Vipers are truely extraordinary cars. The sound, the feel, the look, not like anything else. I had the privilge of driving one of these fine beauties last summer. It was on the small island of Put-in-Bay in Lake Erie, when one of the guests at my hotel brought 97 GTS over. I was in awe when he parked it out in front and walked in. Even before he could ask about his room I asked about his car. We talked for 10 minutes or so and he asked me if I wanted to drive it after I got off work. I was stoked. When I got done working I found him and off we went. The island is only 3 miles long and a mile wide at it's widest points with many hills and only two long strips of straight road. So off we went.
You have to understand that Put-in-Bay is a major tourist (read drinking) island and golfcarts and bikes are allowed on the roads. So these things create obstacles. First we went out on the longest stretch of road. The speed limit was only 50, but we were pulling 80 before I shut her down. People on golf carts and bikes were pulling off the road as fast as they could. It was insane because everything just seemed to slow down instead of being a blur.
Next we headed out to one of the roads with a lot of curves. The car handled great. She hugged the road tightly as we hurdled through turns. Finally we finished with a cruise down the main street, revving it up and doing a burnout while 10,000 people on the street just watched. It was really a rush. But like all good things it had to end. So we went back to the hotel and parted ways. He said he was going to be back this year, hopefully with a new Viper. If not thats ok, because the old one was just great.
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