vettedoogie

Why even ask? Just do whatever you want.

mojoman

The Viper is a exotic sports car that cannot be used as a daily driver. Your Vettes can. Hey, it's your $$$. Make up your own mind. You see Corvettes everyday on the road, but a Viper? Once in a blue moon!

stic5

This happens more than people realize... people switch to vipers and before you know it, they've lost control and wrecked their car. I would stop short of blaming that on Dodge however. Most performance car makers have opted to put a stability control system in their cars because of THE SHORTCOMINGS OF THE DRIVERS. Its a nice feature to have, but its not Dodge's fault if you can't handle a high horsepower car without electronic nannies keeping you on the road. What if that system fails? You should know how to drive any car you own at its limit without help, and if you can't then you should sell it.

not08crmanymore

You're kidding right??Have you been in a C5??A c6??Chrysler for sure does not have the market cornered when it comes to cheaping out on their cars.

O.P....I wouldn't do it. What he said.

VettinFan

OP, your asking a Corvette Forum if they would trade two Vette's for one Viper.... Trick question, right?

petermj

no, it is not a trick question. I thought it was OK to share my dillema?

Newt373

FWIW and IMHO a 57K Viper with 17K in mods is probably asking for trouble when compared to two fairly low mileage and nice Corvettes. The C5 triple black is one of my all time favs! But, if i were considering trading in two Vettes, I would look at something new. You're looking at ~60K in trade-in value on a new fully waranteed vehicle. Why not look at a new ZO6 or ZR1 or a new Viper? Unless you're trying to keep living without a payment. But, even then, 60K down on a '10 ZO6 should put you in for about 10 to 30K or less!

I wouldn't do either.

Good Luck
Newt

MikeSVT04

actually the quality of car they make is far inferior to your import and ford/chevy (more so ford recently) vehicles. I'm talking about the actual construction of the vehicle.

I say you go the zo6 route. Recently they had a new 2009 z06 for sale at 61,999. I say you look for a left over z and make an even swap.

at least drive a viper first.

basacowan

Your money, your choice, but seeing that you asked not only NO but - well you know the rest!

2vette2

It is perfectly okay. I for one would not, however, trade one vette for a Viper.

JFish2

Wow, I think I actually heard about that. My sister's boyfriend is a cop in Cedar Falls. I said that I was looking at Corvettes and he mentioned that someone recently died in Viper accident. I asked how fast he was going and just assumed it was someone really speeding. I was surprised when he said that he wasn't speeding at all, he just lost traction in the rain accelerating to pass someone. Really unfortunate.

On a lighter note, I might have seen your Z06 in Cedar Falls about a month ago. I was going out to eat at Bourbon Street and saw a red Z06 parked just off main street. I was surprised since you don't see a lot of Z06s in Northeast Iowa.

petermj

I wish this was possible, LOL... This is the actual car

gpuglisi

petermj

guys, for little driving I do, I am a firm believer in back to the basics with no frills in form of electronic assistance. As regrettable as life being lost always is, like with guns, cars do not kill. As a matter of fact, I have never used the C6 nav or HUD in either of the vettes. Traction control off as well

MachAll 2005

Ya this is the one .... this guy was a 54 year old engineer at John Deere....very respected. He had many years of high performance driving and had to have been caught completely off guard with the accident. The really sad thing is it was the "safety cables" that the IDOT strung a few years ago to keep cars from crossing the median ... they are designed to "snag" a car to keep it from getting back into its own lane ... in this case it certainly snagged it, spun it around and the top cable killed him..... it the DOT had of used the normal concrete barrier, he would likely be alive today.

As far as me in downtown Cedar Falls .. not likely but there are a couple of other red Z06's in the area.

petermj

I did test drive Z06 before, it is a very thrilling car but all things being equal, switching from one vette to another is not that much of a radical change for street driving. Getting Z06 means losing the open air, and if this is the outcome, there better be something else than another vette

hawkgfr

Why not....No more than you seem to drive and the VIPER simply has more curb appeal.

gilly6993

that's a beautiful color.....sorry to against the grain here but for the amount you drive I would make the trade....

petermj

LOL, I do not think there is with or against grain in this case, just very hard to decide. If this was a switch to minivan, then I would not have an issue at all.







How do you decide? I know I would not have this dillema with regards to deciding between women, LOL...

mikez51c6

I realy like vipers but I dont think I could trade 2 nice vettes for one but I would be thinking about it