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    making viper > vetts shirts

    "You're not a VIP if you don't drive a VIPER"
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    DD Vipers

    That's a good question. I recently started thinking about buying a Viper in the near future as my replacement for my Mercedes SLK 350. So I came to the Forum to try to learn as much about model years and features as possible. Then I found some threads discussing the difficulty of driving a...
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    Your favorite gear

    I read from the Edmund Insideline Comparison Review that: "First gear is good for 62 mph and 2nd will take you all the way to 90. So unrelenting is the Viper's acceleration that keeping it pinned will push the Coupe to 200 mph." I'd like to ask everyone how long you stay on the 1st gear...
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    Good News

    Great news! That is mightily good fortune. May we all get to drive our wives' in our sports cars for many more years to come.
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    DD Vipers

    Thank you Dave6666 for your input. You drive your Viper through muddy roads? Is there a picture of it we can look at? Thanks.
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    DD Vipers

    Does any one of us drive a Viper as a daily driver?
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    A Prospective Convert

    Nice videos, Bobpantax. I had a blast watching them! I also found this video. Burntrubber is probably right: I am quite used to the creature comforts offered by the two SLK generations that the Viper may feel too raw for me. On the other hand, Dad's Toy's experience is most startling. I am...
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    A Prospective Convert

    It's time the world sees a Viper stalled in traffic! More than once, too!
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    A Prospective Convert

    Thanks Bobpantax. For $30,000, I'll keep at it until I'm an expert at stick. That said, the only way to find out is to buy a stick Viper, let it sit in the garage for a while, and just bite the bullet and make it work. My three other (younger) brothers all drive stick, I'm sure with the Viper...
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    A Prospective Convert

    Dom426h, thanks for the opinion. My SLK350 has 268hp @6,000rpm and 258lb-ft @2,400-5,000rpm, and is a hardtop convertible. I drive it topdown whenever my wife is not with me, like once or twice every week, because she doesn't like the wind messing up her hair, and she loathes the sun that bakes...
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    A Prospective Convert

    Mr. Jorgensen quoted me $30k with tax for the conversion work. In addition, a 4-month lead time is required for the necessary parts to arrive. I might just have to learn the stick. Or like many of you said, resort to a Vette. Thanks again.:drive:
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    A Prospective Convert

    Mr. Jorgensen replied to my inquiry early this morning with some pictures and the following excerpt: "We have done this conversion and although expensive and time consuming it works extremely well and has proven very reliable. We used a 2 spd. Powerglide with a Gear vendors over drive unit...
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    A Prospective Convert

    You guys are great, the kindness and spirit of comradery exhibited here gives me more reason to continue my pursuit of a Viper ownership experience. "Do you enjoy a high visibility car that is louder, bumpier, allot hotter (unless you chage the exhaust system) with fighter pilot like seats...
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    A Prospective Convert

    My thanks to everyone for your advice. I have emailed Mark Jorgensen of Woodhouse on converting a stick Viper to automatic, and have even located a few Vipers for sale near Omaha, NE. My SLK costs $500 to $1,000 for the annual oil change. If the Viper's maintenance costs less, it is a...
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    A Prospective Convert

    I've been looking forward to joining the ranks of Viper owners. Appreciate the opinions thus far. Thanks.
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    A Prospective Convert

    I drive a 2005 Mercedes Benz SLK 350, and I am considering the Viper as my next 2-seater replacement. I would like to know the following: 1. Is the Viper an easy car to drive on a daily basis compared to most cars? 2. I have never driven stick before and I am planning to learn to drive stick...
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