Check out what one of the Michigan members of my site FinalGear.com managed to get for me!
It’s a SRT brochure signed to me by the chief engineer at SRT, Graham Henckel! Pretty awesome, huh?
Tag Archives: Viper
20,000 Miles
I just passed 20,000 miles on the Viper’s odometer today when I went out for lunch:
When I bought the car in March 2012, it only had 9299 miles on it. Here’s a graph of the number of miles I’ve put on the car so far:
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The plateau is from storing it over the winter when it wasn’t exactly Viper driving weather.
Here’s to the next 20,000!
Black Viper Wheels
Earlier today I mounted my wheels back onto my Viper. As mentioned earlier, I had taken them off to paint them using some temporary paint to see if I liked the look or not.
Now that they are back on the car, I can without a doubt say that I do! I am so going to get them permanently powder coated.
Here’s the left side (left them polished, image mirrored) vs. the right side of my car (black). I only painted one side so I could get a better comparison. The final look will have the center caps polished instead of black (I forgot to mask them off) and it will be gloss black instead of the current matte look. This should result in a slightly brighter look. I might even add a body colored pinstripe around the outside of the wheel.
2013 SRT Viper GTS On Jay Leno’s Garage
Maybe in 5-10 years I’ll actually be able to afford one of these generation cars. 🙁
I’m going to see if I can fit a set of those wheels on my car though. They’re gorgeous.
In The Shop
The passenger side window regulator started failing on me and needed to be replaced. Apparently it’s a pretty common problem in Vipers due to the design of the mechanism. Thankfully it’s covered by the extended factory warranty that came with the car so it’s only a $100 deductible, otherwise it’d be over $1200. Ouch.
San Diego Road Trip Final Route
Just for fun I put together a map of the route I took to San Diego and back on my roadtrip in my Viper. It was long (over 3100 miles!) and gas was expensive ($851.02, 16.3 miles per gallon) but it was 110% worth it. Thanks again to Stephane and Evan for riding shotgun with me on the way down and the way back, respectively. I had a great time!
How To Install An iPod Adapter Kit In A Dodge Viper
Disclaimer: This post is going to be useful to very, very few people but I suspect for those people it will be super helpful, so here we go.
When I bought my 2008 Dodge Viper, it came with the standard type of radio for that time period — a simple radio and CD player. However who the hell listens to CDs anymore? I certainly don’t so I set out to be able to hook my iPhone up to my car.
While I easily found a kit to do this for my Mustang, Vipers are a much rarer car so there are way fewer solutions. That said this same radio is used throughout many different Chrysler Group cars so it may be worth seeing if you can find a kit meant for a different car but the same radio.
I decided to go the official route by using the Mopar iPod Interface Kit (82209616). It was designed for iPods rather than iPhones so it’s not perfect, but we’ll get to that later.
The 2013 SRT Viper
Absolutely stunning. I want one so bad. Maybe in 5 years on the used car market or something. *drool*
Vroom
The weather was nice enough to get out and have a little fun tonight. 🙂
Fulfilling A 17+ Year Dream
Ever since I was 10 years old (if not longer), I’ve wanted a Dodge Viper. I fell in love with the car as a kid and had models of the car growing up. I even picked my username based on the car. Never did I dream that I would actually own one someday though but thanks to saving for years and having a great job, I finally accomplished my 17+ year dream.
I took delivery of it a week ago and am so happy!
You can find more details as well as video over on the page I have dedicated to the car.
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- That is a lot of engine!
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- One of the coolest car badges
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- 200+ MPH speedometer
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- 13.6 inches (345mm) of rubber, iPhone 4 for scale