Is the Dodge Viper Really That Dangerous?
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Everybody says the Dodge Viper is really dangerous. I decided to drive it on in some especially challenging weather to find out just how dangerous it is.
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“No safety system, no matter how advanced can overcome the actions of a careless driver” Mercedes-Benz owners manual
Then why are Mercedes drivers such careless dicks on the road?
@@coastaku1954 I’m not and no one else that I know of is. Maybe you are the dick
@@vintagehaynesflute All the time I see Mercedes SUVs cutting me off, changing lanes without signalling, tailgating, speeding, and being very inconsiderate. I always say "The more expensive the car, the less skill the driver has"
@@coastaku1954 That seems like a philosophy birthed out of bitterness toward people who are more financially successful than you as opposed to one born out of truth. In my experience, the more expensive the car is, the more careful the driver is not to wreck it and/or kill himself.
@@Nikp117 Not with my experience, the driver is always more douches, almost like “I payed for my right to ride in an HOV lane with just me inside”
So basically its like every other 90's sports car with summer tires...
Well, it's actually even worse. The rear tires are 335's
i own a '93 rx7, a '96 300zx, a 1998 nsx and a 1997 supra ... these cars all have ABS! the fact his car does not is just pathetic
The Viper is one of the last true analog cars with no driver aids. It will be worth a ton of money someday just for that fact alone.
That's because the viper was built as a track car with no driver aids. the RX7, NSX, and Supra were street cars first, track cars second.
Skilled drivers hate TC/SC/ABS.
Not all supras have airbags.
"Is the Dodge Viper Really That Dangerous?" in the hands of richboy scrubs, yes.. yes it is.
Reminds me of Tokyo drift intro
@@eriktenhag2022 Yeah. Clay had a Viper as well and, well, he crashed it.
@@jereenmoniislam8118 he crashed a fucking viper?
So it's not dangerous unless you drive recklessly? That is some profound logic right there.
daniel lynn 🌈The more you know⭐
daniel lynn you’re a dumbass
@@Mustyweed actually over 400 folks agreed wdaniel so....that makes u and moron who drove the viper inwet are morons
It makes sense when you don't think about it
😂😂😂
Just picked up a winter beater...Dodge Viper
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Yo what’s up
Btw rc’s are the best -:_:-
Every RWD car is sketchy on summer tires in the snow..
You are correct. Even worse are two wheel drive pick up trucks.
Pook Atim It's not bad if you are CAREFUL.
My 2wd Tacoma couldnt make it out of the driveway in the last snow storm so I drove my RX7 to work
Sometimes you have to go ahead and switch vehicles.
I've done it with an S10.
1:36 doug the caveman
LOL
Doug DeCaveman*
i laughed more than i should 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Yeah ,what was that ?...with the jaw ..weird
Tbh i think its because the car is vibrating, or hes just making that up
There's a product called "winter tire".
Usually you need 4 of those, it's good for snow, they say.
It would work wonders if the just put them to the rear only. RWD. I had a truck with all season tires on the front and winters on the rear and it was not bad to drive in the winter (Ontario, Canada).
I believe you.
This guy Doug is funny but his conclusions are surprisingly stupid sometimes.
There's a huge difference between summer, all season and winter tire.
I have tried all three sets, just for the comparison, on a RWD car, and driving with summer tires is suicidal. All season tires are good but not near as grippy as winter tires.
deadseriousforsure you know this car is the hardest car to find tires for. like any type of tire
deadseriousforsure i challenge you to find winter tires for this specific car
WHOA!
every car is dangerous on the snow without winter tires...
Tony x we know. The video was a joke
yea if you are a girl or from the south. I live in ohio never bought winter tires.
Tony x Really? Me nor my family has ever used them. Then again we are in Pennsylvania and snow isn't usually bad
Those are not winter tires.
He even says "summer performance tires"
Car is as only good or "dangerous" as the driver.
Douglas Maltba that's why I'm a beast in my Chrysler 200. LOL.
CatcherOfBass I hear you
Douglas Maltba tell that to a mustang lol
coffeeblak86 they don't understand common sense so I would be wasting time lol
Obviously, it's a horse.
Doug: Well, I wanted to see what it would be like, haha!
Cop: Haha, Step out of the car.
Doug: Before you arrest me, make sure to "check my column on autotrader.com for more of thoughts/check out Cars and Bids on carsandbids.com."
@@k.r.99 LMAO! Glad to see a recent comment on this old classic Doug vid!
