Would Only a Tool Drive a Dodge Viper?

[Fallen Hero]

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the porsche is the better car by a huge difference.

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um.... You need to explain this.

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the porsche (whatever carrera you choose to buy) is absolutely wonderfull in every sense, ride, handling, luxury. Whatever category you choose the Porsche is better, the Viper just has a bigger engine (and even so plenty of Porsches are faster although probably more expensive).

[pokerspite]

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[censored] that souped up Volkswagon. Viper by a mile.

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Please....do your homework before making retarded statements like this.

Virtually any foreign high end car > Dodge Viper

When it comes to longevity and performance, USA has some work to do.

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The souped up Volkswagon comment was meant as a joke. Porsche makes some of the best engineered cars on the road.
Style-wise I think they lack imagination and innovation and basically suck but that's a matter of taste.

Performance-wise the 911 and Viper are identical and I would take the Viper. For me its not even close.

P.S. Buy American

[golfinguy5]

I don't think it makes you a tool but I like your choice on the MR2 turbo, I've got one myself.

[Utah]

I love everything about the MR2 Turbo - style, performance, comfort, mid-engine design, etc. I have had the car for almost 10 years now and I never bought a Porsche or another car for the simple reason that I couldnt imagine anything better than the MR2. I almost bought a WRX last summer and I had the keys in hand. But, I didnt get it because even if it was blistering fast I didnt like it as much as the car I had. Sadly though, at 150,000 miles the car is just getting really old.

The only car that I have come across that I think I can like more is the Dodge Viper. It is just so freakin captivating - the style and sheer audacity of it. It was hard to walk out of the dealership this morning because I was just gawking at it.

What year MR2 do you have and how many miles?

[absoludicrous]

Not buying a Viper because your wife and girlfriends tell you it screams midlife crisis, and other deficencies would make you a HUGE TOOL.

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I also think Corvettes and Ferraris scream midlife crisis or I am insecure, something along those lines.

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This comment is bothersome, it's so wrong and so judgemental on so many ways. Ever think that maybe, just maybe some people are attracted to the looks and performance of the car, and that it probably has NOTHING to do with insecurity?

So if a woman purchases a Coach handbag that makes her a materialistic and arrogant person? Afterall, you're spending $1K on a purse...

[By-Tor]

From what I have read of you both in the past 6 months, you each do way too much thinking.

Like the car? Buy the car. Life is really that simple.

[wacki]

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the porsche is the better car by a huge difference.

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um.... You need to explain this.

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the porsche (whatever carrera you choose to buy) is absolutely wonderfull in every sense, ride, handling, luxury. Whatever category you choose the Porsche is better, the Viper just has a bigger engine (and even so plenty of Porsches are faster although probably more expensive).

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Whatever category? Are you sure about that? I really would like to know where you get your info.

The 2006 Viper smokes a 2007 porsche 911 in acceleration and it's not close. If you match them dollar for dollar the Porsche can't compare to the Viper. Even if you took the most expensive porsche 911 and compared it to the Dodge Viper SRT10 Venom 1000 Twin Turbo it still takes it almost TWICE as long to get to 60 mph. If you go even further and take the fastest porsche the 962 Le Mans which no woman would let her husband drive on the streets (because it is somewhat like a formula 1 car) it still takes a full second longer to reach 60 mph. No porsche, of any kind and any price, can match the dodge viper in acceleration.

The dodge viper also has significantly bigger tires than the Porsche 911. If are going to drive at high speeds that is a huge plus.

The viper also has a much larger wheelbase. Larger wheel base means larger turning radius (-EV for city driving) but it also means a much more stable and smoother ride at high speeds. Seriously, they are completely different animals.

Heck, if you live in LA the Viper gives off about 12 lbs of smog forming pollution per 15K miles vs the Porsche's 40. Not that people care about such things but I'm trying to prove a point.

Another bonus is that if you are tall like me, the viper is a much more comfortable vehicle to sit in.

So, what were you saying about any category?

[Bulldog]

You have 48 hours to post a pic of you and the Viper you own. Or else.

[absoludicrous]

Dollar for dollar, the SRT-10 Vipers, and the new LS7 z06's are the best performing cars for the money. Pretty much spot on, Wacki.

[Fallen Hero]

what about checking the rest of the stuff in the post that you didn't bold? the viper is more powerful (I said that in the post) but that's it.


EDIT: being american you probably have no idea who Jeremy Clarkson is but here is his review anyway because I share his opinion about the car.