As I've said before, it's like trying to convince Baghdad Bob we were in Baghdad or the OJ jury that he really was guilty. No amount of hard facts or proof will change the mind of someone who doesn't WANT to face reality.
What you vette affectionados don't seem to realize and someone posted it earlier, is that MOST of us here already know more about the vette than you do. Nearly all of us have owned at least one corvette prior to owning a viper. The number of people who have owned a vette and moved up to a viper compared to the number who have moved back down to a vette after owning a viper is probably about 500 to 1. That alone should tell you something. Do you really think people tend to move backwards on a performance level? I don't think so. Apparently, at least one has and that was his choice. First time I've heard of it after all these years.
Then again, I'm sure there might be one or two in the history of the world that traded in their Lambo Diablo or F50 because it didn't have cupholders or because it didn't fit for them. Doesn't mean the F50 or Diablo still aren't two of the top performing vehicles in the world. Same with the Viper. My mother certainly wouldn't want any of these vehicles, but she might go for a vette. I know my wife feels that way too. The vette is a great car for some people. Just don't try to artificially elevate it to the level of a supercar or exotic. It's silly and you will look foolish doing so.
I'm personally excited about purchasing my next vette within the next few weeks. I will be getting the coupe and modding it to better than z06 performance as several of my friends have. I just don't care for the notch-back styling of the z06. It takes away from the only thing going for the c5 styling, it's nice curves.
The cool thing about the viper is that it's already the fastest production car made in the U.S. so I really haven't felt the need to mod it extensively. I did mod my exhaust now and it sounds VERY good.
As far as the truck engine in the viper, like I said, it really shows you have no clue about vipers. This fact alone makes me really doubt you ever owned one. If the viper engine is based off the truck engine, or it's just an 8 cylinder with two more cylinders welded on, then you would say there are a lot of interchangable or share parts, correct? Well, there aren't any, that's correct 0, zero, nada. That's because it was an entirely new engine. The only reason some people still believe that was because the original development team heard that the truck team was going to have a ten cylinder engine. That's the "basis" for the rumor. that's it. The Viper engine and the truck engine teams used two different designs. The first viper prototype did use a v8 with two cylinders welded on. This was not a production model and was only to show as a proof of concept. The Viper engine design and the truck engine design started as a design on paper. Once the two teams realized they wanted two different things out of their engines, they went their separate ways. The Viper team sent their design to Lamborghini and after the Viper team received prototypes back, they decided to re-design the engine again themselves as the Lambo designs weren't reliable enough. So, team Viper designed the engine again using some of the lambo team's visual cues. There are zero shared parts between the truck engine and the viper engine because they are two different engines. They have 10 cylinders and that's about where the similarities end.
So, if you're going to rip the viper, please at least try to be accurate with your insults.
Also, you mention you think the Viper is ancient technology. I guess that's what makes you so upset. The fact that even though the Viper is "ancient technology", a dinosaur of a car, it's STILL a faster, better handling and more beautiful car than the newer, hi-tech corvette!!
Now THAT'S FUNNY!
