New appreciation

[vvvviper]

Since I got my '01 RT-10 three and a half years ago, the car finally has some company now. It's a new SUV. The point is, the Viper was an absolute work horse for 40+ months as my "daily (and only) driver." Drove like a champ. (and not exactly highway miles)

Constant driving has it's advantages and disadvantages. Went through a couple sets of air filters and a set Pilot Sports dry rotted and blew out at about the same time. - No problems ever on start up though. Car never sat idle long enough for the battery to lose the charge.

So I ordered a car cover tonight from CCCC. (Never was garaged long enough before to even put a car cover on.) Optima battery is next. It's almost sad, I feel like I'm putting this baby out to pasture. But ya know, I hopped in the car tonight, a cool S Florida night (top off / back window out) and I found an absolute new appreciation for this car......not having driven her for the first time in 3 or 4 days. It felt amazing.

 

[STUGOTS]

how many miles you have on her now?

and where were the vette and the cobra at the time when the viper was the daily driver?

 

[vvvviper]

Wow! All this time I thought that those "signature vehicles" that people use to conclude their posts.............have been cars that they've owned PREVIOUS TO OWNING A VIPER. For me (until now) it's been one car at a time, at least since I've been happily divorced.