Doug on the electric chair: Before you throw the switch, be sure to check out my "new" website Cars & Bids!
@@pex_the_unalivedrunk6785 LOL.
And yes, there are many recent comments! You just need to sort the comments by "newest".
congratulations, doug. you have once again proven that driving like normal in the snow has an unusual effect on handling. how remarkable.
hope there's no SALT on there
Not yet!
Doug DeMuro you should do a video of a Morgan
thank God
I think you did this purely for the fun of it. :0)
Elton Martin Why's that?
that police officer was very nice at the end
SpeedlPN just a pretty typical guy. Sees a dodge viper and says "I've got a Mustang at home" lmao..
Corkoth55 same power as the viper and rwd. so it would be very similar in those conditions
I think the cop meant that the mustang is kinda known for 'going out of control and killing crowds' when he said that.
daybreaK are you kidding me? depends what year and what trim mustang your talking about or what this cop had. but Doug's 1997 viper gts is advertised as 450 hp. you'd need atleast a 2016 Shelby to break even with this vipers power and performance. mustangs are not equal to vipers. and just cause they both are RWD does not mean performance and handling is similar at all. they are vastly different cars
Joe w im not kidding at all most people with mustangs also modify them its common for majority of mustangs to be around 450hp. also viper is 450hp at the crank not WHP
You know, you could try counter-steering just a little bit.
Bryan Sheasby its the chassis
The Turning in vipers suck never drives one but from what I’ve heard it’s dookey
Obviously the car is gonna spin out if you floor the fucking thing as soon as you pull off
Just Awesomee 4:17
Just Awesomee Are you gonna be that idiot who actually takes a video like this seriously
lmao that police officer "really?"
I love when people decry RWD in the winter acting like it's a death sentence. People from the 1910s-1980s did it, they obviously lived. My grandfather drove a '69 LTD every winter for years.
Tory Allen you can get around on rwd but you arent driving normal speeds.
my classic porsche was a beast on dry pavement. the thought of rain and those 11 inch wide tires turned into rubber rafts.
Lars Bolduc a lot people also died in that time period
yea but driving in the winter with those things back then was probably like walking through snow that's over a foot deep. a pain in the ass is what that is.
People used to look at me like I was crazy for driving my tiny BMW in huge snowstorms and stuff. The car could handle snow better than my jeep as long as I didn't get in any patches where the snow is super deep.
Patrick Jadwin Yeah my jeep will plow thru 2ft of snow. But 50mph on a snowy highway and I might die. Subaru with snow tires.
God that car looks just perfect!!
1:36 that face 😂😂😂😂
Cody Bigbee 😀😂😂
Just like this: www.simpsoncrazy.com/content/pictures/bart/BartSimpson12.gif
Cody Bigbee Chewbacca
@@alobpreis exactly...
The same can be said with a FWD hatchback and summer tires...
Phil Es yes but there is more weight on the driven wheels in FWD, much safer.
More weight on the driven wheels helps you launch, it has nothing to do with safety. Porsche 911s are surprisingly good winter cars supposedly for the same reason.
FWD is safer when you crash because understeer means it'll more likely be in a straight line, and cars are built to handle crashing straight in to things better than spinning and potentially sideways/backwards/both.
A good bit of advice is: If you think you need a winter beater that's AWD to drive instead of your RWD performance car, try winter tires first. You'd be surprised at just how effective a decent set of winter rubber can be when compared to AWD with all seasons.
Lol we took our fams FWD Highlander through heavy snow in Lake Tahoe and it did really well
Also how I felt. Turning hard, gassing it (or more than 1/5) & hard braking are what really wake many cars up and make them come to life so sad you can't do that in a Viper.
where can i find your column?
up his ass
autotradr.co/Oversteer it's in the description, and what's wrong with these punks?
Unbeatable Kaioken thanks man
Darude - Sandstorm
PJ B No problem :D
The GTS Viper is by far the best looking Viper out of all Vipers. lol
AdussFadass I prefer the SRT10 series, but I respect your opinion. All Vipers look good no doubt.
AdussFadass they all look the same
Charlie Holmes stfu
GG Medina lol
My favorite is the newer ACR in my opinion.
It's dangerous when you hit the limits. No car is dangerous at low speed.
Not according to Ralph Nader, LOL!
Mississippi drivers will make a stationary car dangerous.
You mean, drive the Viper like anyone else should drive any other car in this situation?
