (ewwwwwww) LOL

 

[Mutts02GTS]

Jeepers creepers! If you want many more you might wanna get off the PC and chill with SWMBO...I know, I know...it's an addiction...

He's still a newlywed, I don't think he knows what SWMBO stands for, I sure do.....

 

[agentf1]

You should have spent more time in Miami. I try to get down there at least a few times a year and always see at least a couple Vipers each time. You'll definitely see more Lambo's, Ferrari's and Bentley's though. I swear there's a Continental GT on every corner!

Yes, I am amazed at how many exotics I see when I am in Florida. I have to wonder where are these people getting their money from. Everybody tells me it is very hard to get a good job or make any money in Florida but yet it seems everybody down there is loaded. A lot of very young people too so it cannot be the snowbirds retiring and moving to Florida to spend their retirement money.

South Beach especially amazes me with all the exotics but I also noticed 9 out of 10 of them in SB are all rented. But I am guessing that is not true for the rest of Florida.

 

[Jeebs]

So what does SWMBO stand for? Im guessing i should know it and im guessing it funny. So give it up.

 

[MikeG]

I don't know how you missed all the Vipers in Florida. National Geographic estimates there are presently in excess of 30,000 Burmese and an untold number (in the thousands) of the African Rock Vipers running around there. Oops - sorry ...... apparently those are actual snakes of the Python variety. Anyway, the moral of the story is; when vacationing in Florida, don't fall asleep outside for very long. You might not wake up. (LOL).

 

[agentf1]

So what does SWMBO stand for? Im guessing i should know it and im guessing it funny. So give it up.

She Who Must Be Obeyed!

 

[Jeebs]

I see, and yes very true.

 

[MoparBoyy]

i been driving around Orlando, Sanford, and New Symrna Beach.. you just didn't see me.

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

She Who Must Be Obeyed!

Sad. The state of our society anymore. Men are nothing but castrated mice. Its no wonder more guys are remaining single.

 

[3whitevipers]

The big money comes from 3 places here in Fla--1. earned elsewhere, 2. family money, and 3. the money comes from drugs---Dave

 

[fuelman]

There were 15 of us n Kissimmee Jan 28th at the Mecum auction. My theory is that in Florida we don't have them there potholes and salted roads, so we go faster than you do up North, Vipers slow down in snow...

 

[Jeebs]

Thats a funny out look on that fuelman. But you are right about the winters. We go so slow they don't even make it out of the garages. But we make up for it in the summer. Trust me.

And that ***** that there seemed to be a few of you guys out. Maybe i should have made a comment on here before i went down. Maybe next time.

 

[snakem04]

Jeebs I feel ya my car has been in the garage since November. I went to miami in December for 5 days. Day 1 there where 2 vipers parked outside my hotel. A yellow rt/10 and a copperhead gen lll. But most of all I saw lambos, ferraris, bentley, vettes and masarattis. A lot of the high end cars where rentals.

 

[scottmcc]

I might be moving to Naples soon. So count 1 more red RT/10 in the area..