Viper Myth Thread. What have you heard?

[Timnineside]

I don't know if there is already a thread about this subject but it did get me thinking. I hear some crazy things from people when they see my Viper's and I was wondering what anyone else has heard.

Here is one I remember hearing when I was about 11 years old. (being born in 83 it was early Viper production years):

I remember hearing that insurance costs were higher on the Red and Yellow Vipers because they were more flashy, and more likely to get into a accident. The Dark Green Viper's had a cheaper insurance (which was the reason a local guy purchased his in that color?).

Anyone shed some light on this subject? Any other "Viper myth's"?

 

[ACRucrazy]

I have heard up to 1/3 of all Vipers have been in an accident because they are too dangerous. Anytime I hear stuff like that I say show me the proof.

 

[KNG SNKE]

I do believe I heard the red was more to insure, but that wasn't viper specific. Brighter cars are more likely to get pulled over was the reasoning.

 

[Timnineside]

Interesting. I have also heard:

My buddy had the one with the V12.... Followed by is that is stick? His may have been a stick too....

 

[VYPR BYT 94]

The government actually sends me a monthly check since I'm going green for the environment.

 

[InjectTheVenom]

My sober Dutch thought on the matter (born just a year later in 1984)... green Vipers are likely the cheapest because they are good for the enviroment, red Vipers can be expensive because their owners might love their cars so much they constantly want to modify and/or change things (i.o.w. putting love into their cars), yellow Vipers appear to be as cheap as the green ones because of how careful their owners are.

 

[VYPR BYT 94]

I do believe I heard the red was more to insure, but that wasn't viper specific. Brighter cars are more likely to get pulled over was the reasoning.

Oddly enough, I heard the opposite many years ago;

Red cars were easier to see in the day time so people were less likely to pull out in front of them resulting in fewer accidents... thus lower premiums.

 

[JAY]

I have known of 2 cars that went in for an Oil Change , Only to have the novice tech go for a Test Drive and write the car off ! Luckily they were not Seriously Hurt !

 

[BlknBlu]

I have known of 2 cars that went in for an Oil Change , Only to have the novice tech go for a Test Drive and write the car off ! Luckily they were not Seriously Hurt !

That is not a Myth

Bruce

 

[JAY]

Yes it is , it was more than 2.........lol ! QUOTE=BlknBlu;3140670]That is not a Myth

Bruce[/QUOTE]

 

[BlackSnake99]

I heard that having a Viper would make your penis bigger.

Then I bought one ---------> MYTH.

 

[ViperSmith]

That is not a Myth

Bruce

Just wander over to wrecked exotics, you'll see plenty "in for service..."

 

[troublemaker]

I heard that having a Viper would make your penis bigger.

Then I bought one ---------> MYTH.

Damnit, and I just got a Viper. Too bad for her.

 

[BlknBlu]

I have heard up to 1/3 of all Vipers have been in an accident because they are too dangerous. Anytime I hear stuff like that I say show me the proof.

I would like to see these statistics too. Most are within a few thousand miles on the odometer.

Bruce

 

[Torquemonster06]

I heard that having a Viper would make your penis bigger.

Then I bought one ---------> MYTH.

Thats funny cause mine gets BIGGER everytime I get the car out of the garage for a drive.

 

[Sybil TF]

I heard that having a Viper would make your penis bigger.

Then I bought one ---------> MYTH.

That's what S Daddy said!

 

[Sybil TF]

Thats funny cause mine gets BIGGER everytime I get the car out of the garage for a drive.

I guess you have to wait for a few before you exit the car? Or is the thrill over after a few minutes?

 

[Golfer15]

I guess you have to wait for a few before you exit the car? Or is the thrill over after a few minutes?

That would be a ride with a "happy ending"

 

[Golfer15]

Now back to the thread....I thought yellow was the cheapest since they are only a V8

 

[Policy Limits]

i constantly hear that they're str8 line cars and that the reason u dont ever see many of them is because they've mostly been wrecked...true or false?

 

[InjectTheVenom]

Now about the color black, in some cases combined with white... those 2 are classified as colors but can (technically speaking) not be seen, this could be the reason why owners of Vipers with 1 or both of them pay more premium than the others.

 

[Mopar Boy]

Now back to the thread....I thought yellow was the cheapest since they are only a V8

Watch it now.....


Myth I heard was the new Vette is faster......

 

[VIPER GTSR 91]

I don't know if there is already a thread about this subject but it did get me thinking. I hear some crazy things from people when they see my Viper's and I was wondering what anyone else has heard.

Here is one I remember hearing when I was about 11 years old. (being born in 83 it was early Viper production years):

I remember hearing that insurance costs were higher on the Red and Yellow Vipers because they were more flashy, and more likely to get into a accident. The Dark Green Viper's had a cheaper insurance (which was the reason a local guy purchased his in that color?).

Anyone shed some light on this subject? Any other "Viper myth's"?

Other Viper myth's. Maybe. One of the marketing videos about the new Gen V last year stated the Corvette is not who we are going after but rather Ferrari. Hmmmm maybe it IS the ZR1 they should be going after with more positive results and get to the Ferrari later.

 

[viper GTS-R]

FOR YEARS, I've heard the fastest vipers are either red or yellow...

That's the biggest MYTH in the book!

--RS

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[AJ02]

I've been asked moltiple times if my GTS is the year with the V-12. When I tell them none had a V-12 I've even been called a liar!

 

[NVMYVPR]

I have been out with mine on more than one occasion and had guys try to tell me about V-12's and/or V-8's in certain years of Vipers. I had one guy go so far as to tell me he had owned a V-8 Viper. He did admit his interior and engine bay was completely different than mine too. I know what you are thinking but I did not even go there with him. It was funny enough as it was. One really emphatic guy had my wife asking, "they make V-12 vipers"? I just smiled until he walked away.

 

[DrTaco]

I've heard the V12 and V8 comments as well. Other than that, mostly people ask me about how hard it is to control and what IS and ISNT in the car (cupholders, AC, radio, yadda). Everyone seems to love the seatbelts on the "wrong" side tho

 

[InjectTheVenom]

Proof! White Vipers really do have V8's!

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[SoCal Rebell]

I heard the speakers on the Gen II's hood work.

 

[InjectTheVenom]

I heard the speakers on the Gen II's hood work.

Only the driver's side speaker works, the other acts as a microphone to pull the speaker sounds into the interior