I dislike the people, especially four wheel drive trucks that think they can drive any condition as if it is sunny summer dry.
It's like saying it was your T-Shirt, shorts and flip flops' fault that you died of hypothermia in 35 degree weather.
PS, where's the S. Cargo? That thing is CUTE!!! I want one... first mod, kill the 55mph bell.
A little sexist, I've never carried enough to gender check people on the side of the road... but the point about the vehicle choice still rings true, the advertising for those vehicles, especially the Jeep, are the "Handle everything and can off road" so people think that means they can drive the same way regardless the condition. We've created an image that any form of SUV/Truck is an invincible road warrior.
That said, 5-8 years ago I spent 3 years driving all over the Toronto - Kingston - Ottawa corridor through everything including blizzard. I was smart enough to put snow tires on my Toyota Yaris and it handled 6 inches of snow and my wits and back lot practice for the ice are what saw me safe through 6 years of East Lake Ontario weather.
Any car can be safe, any car can be dangerous. Except for physically stuck, nearly any situation can be surmounted on the road, hell, I was stuck in a ravine and it took reducing my tire pressure and following a snow plow to get me out.
Tory Allen bruh I agree with you on that in Utah there's so many moms with suburbans, Tahoes, Cherokees and you see them all the time speeding through snowy conditions it kills me because they're not only putting everyone else in danger but their kids also and they don't realize that
There is one thing worse than the SUV moms burning the streets, and that is the opposite ones, those driving 5 mph. I almost had to park my truck and walk to work it was so slow.
Tory Allen - hello from Winnipeg!
That was great with the trooper at the end there. Love it
asicerik those mean police. We should all hate them. (Sarcasm alert)
the best part of the vid!
Unfortunately being stupid is not a crime... My god if it were death row would be waaaay more over populated... Dontcha think?
Tom if it was a crime there would not be many people roaming the streets XD
7:11
The Viper is a pretty misunderstood vehicle from what I've known about it. It's actually not that difficult to control once you get used to it, like adapting to a new and foreign environment. And that it's actually a front mid-engined car like the Corvette. All in all these things are easier to tame than some people initially anticipate.
Doug is the type of guy to crap his pants skidding in empty parking lots.
STFU
@@spaceman9929
Can you not handle a fucking joke, dipshit?
@@spaceman9929 Can you not handle a fucking joke, dipshit?
*Police Car pulls up*
Douge: *Rolls down the window* Hi.
Police: Really...?
Me: LOL!
Gravitycat24 😁
Gravitycat24 best part of the video. Just that one word question tells you everything.
Also Doug needs an exhaust ASAP
he needs to really mash the gas when says he will mash the gas
P Vendeloo yeah that too, Ive driven gen 2 viper before, and that was not mashing the gas at all haha
no it doesnt...vipers just sound kinda crappy...making them loud only makes them marginally better due to some crackling but way more annoying
phil tripe you probably are a person who enjoys the sound of a stock civic with a cherry bomb exhaust to arent you lol, vipers have a very deep rumble, and with the RIGHT exhaust it sounds beautiful, almost like a 2017 LZ1 corrvette
vipers have a very distinct sound already anyway
Hardest car to control in Gran Turismo 3
hard in any of then lmao
Zeppelin ♫ cerbera speed 12
My favourite car (acr) in Forza 4. It is so easy to drive. Btw, there are no hard cars to drive there. The game is too easy for me.
Zeppelin ♫ is your username, but you have animals as your profile pic
Jarosław Klejc
With stability control, abs and traction control in that game everything is easy
Beautiful Viper...thanks for doing this, Doug. It's interesting to see how well it actually handled that. My 99 GT mustang does about the same, maybe a tad worse. Considering how much more horsepower you have, it really shows how well built the Viper really is. Cool video.
The only thing thats dangerous is that wheel gap. Ew.
Kaleido Motoring what the fuck does wheel gap have to do with stance morons lmao
En Tee, everything? That's what it's called when you eliminate wheel gap.
Kaleido Motoring Making the wheel gap smaller is not stancing your car, its lowering it. Stance is the negative camber bs, wheel tucking, and obviously lowering the car as well.
Kaleido Motoring If you lower the Viper a fucking inch and get rid of some of the wheel gap no ones gonna be like hey look at that stanced car...no one.
