The 1st gen Vipers are JUNK !!..the 3rd gen’s will change your opinion though…they are starting to get nice now and much faster…every generation there are so many important improvements being made…i have driven many supercars from lambos,F430’s,997 twin-turbo porsches, Carrera GT, Aston DB9, Mercedes Sl65 AMG Twin-turbo V12 all at the track…and the Viper wheather you like it or not is every bit of a Supercar…only an American junky style…but it performs with the best and is affordable to the american blue-colar worker…my blown 400 whp S2000 was sick…but no comparison to Viper in any way…its completely on another level…and my S2k was built top to bottom with a KW v-3 suspension…5 grand brakes and a built diff…and still doesn’t handle like the Viper or brake like the heffty king snake.
Here’s the 2 F430’s i drove: they are as badass to drive as they look in person…the sound of them alone will give you goosebumpssssssssshttp://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/silver f430 + red 1.JPG](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/silver f430 + red 1.JPG)http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/F430 cockpit.JPG](http://www.pittspeed.com/uploaded/F430 cockpit.JPG)
I drove an F430 back when I worked at a resort in Destin. Was good friends with one of the members. I liked it a lot, but I didn’t get to drive it very hard in anything other than a straight line- which was impressive of course.
I have a real fetish for Elises and Extiges, but they’re not exactly driveable for every day use. I really, really enjoy 993’s.