kmagnuss
Enthusiast
Pretty new here. I'm a bit of a car nerd... I try to buy and sell an older 'fun' car once or twice a year so that I get a chance to experience all these great cars I can't afford when they're new.
Typically I'm more of a European/Porsche / JDM 90's guy, but the Vipers have always peaked my curiosity. You read so much about them being so hot/loud/dangerous/hard to drive/bad AC/death trap/small penis compensation/crap interior/squeaky, etc... Well I sold my last fun car (low mileage R8) and decided I never want to buy a car again that I can't rack up miles and enjoy driving. Had a few others on the short list (FD Rx7, Lotus Esprit and the new Lotus Emira) but started looking at Vipers again and it just seemed like a TON of car for the money. Decided to try something a little out of my comfort zone.
I gotta say, this car is the most fun I've had in a long time. There's no reason you can't daily this car. I've been doing it in SW Florida for the last month and I can't get enough of it. The AC is perfectly fine. The car is VERY easy to drive in traffic. Clutch is great. It actually rides halfway decent, but still corners very strongly. It's a different feeling and you can tell that when it lets go it will do it without much warning, but it's fun. I'd drive this over my old R8 or 700 hp 996 turbo all day. Golf clubs easily fit in the trunk. Yes it has a lot of squeaks and the build quality isn't as good... but it's good enough and did I mention it's fun? I thought I would feel kind of d000chey driving it, but I don't. It's just fun. Working on it is a breeze and some parts are super cheap... some are pretty standard and some (cough cough headlights) are outrageous.
Bottom line is I think this car is great. It might actually make it over a year... we'll see.
Typically I'm more of a European/Porsche / JDM 90's guy, but the Vipers have always peaked my curiosity. You read so much about them being so hot/loud/dangerous/hard to drive/bad AC/death trap/small penis compensation/crap interior/squeaky, etc... Well I sold my last fun car (low mileage R8) and decided I never want to buy a car again that I can't rack up miles and enjoy driving. Had a few others on the short list (FD Rx7, Lotus Esprit and the new Lotus Emira) but started looking at Vipers again and it just seemed like a TON of car for the money. Decided to try something a little out of my comfort zone.
I gotta say, this car is the most fun I've had in a long time. There's no reason you can't daily this car. I've been doing it in SW Florida for the last month and I can't get enough of it. The AC is perfectly fine. The car is VERY easy to drive in traffic. Clutch is great. It actually rides halfway decent, but still corners very strongly. It's a different feeling and you can tell that when it lets go it will do it without much warning, but it's fun. I'd drive this over my old R8 or 700 hp 996 turbo all day. Golf clubs easily fit in the trunk. Yes it has a lot of squeaks and the build quality isn't as good... but it's good enough and did I mention it's fun? I thought I would feel kind of d000chey driving it, but I don't. It's just fun. Working on it is a breeze and some parts are super cheap... some are pretty standard and some (cough cough headlights) are outrageous.
Bottom line is I think this car is great. It might actually make it over a year... we'll see.