[ViperDave]

The GenI RT/10 was an instant 'must have' in my book. A poster of a red '92 RT/10 was on my wall in college in 1992. Over the years I've been revisiting exactly what it was about the first red RT/10s that instilled such a powerful desire to be in the driver's seat.

The GTS .... had to grow on me. It still is to this day, even,. But, something about the rear end styling and the bubble-ish hard top cast an Asian flavor to the Viper's styling, which seemed out of place on a raw American muscle car.

Although..... I do find myself 99% as enamoured with a bumblebee GTS as I am with my red Gen2 RT/10.

You'd think that color is a second-order effect on one's interest in a car, but that damn poster must've had some Pavlov-like effect on me, as only bright colors belong - in my mind's eye - with such a car as a Viper. A grey Viper? :ugh:Good lord, why?? (A pratical side-benefit of hiding an outrageous car's lines with a blend-in-the-crowd color, however, is that you'll likely be less visible to the revenue-generating machine that is law enforcement).

The SRT viper is an interesting-looking car and nice in the same way an NSX, Honda S2000, or C5 corvette is nice. But it has little of the outrageous/cartoonish charm that the Gen1/Gen2 Vipers have. I'm in agreement wih Makara about the Gen3's styling. It would be a good candidate for my garage one day, perhaps a grey one to hide the off-cue styling a bit. <toungue-in-cheek> Then I could go super fast and not worry about cops so much.


I guess this is the long way of saying I'm brainwashed about [color:"red"] red [/color] RT/10s... :bonk:

 

[Biggest]

...A grey Viper? :ugh:Good lord, why?? (A pratical side-benefit of hiding an outrageous car's lines with a blend-in-the-crowd color, however, is that you'll likely be less visible to the revenue-generating machine that is law enforcement).

Any Viper Gen I/II any color is great, but to me red is a dime a dozen. I've heard so many people say the Steel Gray is the best color, and it's very rare (one year only). Many have said this within earshot of me without knowing I was the owner. I do like the red with silver or bone white stripes, but I would add many other cars and colors to my collection before I'd get one.

Interesting side note, I had a trooper tell me that red cars get in fewer accidents than grey cars as they are easier to see, especially at twilight.

And to answer the question the Gen I/II were immediately desireable, versus the SRT, you'd probably have to give me one for me to own one. They are Vipers though and we accept their owners as brothers, Chris M! /images/graemlins/laughing.gif

 

[TomH]

Gen I and II are raw and outlandish looking machines, SRT is civilized looking version. I like all of them though the SRT is alittle Corvettesh

 

[Motor City MadMan]

The SRT-10 is the red-headed stepchild of the Viper world. It grows on me like a fungus. I don't lust after it. Some so-called Viper afficianados claim we just don't "get it" if we don't like the new Viper, I say they don't "get it". There's more to a car than just performance. The SRT-10 does not seem like that big a step up in performance and when you couple it with the step down in styling they've lost me.

 

[Mike From Fl]

It seems that most of you Viper old-timers(having nothing to do with age) are somewhat undrwhelmed by the SRT where as many of us new Viper folks are just getting on board because we fell for the SRT. I've watched the Viper develop since the early 90's but was never moved enough by the over-the-top styling of the genI and II's to actually get one. Along comes the SRT, smoother,more refined, still performs like a Viper, and I gotta have it. It's a subjective thing.

 

[Mak]

It seems that most of you Viper old-timers(having nothing to do with age) are somewhat undrwhelmed by the SRT where as many of us new Viper folks are just getting on board because we fell for the SRT. I've watched the Viper develop since the early 90's but was never moved enough by the over-the-top styling of the genI and II's to actually get one. Along comes the SRT, smoother,more refined, still performs like a Viper, and I gotta have it. It's a subjective thing.

The original intent of the viper was to make a car that was not for the masses. The car was made so that rather than everyone wanting one, one in five people HAD to have it. The corvette is a car that is better suited towards the masses and I believe that it should have stayed that way.

 

[Motor City MadMan]

It seems that most of you Viper old-timers(having nothing to do with age) are somewhat undrwhelmed by the SRT where as many of us new Viper folks are just getting on board because we fell for the SRT. I've watched the Viper develop since the early 90's but was never moved enough by the over-the-top styling of the genI and II's to actually get one. Along comes the SRT, smoother,more refined, still performs like a Viper, and I gotta have it. It's a subjective thing.

Hmmmm, interesting. But even if I had never owned a Gen II Viper, the styling of the SRT-10 would still have done nothing for me or made me jump on the Viper bandwagon. I thought smoothness, refinement, and cupholders were for the old fuddy duddy windbreaker crowd who couldn't handle a real mean sports car, not a younger guy. I guess everyone has different tasts. I read on the Supra forum a year or so ago that most of the Supra guys hated the styling of the Gen I and II Vipers, but love the styling of the SRT-10. Or love it as much as an import ricer is allowed to love it. I guess that says it all. The SRT-10 is rice.

 

[Mike From Fl]

The SRT is still not for the masses. It's not mass produced. The masses would have no idea what to do with 500hp. The car is still makes very few compromises for the sake of mass appeal. It still rides hard, is not that easy to get in and out of, is somewhat loud, throws off a lot of heat,etc. It has given up nothing in performance. All in all, it has not sold out on the original Viper premise.

 

[viper spray]

SRT is starting to look better all the time!

 

[viper spray]

04 , that is!