Question for Viper owners

[Epro]

What was your first car? I'm still young, and I want to get something with a V8. I doubt a rough start would have an effect on the time it'd take me to get a Viper. I'm aiming at around age 26, 27. An age where I could actually enjoy it.

So did you start at 4 cylinders? Or did you always drive big muscle cars?

 

[Chuck 98 RT/10]

Some of the spoiled brats here may have started off with a hot ride. Mine was a 65 Rambler, then a 60 Chevy when the tranny in the Rambler died three months after getting it.

Mom and Dad wouldn't let me buy my dream car, a 71 Firebird 455 until I was out of the house. I was 19.

 

[Dave T (BADVENM)]

1972 Chevy Blazer. I had a goal of attaining my dream car about 10 years ago and only got it 2 years ago...and I'm 36.

 

[cycloneGTS]

1981 Toyota Celica GT...$250

 

[Epro]

I want either a Monte Carlo SS or a Trans Am

 

[Steve Miehe]

1965 Chevelle Deluxe 300. 194 CI 6 cylinder.

 

[GimmeTheSpeed]

1989 Camaro RS (16yrs old), Wanted a Viper from day one... Got one on my 26th Birthday.

 

[Epro]

26th bday? Someone gave you a nice gift

 

[Anaconda]

72 VW Super Beetle. The guy was asking $600, but I got him to come down to $450, which was all I could afford on my supermarket bag boy salary....hehehe.

Man....that car sucked.

 

[got one]

First car...
cheap, cool, and easy to work on...

 

[plumcrazy]

70 coronet 383 auto.

its was ugly but fast

 

[GoldenVenom]

Mazda RX-3, then Pontiac Firebird then ... other cars ... Viper GTS/ACR

 

[RedEnuf93]

I started with a French Muscle car:

1959 Citroen 2cv 325cc, cylinder boxer and 12HP...

WHAT A CAR!!!! (or was it??)

 

[Bad_Byte]

First car 1955 Chevy, two door, 6 cylinder, 3 on the tree $250.00

 

[FrankBarba]

1963 Impala, 3 speed on the tree, underdash overdrive.

 

[Sellshomesdrivesviper]

1976 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, painted two tone, blue and white, with Keystone wheels and Dunlop raised white letter tires, white vinyl seats and more money in the stereo system and speakers than the car.

 

[Viblur]

65 Mustang Fastback.. had to rebuild the engine first, took all summer but was worth it..

 

[Cal Cobra]

First car was a restored 1967 Mustang (Vintage Burgandy, with black top, and black interior), with a custom build Boss 302 racing engine, Ford 9" w/3.89 traction lock gears, custom build C4 w/3500RPM stall converter, the works...was that a fun car

It would pass anything except a gas station

Cal

 

[RCKTMN]

My first was a 1976 Cutlass Supreme 4-door with the Rocket 350. I used to have fun beating up on 5.0 Mustangs Camaros. I went through many Cutlasses over the years. Then shifted over to MOPARs, the Viper being one.

Next acquisition : 1970 440+6 Barracuda Convertible.

Paul

 

[Warfang]

My first car was a 78 toyota celica-supra. When 92 came around, I was just out of high school, on my third car and KNEW I would have to get that car that just came out... the Viper! It took a bit over 10 years, but never I let my eye off the prize!

Setting big goals and knowing it will take some time is the first step to getting it. Paying your dues builds character. I hate spoiled children!

 

[Vic]

First car was a used 1976(?) Honda Accord, semi automatic.

2nd car was my first V8, a used 78 Dodge Aspen with a 318, which fit me like a glove. I really liked that car!

 

[JUCD VPR]

My first car at 16yrs old was a 91' Mustang GT 5.0. Darn thing only ran a blistering 15.8 in the 1/4 mile LOL so i started adding power addeds 1 by one, Now i still own the car and it turns consistant 10.36-10.48's @ 137mph in the 1/4 mile . I just bought my 99' RT/10 about 3 weeks ago at age 23

 

[DodgeViper01]

First car was a 2001 Mercedes SL500. Yeah I know where this is gonna go, but Dad did not drive much so it turned out to be the first car I had. Got lucky LOL!

 

[Red Mist Viper]

A European sports car with four on the floor, dual exhaust, engine in the rear, and German made--67 VW bug.

 

[vipergts2000]

Next acquisition : 1970 440+6 Barracuda Convertible.

Paul

God How much do you wis you still had the 70!!!!!

1978 Chevy truck...

 

[charlesj]

first "sports car" was an 84 trans-am with ** 305 engine. got it when i turned 18 and thought it was sooo fast. now i know what fast is but frankly, that trans-am even with it's meager 225 or so HP was enough for an undisciplined teenage punk. if i had the viper back in those days, i am sure i'd be dead now.

 

[Bill B]

Two first cars (got them the same day) 74 Trans Am 454 SD and the most insane thing you could let a 16 year old drive, a 70 Gremlin with a V-8 I think it was a 268 ci. Man that thing flew!

 

[ViperRay]

'61 dodge dart with slant 6... I put in an 8-track (the car was 10 years old when I got it).

 

[andrew8896]

84 Buick regal, $250. Burned & leaked oil, was loud, and had rust!

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[CO GTS]

Here was my progression:
1972 Fiat 850 Spyder (about 50bhp?..if that)
1974 Fiat X1/9 (On rails, best handling car I ever had)
1976 Datsun 280Z (Had 3, one with a 350)
1979 BMW 320i (good at everything, great at nothing)
1982 Datsun 300ZX (POS)
1992 Chevy Z28 (1st American car ever, loved her)
1998 Chevy C5 Corvette (saw myself coming at me every day)
2001 BMW ///M Roadster (spun mains, but a fun car)
2001 Viper GTS (favorite car of all)