Mopar Jimmy

I LOVE the GT 500 but to the average Schmoe (Joe) on the street its just another Mustang but there is no MISTAKING the bad azz exclusive Viper to even non-car people who rarely see a Viper on the Street.

I have a 2009 limited edition silver/black 2009 Viper SRT and the car makes a HUGE splash wherever it goes, and is constantly being videotaped and photographed when I drive it. I don't care for or need the attention but don't hate it, but will say the Gen IV Viper (2008 to 2010 is a real special car that is wickedly fast, extremely unique, reliable, rare, very user friendly for what it is, is truly a driver's car, and will destroy the GT 500 in every performance category, with its n/a 600 HP 512 ci engine, and weighing in several hundred lbs lights that the Shelby GT 500 (a car that I actually love).

forensicsteve

Not a bad question really and one that my girlfriend (and others) ask me all the time. I like the look, the feel, but there is nowhere close to let it loose. Too easy to get a really really big ticket (don't have radar, don't need it). I don't have that need for speed anymore and maybe the most relevant answer is that my driving skills have always been average (taken me 40 years of driving to admit). Elevated skills are necessary for a viper, even with the nannies...so in lieu...I drive an exciting car in a very boring way. Thinking about having a professional driver do some track laps with me as passenger (adult diaper on standby)

VNAMVET

Well here you go........ $85,000.

NW-99SS

Thanks for your reply. I agree that big HP cars require respect and attention and if you break the law and are not in Mexico, the fines can be quite high. I generally, ease my way up to full power in any new-to-me vehicle (DD's excluded as I don't see the point in going WOT in the wife's SUV). I am also very picky about when and where I choose to stab the go pedal or hang on the steering wheel in an aggressive manner, such things as empty roads, and well-known to me back roads that I can see around the entire corner, and absolutely never in traffic.

cor28vettes

I'd have to hold out for a TR C7 over GT 500 or Viper.

I actually had a GT 500, just to try something different.
Circa 1967. Now that was a car to have. Or a Cobra.

Paulchristian

I would go with viper, but only Gen III or IV.

I'd pick the GT500 over the Gen I and II Vipers.

cor28vettes

Coincidently, when I reviewed this thread I saw user name "White Out" as I was listening to "Wipe Out" on Utube ...Just saying.