On Saturday, I was driving through town and happened to notice a nest of vipers in a church parking lot. Dodge Vipers, that is. I pulled off to the side and watched as the serpents were exiled from holy ground: one by one they peeled off and left the parking lot in a line.
These are a reminder when the Chrysler motor company produced cars that made you do a double-take, not very long ago. Time will tell if the company will get its glory back. As I wrote this, I was going to type that they don't make Vipers anymore. Because that is what I had last heard in the news. But I checked, and it turns out that they ended up canceling the cancellation.
Before this, I had seen just a few Vipers over the years, and never more than one at a time. This will surely be the most Dodge Vipers I will ever see in one place. I've never ridden in a Viper, or known anyone who had one. But I do know someone who got a ride in an early Viper prototype for being the grandson of Preston Tucker of the "Tucker 48" or Torpedo. Has anyone ever owned or even ridden in a real cool car?
Does anyone else remember the Viper TV show? I used to watch this. It was from the last half of the 1990s. It was like "Knightrider", but a little more science-fictional, and more grim.
Suomi Summer
7 hours ago
3 comments:
I worked at a fleet maintenance & repair shop and one of the company owners had a couple of Corvette's and a Viper. I drove his '92 Vette once and just about got myself in trouble. Those back tires break loose in a heartbeat. He never did let me drive the Viper.
My wife's uncle let me drive his 2003 Corvette convertible. Very cool. It had the Heads-Up Display on the inside of the windshield. Got it up to 150 mph.
When I first saw the V in your post I thought it was for Visitors, the cheesy mini-series about alien taking over Earth. Nevermind.
I should have thought of that!
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