Most people dont even know what offset is En Tee, let alone how to calculate it when buying a new set of rims. and that goes double for people on the internet/youtube commentors. Every car looks better when the wheels arent sitting 6 inches inside the guards, or the wheel fills the arch more completely after lowering it or buying taller tires... to a point obviously. I dislike it when you cant see the top of the tire, or the wheels sit so far out they are 100% going to come in contact at some point in their life... people trying to 'stance' their car.
But commoners will just see black and white, either its stock or its stanced. They woudnt know how to improve wheel fitment or ride height if you held a seminar on it.
I had a 96' viper exactly like this one and found it to be very drivable, even predictable. I was surprised how easy it was to play with and slide around, it's a great car!
I always thought this viper was so beautiful, one of my favourites. I had my z28 camaro painted viper blue lol. I use o put sand bags in the bag when the snow was bad, when I got my first fwd with winter tires I felt like I was driving a tank in the snow compared to my rwd lol. Can you please do a review on Steve jobs model car, I want to know why the king of design and simplicity loved it.
Thanks
"The car doesn't randomly try to kill you." Haha so entertaining. Great job!
Do snow tires for the Viper exist? If so do you plan on getting them?
Tires in any form barely exist for the viper.
The_Doctors_Tardis it wouldn't surprise me if he decides to get snow tires if they're used and bald
u can probably downsize the width of rims and run wheel spacers lol
Watch the weird quirks of the viper video.
***** rear tire width on the Viper is over 300mm...pretty sure there isnt a winter tire size for that lol
"Garage kept 1996 Dodge Viper coup, only seen winter once"💀
I think this model of Viper had a limited slip differential. That should help getting off the line smoothly if you feather the throttle. Also since it is a manual you can engine brake and not lock up your wheels by slamming the brake in snow.
=))) I'm so happy I watched this till the end! The conversation with those cops was the best =))
I laughed when I heard his quick conversation with the cop. I laughed even harder when the cop replied that he drives a Mustang!
The cop be like: "Really? 😐" Lmao
or you could try... I don't know... putting winter tires on it?
The Ipad gamer you might wanna shower, bruh
if you ever find any tires for a Viper of that generation.
Getting normal ones is already a pain (he explained in another video, almost no one makes these tires anymore), let alone winter ones.
Maybe chains in the tires would be easier but dunno how these behave
Kalvinjj you could always get another set of rims for winter.
MockALove they don't exist
MockALove
If you mean some similar sized (but easier to find) rims and winter tires, then that's a nice idea indeed, just gotta find something that fits well and not decide to floor it like it had the original huge width tires on good tarmac
this is just supid, almost every car can spin the wheels if you floor it even on dry
Vitárius László they don't sell snow tires in his wheel size
Andy Wong dont floor it halfway through.
He would need to change wheels indeed, but Pirelli SottoZero are sold in 275 width which would fit his cars with proper offset. This is what I used in my Corvette and it worked just fine... You can watch the video of it in my youtube channel for more...
not my car it's a 1.6
you need to buy better tires Vitarius
This video makes me think of my dad daily driving a 69 427 Stingray in a Chicago winter a long time ago. I'm told the Positraction made it even worse, because it just led to both rear tires spinning instead of only one of them.
But as far as all the nanny features lacking on this car - it doesn't matter, it's just a question of what the driver is used to. To this day I've never driven a car that did have those features, except for some rare occasions driving cars with ABS. And if I got into a panic stop with ABS, I know I'd end up doing the wrong thing because my instincts are programmed for doing my own driving.
a child with the body of an adult.
WAIT, so you are telling me that if you are not an idiot you won't crash and die!?!?! This news will send shock waves throughout the car world!
No ABS? Damn. That's dated for 99.
I was thinking the same.
My thoughts exactly. Very surprised when I heard him say that, especially in a viper.
ABS wasn't added until 2001 on Vipers. Legally required by then.
Interesting trivia
and they didnt have traction control until this current/last generation because they werent legally required until then
1:36 dougs face had me laughing lol
I love that this is really just a video of Doug hooning in a parking lot
You know what's really dangerous, when people think that their new AWD crossover will handle better in snow and slush than their old FWD sedan. It may be marginally less likely to fishtail, but mostly they're setting themselves up for disaster.
All weather tires, SUV, good for 80mph in the snow. lol
Folopolis If your vehicle has a shorter wheelbase like a 2 door Jeep or in my case a 2 door rav4 convertible, it is more easy to fishtail when turning than a long wheelbase version of the same vehicle
alwaysrouz OK, what does that have to do with AWD vs FWD?
