mach4444
Enthusiast
Today is a beautiful south Florida day. Sunny, 75 degrees, perfect for a top off cruise.
during my 35 mile cruise I ran into:
no less then 10 ferraris of all different models
1 veyron
8 lambos including a miura
a carrera gt
and to many other vettes and porsches to even care.
but only 1 VIPER --- mine!
there was a gorgeous black with gold striped ferrari scud with the plate "scud pwr" that sounded wicked. he kept showing up wherever I was cruising.
want to attract a crowd?
Open up the clamshell hood on a gen 2 and let the fun begin.
within 10 minutes there was a crowd gawking over my car.
An older gentlemen in a ferrari california stopped to get a look. he was obviously a gearhead from the questions he was asking. He was amazed by the size of the rear tires and asked if they would "break loose under hard throttle".
I assurred him they would and that with no traction control or nannies you had better be careful. He loved that!
He mentioned how he feels that to many exotics take away the thrill factor by assisting the numbskulls of the world in keeping their cars on the road when in his day they would have ended up in a ditch.
He really understood where the Viper was coming from and why it is the kind of car that requires you to learn to drive properly.
He told me how he sold his cobra because his wife at the time was jeolous of the car. It was a very entertaining talk.
this guy grew up in a time where cobras and jags ruled the streets and the stories were fantastic.
As we parted he said " be smart, don't ever sell that car".
I don't ever see me selling it, maybe adding to my list of cars but never selling my gen 2.
Afterwards I stop to pick up my gf and she says " can we take another car? I don't want to wait on you answering questions when you stop for gas".
We took the Viper anyways. and we got hungup when I stopped for fuel. lol.
It's good to have a gf that understands my addiction...
now about that ACR that I've been thinking about...........
during my 35 mile cruise I ran into:
no less then 10 ferraris of all different models
1 veyron
8 lambos including a miura
a carrera gt
and to many other vettes and porsches to even care.
but only 1 VIPER --- mine!
there was a gorgeous black with gold striped ferrari scud with the plate "scud pwr" that sounded wicked. he kept showing up wherever I was cruising.
want to attract a crowd?
Open up the clamshell hood on a gen 2 and let the fun begin.
within 10 minutes there was a crowd gawking over my car.
An older gentlemen in a ferrari california stopped to get a look. he was obviously a gearhead from the questions he was asking. He was amazed by the size of the rear tires and asked if they would "break loose under hard throttle".
I assurred him they would and that with no traction control or nannies you had better be careful. He loved that!
He mentioned how he feels that to many exotics take away the thrill factor by assisting the numbskulls of the world in keeping their cars on the road when in his day they would have ended up in a ditch.
He really understood where the Viper was coming from and why it is the kind of car that requires you to learn to drive properly.
He told me how he sold his cobra because his wife at the time was jeolous of the car. It was a very entertaining talk.
this guy grew up in a time where cobras and jags ruled the streets and the stories were fantastic.
As we parted he said " be smart, don't ever sell that car".
I don't ever see me selling it, maybe adding to my list of cars but never selling my gen 2.
Afterwards I stop to pick up my gf and she says " can we take another car? I don't want to wait on you answering questions when you stop for gas".
We took the Viper anyways. and we got hungup when I stopped for fuel. lol.
It's good to have a gf that understands my addiction...
now about that ACR that I've been thinking about...........
Know the feeling! Everytime i go for a spin,people gather around and want to know what it is,or how much power etc... I usually take the 99 GTS,but it's the same with the 94 RT/10...I love my Vipers!
Be carefull, You may not have noticed, but you were given a "Warning" by gf.
I'm sure I'm older than you, but have suffered because I didn't reconize the fact some gf's feel intimidated with the attention a Viper (Or any other car) brings. If she becomes "Wife" she may demand the car/toys go. 
