Gasoline Prices Are Off The Hook

[345s-bspinnin]

Of any car that get's this type of performance, maintenance is actually very minimal. The Vipers are very reliable. If you delve more into what makes this car tick, it is a very archaic design with 2 valves per cylinder and not very efficient albeit very reliable. I love the fact that it does not sound tuned like a Ferrari but completely raw.

Excuse my ignorance, so please explain this efficiency you speak of:

A quick look at the latest model line up:

'10 SRT Viper = 8.4L, 20V, 600 bhp/650 ft-lb= EPA city/highway driving: 13/22 mpg
'10 Ferrari 458: 4.5L, 32V, 562 bph/ 398 lb-ft= EPA city/highway driving: 12/17 mpg

Both weigh about the same.

So, an archaic behemoth, with 2 extra cylinder manages to have a 30% better fuel efficiency than a V8? Sounds like the old V10 is more efficient (more power with less fuel consumed???)

Some other objective comparison:

Okay, let's look at bhp/L:
Viper: 600/8.4 = 71.4 bhp/L
F448: 562/4.5 = 124.8 bhp/L

Ferrari looks pretty good here when talking displacement, but why stop there:

Let's look at bhp/Valve:
Viper: 600/20= 30 bhp/Valve
Ferrari: 562/32= 17.5 bph/Valve

Dang, the Viper creates twice the power per valve! That's efficiency right there!!!!!

 

[eucharistos]

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Ferrari looks pretty good here when talking displacement, but why stop there:

Let's look at bhp/Valve:
Viper: 600/20= 30 bhp/Valve
Ferrari: 562/32= 17.5 bph/Valve

Dang, the Viper creates twice the power per valve! That's efficiency right there!!!!!

oh man, another cpa on the forum

 

[latamud]

Took this shot earlier today in Baghdad, Iraq. Price is per gallon.

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[jmasin]

I am not a rich man, far from it..... But if gas prices even enter your mind for one second. You are looking at the wrong car....

Ditto... no offense to the OP

 

[Paul Hawker]

Average American uses about 500 gallons/yr. $1.00 rise in price is not as big a deal as most make it out.

 

[DrumrBoy]

Took this shot earlier today in Baghdad, Iraq. Price is per gallon.

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Wow, nice prices!

English sign with arabic subtitles! I wonder if the Iraqis hate that as much as I hate signs in Spanish with english subtitles.......

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

Wow, nice prices!

English sign with arabic subtitles! I wonder if the Iraqis hate that as much as I hate signs in Spanish with english subtitles.......

I even hate the English signs with Spanish subtitles Speak it or ****

 

[Bill Pemberton Woodhouse]

Heck , came back from VOI-11 in my ACR and only averaged 26.9 miles per gallon. Forget the price of gasoline , I am still waiting for the government to return my gas guzzler tax for taxation without representation --- the mileage quoted by the EPA is not representative of what I actually be getting.

Refund, refund!!!

 

[JohnnyViper]

i spent around $130+ on gas driving around in my viper over friday saturday and sunday for the first time after the long winter storage, best $130 I have spent in a long time

 

[eucharistos]

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2 for ________

pandering cowards and idjuts


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[Bill Pemberton Woodhouse]

Dear 2hotforU,

We ahgree wit yur cawmint, as prysayz hav gone up too mutch in Baghdad. Uhround here , we often say, " Fuel prysayz are off da ******!"

Yur simpathighzing frends,

Ahmed and Muhammed

 

[Russ M]

Excuse my ignorance, so please explain this efficiency you speak of:

A quick look at the latest model line up:

'10 SRT Viper = 8.4L, 20V, 600 bhp/650 ft-lb= EPA city/highway driving: 13/22 mpg
'10 Ferrari 458: 4.5L, 32V, 562 bph/ 398 lb-ft= EPA city/highway driving: 12/17 mpg

Both weigh about the same.

So, an archaic behemoth, with 2 extra cylinder manages to have a 30% better fuel efficiency than a V8? Sounds like the old V10 is more efficient (more power with less fuel consumed???)

Some other objective comparison:

Okay, let's look at bhp/L:
Viper: 600/8.4 = 71.4 bhp/L
F448: 562/4.5 = 124.8 bhp/L

Ferrari looks pretty good here when talking displacement, but why stop there:

Let's look at bhp/Valve:
Viper: 600/20= 30 bhp/Valve
Ferrari: 562/32= 17.5 bph/Valve

Dang, the Viper creates twice the power per valve! That's efficiency right there!!!!!

Your forgetting the most important part when calculating efficiency and thats weight, hp/cc means nothing if the 4.5L motor weighs more than the 8.4L motor.