People think AWD and 4WD makes them invincible. And dudes with trucks are even worse. "Oh i got a big truck I can to 100km/h on a icy highway! I have winter tires and 4WD nothing can stop me!"
+nathan_Love Yep, that was exactly my point.
No shit Sherlock. Get some winter tires FFS.
Bisofication you're that BEAM.NG guy!
Jayden With Random that's meeee
Did you not see his video on how rare the tyres were in summer compound? Try getting them in winter compound lol
The 6x4.5 bolt pattern isn't exactly a rare one. It might be a completely *ridiculous* idea to buy a second set of narrower wheels intended for a pickup and mount snow tires on 'em, but it'd be possible.
woo bisofication is here
I love how that aircraft carrier behind looks like it needs so much work.
I have a ford focus st, One day the temps dropped to 12 degrees F and i had to go to work... well i was cruising in 3rd going 22mph and hit the accelerator for normal acceleration, and front wheels just started to spin. Summer tires are not usable in the cold, even if there is not ice
Spun out in my evo after a car wash in 40 degree weather
Kazak Thranduil there was a guy with an Evo VIII that crashed through the wall of a Dairy Queen in my city, after flooring it out of a war wash
That was just your EVO showing off it's cleanness.
How? It's an AWD rally car lol
Usama Urfi tires become hard as wood with the cold water
+TehPlayerGames lol
Doug: How ya doin??
Cop: Really??
Perfectly explains my thinking.
what did you think when going without winter tires? if you got an Renault Megane and went without winter tires it would have been the same
I drove a 69' 318 Coronet for two years straight back and forth to work in Columbus Ohio about 10 years ago and I imagine it is somewhat like that. Lived on the east side and drove to Lewis Center. Brake early and brake light in the snow AND the rain. Nice car btw
that salt going YUM YUM YUM YUM LOVEEEE VIPER BODIES
Horse From Hell undercoat
Please explain wtf you just said
@tnayt spray undercoat for the car
Why it is not coated right from the factory though?
My heart sank when I watched, poor viper RIP viper 😔😞
He talks like his tongue is too big for his mouth.
True.
kylethestyle kinda like jay Leno
He kinda looks like Jay Leno....
He talks with his tongue kylethestyle
kylethestyle he breathes with his mouth too I think lol
I remember driving my first car (crown vic p71) for the first time in the snow and every corner felt like a high speed drift at 20mph. It was NC so what we consider snow is usually just black ice and slush.
So how did you get the car there and back home without wrecking it?
Put some Bridgestone Bilzzaks on that bad boy and have some fun in the snow!
or even better, put some firestone winterforces on it and pass all the 4wds, and the people with blizzaks haha,
wantsanewvehicle Agreed!
travisp11
I've had 4 different sets of snow tires, on 4 different cars. First set was a set of winterforces studded on a 2010 aveo, best snow tire I've ever had. I did things I really shouldn't have done with those tires, and didn't feel unsafe once.
Second was a set of blizzak ws80's on a 2012 civic, better than all seasons but nowhere near the firestones.
Third was halfworn goodyear police spec snows on a 2011 cvpi, they were decent.. half worn when I got the car though and it's rwd so not really a good comparison.
Fourth set is a set of nokian hakkapelitta r2's on a 2013 fusion. They are almost as good as the firestones were, but still can't touch them.
I'll never buy another set of snow tires that isn't firestone winterforces, unless they discontinue or negatively change them.
wantsanewvehicle I wish I would have heard this info sooner. We put a set of Hercules Avalanche Extremes on my wife's 2013 Honda Insight and it really does well in the snow and on the ice but in the future, I will consider the Firestone's!
I have wintersports on my car. The stock summer tires stuck great in the summer but where horrible when the road temps dropped below 40. It didn't matter that I only drove on nice dry days. So I bought winter tires to get my sports car to stick in the winter temps and as a secondary mission to get me home if it snows a little by surprise. I figure a lot of exotic cars hit the ditches because of high performance tires not sticking to cold roads.
Only in America can you do a video in front of a decommissioned aircraft carrier. I love it.
What aircraft carrier was that at the end of the video?
I know a guy who had a Viper, he was leaving a playground doing about 15MPH, goosed the accelerator to show off, lost control and his a concrete border. He was doing about 25 and totaled the car (major suspension damage)
driving any car with summer times on cold icy roads is just plain stupid, doesn't matter the car
Very nice cop at the end of the video.
