I’ve debated a hardtop for mine several times, but I can’t decide what I would do for color.  I think if I got one in silver it would just be way too much silver for the car.  I’m tempted to get one in a satin/flat black so it still “looks” like a convertible top, but is rigid.  Also just highly tempted to wrap the…

Thanks!  That was a special day as I was either cleaning it up for my wedding or for a big road trip I was about to go on.  Would have to look at the date again.  Definitely looks better in pictures, but it does clean up pretty nice for 126,000 miles.

Generation has a lot to do with it. The gen 4s are probably in that range and look similar. More power and a different hood are the main differences. The gen 3s can usually be found in the 30s and 40s if you don’t mind getting one that has actually been used. I knew I was going to daily mine, so I didn’t need a…

The Vettes just don’t feel as good to drive to me, though admittedly I’ve never driven a Z06.  My dad had a C7 for a while and while I don’t doubt their performance cred, it just didn’t feel right to me.  Every control felt a little less direct than it does in the Viper.  Doesn’t mean they aren’t equal footing in…

Yeah, my mom has a gen 1 (94) that was my first Viper experience.  I was looking for a new car to commute with and originally had a newer Challenger in mind, but started looking at Vipers for fun.  I needed windows and a roof since it wa going to be my daily and I found I could get a gen 3 for Challenger money, so it…

Yeah, the gen 3s seem to fly under the radar quite a bit.  They feel a little like the redheaded step child, but it makes for some good deals on them.  They aren’t “the original” (gen 1), nor are they “the coupe” (gen 2), and they aren’t “the ACR” (gen 4).  I realize that the gen 4 had more than the ACR, but each gen…

Fair enough, definitely a nicer place to be.  THough you’re getting closer to that $100k mark at that point.

I’m highly biased, but I’ll take my 15 year old Viper for that price with the 1 in front removed. Good looks, V10 power (and torque), and only comes in a stick, all in a price an average person could actually buy one day and not just dream about. Admittedly you are going to give up something in comfort, but if it’s…

Guess that ultimately depends on who/what you want to vote for though.  It’s fine if you just care about a democrat/republican getting your money, it’s another if you support a specific candidate because of their views and would vote otherwise if they didn’t get the nomination.  Most people wouldn’t fully flip sides…

I would agree with the political part of that.  I’ve never understood why so much money gets thrown their way.  It should be a level playing field.

I guess to me that logic would be:

That was my first thought too. I thought the Charger was going stock car racing or something.

It’s like a Charger and a Juke had a drunk evening together and produced this.

I’m not sure I understand the VW situation.  If the switch is bad, does the car think it is or isn’t in park?  Because if it does think it’s in park and lets the driver remove the key, how does it let the car drive to begin with?  If it doesn’t think it’s in park, then why is it letting the driver remove the key?  It…

I would jokingly say that’s even difficult on some modern cars as they are electronic and automatic.  However, if the doesn’t think it is in park (or does?  I’m not sure I get what is going on at VW), then I guess it wouldn’t auto-activate.

I mean, a screen is great because you can show so much more on it than discrete display parts, but am I the only one who thinks we should have less and not more screens in this day and age?  People can’t keep their eyes off their cellphones to begin with and now we’re adding more things for them to look at while…

That’s not too bad. My parent’s 5.7 got me around 9-10 mpg over some light hills doing 65-70 mph, but the trailer I pull is probably more like 6-8000 lbs if I had to guess. The car alone is 3400 or so, plus a bench toolbox, generator, chairs, etc. I think the trailer itself is something like 3-5000 lbs.  The lower…

What kind of humidity do you see regularly?  There’s little way I could sleep at that temp at night.  My A/C was losing charge and the house wouldn’t go much under 78 and it was miserable trying to sleep as muggy as it is here in Kansas.  I know I tend to adjust reasonably well if it was that way long enough, but my…

I know one of my friends just got the 6.4 setup in a 2500 as well, and he was pretty happy with it and said it towed basically the same trailer as me just fine.  Just feels like a big truck to be driving around for everything else.

FaceTime should just be illegal in public to begin with.  It’s bad enough that you have to listen to other people’s conversations, now they are paying even less attention to where they are going because they are staring into their phones.