2 years ago I decided to sell my 350z and get one of the cars I've wanted to own for the longest time. Both the Viper and NSX fitted into that category. Now, obviously two entirely different cars altogether, but both rare from a production standpoint. I was torn for a long time between the two. I even posted the topic NSX or Viper on a few different forums. After reading through all the responses, I found it about dead even between the two. To this day, if you asked me if I were to do it al over again, would I choose the NSX opr Viper, I'd be on the fence. So I decided to get a 2000 Viper GTS about a year and a half ago, 8 months later I went to an 06 Viper Coupe. Although it didnt have the styling charactoristics the 1st and 2nd gen cars had, but it was a better car all around, especially from a daily driver standpoint. I kept that one for 6 moonths until I saw the 08's that were coming out. hp increase to 600 sounded appealing, but I didnt want to focus my attention on getting one just yet. I'm sure there will be a mark up on thses when they come out late summer. At the same time, I thought, if I'm ever going to upgrade to an 08, I'll need to sell my 06 soon as prices had started falling on 06's with everyone wanting an 08. So I decided with that plan in mind, I'd better sell my 06 now, which I did. In the meantime, I found it a great oppourtunity for me to obtain one of my most desired cars, an NSX. This was the perfect situation for me, so I got one, with anticipation that I would get an 08 or 09 down the line.
Just the opther day, I ran into one of my Viper buddies on tyhe road. He pulled up next to me inhis yellow GTS. He loved my car, and said he'd keep it if he were me. He's planning on selling his in exchange for a Caddy. He's tired of people wanting to race him all the time.
Now, your considering maybe a Viper. Get ready for a huge change if you go that route. Tons of power and most of all lots of torque! You really need to get used to driving the beast before you start testing out the waters in the handling department. I've seen too many people underestimate the handling of the Viper, and end up crashing their cars. The NSX and Viper are night and day when you compare them, but again, both have their strong points.
I dont know where this will take me. I'm really enjoying my new NSX right now, and I'm having fun fixing it up. We'll see where I'm at 8 months from now
. Best of luck in your decision. If you wanna talk more, feel free to pm your contact number to me. I'd be more than happy to share my thoughts and opInions on both cars
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