Regarding the statement that it would have to be a keeper...not debating you or necessarily directed towards you bluesnake, just some general info from my point of view:
This car sold at around 60,000 miles from the original owner, sold around 92,000 miles and then sold at 98,000. I bought my 96 b/w GTS with 42,000 miles March of 2002.....now in 2002 that was high miles
There was an interesting theory some years back about the low $$ number on a gen2. Seems like the general thought was about $25,000 because any gen2 is worth that much in parts. That figure may have dropped but you get the general jest of what people were thinking. In fact, that "parts" $$ may be going back up now.
What's not to love ?
Need a transmission...$1,500 with 12,000 miles or a $700 rebuild....Vipers get them all the time.
High engine miles ? Not really that expensive to freshen the rings, bearings....it's done all the time. We swapped the rod bearings on Chads 108,000 mile car this past Saturday, they had some wear but had 50,000+ left in them. When my engine was taken apart for performance upgrades it was in very good shape at 62,000+.
Differential..... $1,000-$1,200 for a <20,000 mile replacement....easy !!
Yes, since I work on them it does sound easy. Granted if you don't work on them and don't have a private person that can....all this does sound a little scary if you have to go to the dealership, but a lot of folks say....oh the transmission goes out...that's $700 plus three hours labor, no big deal.
This car may not be for the man that can go out and buy the 8,000 mile GTS for $56,000 dollars.
Name ANY car you can get for this price, drive anywhere, have a make friends of the caliber that I have, have the instant "rock Star" effect etc. etc. I can't think of any other car......I'll admit, I am biased
My car with 42,000 miles when I got it in 2002 and there was not a Viper owner with a zero mile 2002 GTS that was more proud of or loved their car more than me (there still isn't either). The only difference was that they spent a lot more $$$ (and theirs wasn't blue and white
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All that said, if any VCA member (current member as of 4/30/12) buys this car, I will do the exchange labor free of charge at my shop for one year or 12,000 miles. Engine, transmission, differential...you name it. Not a plus if you are in Ca. but Tn/Ga/Al/Sc/Fl/Ky it could be a piece of mind. I'm only offering that because I have confidence in the car, not to enable a sale ........because if it doesn't sale right away I don't really care. I could have already traded for a dozen later model mudstains.Cobra this, Saleen that...no thanks
Iam not going to comment on tires, but I will comment on the GTS for sale, I sold my 97 GTS when I purchased the 06 Viper SRT FE, I often think of purchasing another 97 GTS because Iam very passionate about that Viper. I sold my GTS with 27K on the clock and was told then that 27K miles was a lot of miles for a Viper, my Viper Tech even agreed...
So with that in mind 103K miles makes this Viper very well used, it really scares me away from purchasing even at 27K. I mean if I was to purchase it and possibly sell some years down the road would I not take another huge hit or would collectability even be a factor? I quess it all depends on what you want.
I quess if I were to purchase this GTS, resale would be out of the question it would have to be a keeper....the other questions heavily on mind is the mechanics of this GTS...In the years I have been A Viper owner I have only heard of a couple of Vipers with this kind of mileage and the engines had already been swaped out....
I will have to think longer on this one.......
changing out autocross tires where thousandths of a second count. 
Interesting looking at the different readings from different vehicles, tire brands, tire age, this morning. I could bore everyone with a lot of numbers but the bottom line is that the tires on the car that is for sale fall right in line with where they should be...imo of course because there are a lot a variables testing tires.