SLP Firehawk has similar responses to these conditions, though about 2/3rds the Hp of this Viper model. I found dedicated winter tires make a HUGE difference and then can be driven year-round. I did for several years in North Dakota.
3:38 lol ”got the whipers on in the Viper”
still a great looking car
1954telecaster This mld he was the best looking. In person it is a 10/10
Do they salt the roads there? Won't be much left of the car in a few years...
Have you tried countersteering? Maybe you won't believe it, but it really helps to keep direction of movement during the wheelspin.
Well. What i saw in the video is actually the driving behaviour of every car is similar conditions and the way Doug is driving it.
The key word is being "Not an idiot" Any high-performance car can be driven as long as you are careful and again "not drive like an idiot". Great job Doug.
"I'm not an idiot" he says judging the danger by driving at 30mph maximum...
What ship is that in the background?
my favourite driving its on wet ground or snowy, remends me chillhood when i used to drift my dad car with my cousin we were awesome at it with 12 n 14 yo, last year my cousin died in a accident in the same place we used to drift as a childs r.i.p.
Love the police snippet at the end!
Sorry, I don't get it.
Did he turn on his wiper's vipers or his viper's wipers?
can you put winter tires on a viper?
I am impressed Doug. I definitely would not do freeway driving in that weather. Everything happens too fast.
Dodge Viper, dodge stealth. Oh dodge you used to have so many cool sports cars
I like stealths. It's just too bad there engine and trans is Mitsubishi
@@junktoyota because it is a Mitsubishi, with Dodge badge.
In the end if you are not stupid idiot who just dump clutch or full pedal you can easy drive car.
I mean all old cars dont have ABS / EST / TC or any fancy stuff.
In old days people even drove cars without winter tyres.
Some old cars dont even have seat belt.
Steady foot work/ clumsy steering input and you will be fine.
If you grew up driving with out any aids/nannies then it's really no big deal at all.
It's the people that never became competent with out the aids and have lived their whole driving life with their car taking care of them, they are stuck now and can't drive competently without the car trying to protect them.
I find the aids tend to correct so aggressively that I turn them off for 95% of my daily driving, I have more control when the car only does what I tell it to do.
ABS is the only aid I'm somewhat in favor of though. For a number of years I drove a mid-engine car with no ABS and a light front end, now I've got my cadence braking down pat, but I remember the times I didn't.
My newest car is a 2015, but before I bought, I made sure I could fully turn off the stability control and traction control, that was a deal breaker for me.
I am sorry, my English is not primary language.
What is Aids / nannies ?
ABS/EST/TC are all "driving aids", they aid you in driving.
Aid - to help, assist or support.
Nanny is a slang term for driving aids because like nannies who were hired to help you, they often kill all the fun and force you to behave, they're driving nannies.
Nanny - a person, typically a woman, employed to care for a child in its own home.
Thank you.
My series 2 landy that must be fucking ancient now has no seat belt, and no aids, it's still a brilliant drive, I think it had power steering, but it doesn't seem like it
what sound effects did you use
+1 just for that last bit with the police officer. I lol'd.
The cop: "Really?" Lmao
what was the over heating problem?
it was answered in comment section
xyzhash
cant find the comment why don't you tell us
It needed a new radiator, nothing major.
It's a Mopar vehicle, so the radiator failed. I am talking from experience, as many Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep vehicles from the late 90's upwards use cheap plastic radiators, that only get about 100,000 to 150,000 miles out of them before they crack and need to be replaced. I just had to have the one in my Jeep replaced after 106,000 miles, did exactly what the Viper did, puked coolant everywhere. There's a reason they have earned the nickname "Moparts."
My dad has a 2015 Challenger 392 the radiator got recalled within a few months lol. The weird part was it was only for 3 cars in the whole U.S. and his was one of them
Just out of curiosity... why would you drive a Viper in the slush and snow... with _Summer Performance Tires_?
I've driven my modified RX7 in weather like this and its fine so long as you keep it off boost. I have a greddy boost controller on it which I turn off completely (stock boost) in bad weather.
Just like my first time RWD winter experience. Started in a empty parking lot, now going sideways in the corners when the weather allows it.
Doug, you need to do a collab with Saabkyle04! Your two Vipers would look awesome together!
I am a Canadian who has owned two Vipers in the past. The 1994, with a custom hardtop & windows, is the one I drove on average 15,000 miles/year. Because, I often drove it high speed the Viper was always kept in top racing form and tires changed way before their time. Lots of open road in Canada where I'd often cruise at 120-165 mph when there was no other traffic near me. At 150 mph in 5th gear the car just hummed along without appearing to overworked even a bit. It was a good handling car on average to good roads. The most dangerous part of driving the car which a sane person would have avoided. Is to try to lay lots of rubber below 40-45 mph while just cruising & not in 75-100% acceleration mode. If you happened to be dumb enough to do it outside of those parameters the car would snap right instantly the momentum and with it the left-side of your head would slam against the hardtop and the rest of your body would also violently be pushed left. Fortunately, you could recover because your foot on the gas would also been moved off and the car could be easily straightened out. This could have been disasterous and an accident caused if there was a car travelling parallel on your right side. ... I didn't like driving it in the rain and avoided using the car on those days opting for my All-WD instead. If I had to drive in the rain it was never over 60-70 mph because the car always felt like it was on the threshold of hyproplaning and could easily lose control. Forget driving it in snow that's for idiots even with the best winter tires. To many other crazy drivers out there who don't know how to drive in bad weather. Plus, if you don't have an all weather (and all year) vehicle(s) to drive when the weather is bad then you shouldn't have a Viper in the first place. As soon as the weather (with or without snow) got to the freezing point (frost on the road) my car was parked until Spring. ... For further details about Viper handling in good weather. Do a search on RUclips for some of the automotive/speed/racing reviews that can be viewed. ... In closing, I've sold the Vipers, but still love the car. I'm considering buying another for old times sake, preferably a GTS model which is on my bucket list.
that is my dream car, but i drive 30 years old Opel Ascona, 1.6 on Lpg, i live in mountin, asphalt road but 2 inch snow on the road and -20 C.. just 4 winter tire and i can go on moon whit my opel.. i have chains, but i never was in situation to use. no meter if car have 80 hp or 500 hp, in winter time use winter gear, tires, chains.. and drive normal, just be normal ..
Most of this video would be exactly the same with any car on summer tires.
The Viper IS dangerous... in the hands of idiots who think "450 horsepower, RWD, no electronic aids. I'm gonna floor it and make some heads turn"
UGU Zach is amazing
UGU Zach Its almost never the car, its mostly always the driver who is dangerous😉
My point exactly. You can be a dangerous driver in a KIA Rio if you're enough of an idiot.
UGU Zach you could eaven be dangerous on a bicycle if you are stupid enough!
My brother got an old Cutlass late 60s early 70s model, I can't remember what year. It was the one with the squared back glass (actually had corners like a fish tank). His new wife's brother have it to her. We lived in Detroit suburbs and they lived in Traverse City/Sutton's Bay. I remember I was 17 and we drove up 5 1/2 hrs to get it in the same conditions as this video. My brother had me drive the Olds home. I remember the tires were kind of slick. It was so powerful, they would spin out just idling.
I learned to goose the throttle and brake all the way home. I was scared and excited. Great experience for me at an early age. Now I'm one of the best drivers of my siblings
Great car, love the classic Viper. The engine sound is great, same offbeat warble as my T5 Volvos - half the V10 I guess! Great video as always
So, basically, drive the Viper like you SHOULD drive a car in these kind of weather conditions.....don't be an idiot....which is true with ANY vehicle you drive....I knew the Viper would be fine, people are just scared of it because they have heard horror stories of people being stupid in them...
DvdXploitr Agreed. Only issue is after a while the summer tires will freeze. Then stop and go turns into stop and spin :-(
Дмитрий Приживойт One of the strongest examples of this is the interior. One look at the Viper interior is enough to make most run away in horror. Something the GoPro in this vid does not focus on. For good reason.
Дмитрий Приживойт Are you just making shit up? The Viper dominated in it's time. especially the GTS-R. You're just like many others that goes off of what people say based on bias opinions.
A police Mustang Owner?..that seems a little backwards
Or spot on...
james wrenn you.. I like you.
Almost all cops buy a mustang.
how else u think police can control crowds.
BadBandar59 Camaros ZL1's
My uncles XFR with the traction and ESP off properly is pretty sketchy in the wet. 625nm of torque from 2500-5500. Happily spins into third in the dry, so you can imagine what it's like!
me: looks at news paper
newspaper: viper kills 23 year old man in Ontario
me: reads fine print, Dodge Viper shoots driver off cliff