lbstone
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Ever since selling my truck to Demon 8, the only thing thats helped me get through each day without my 10 has been my persuit of a Gen III Viper. I've been working with a guy locally for the last few weeks on his Red 05 Convertible with 1,400 miles. His car has never been registered because he owns a body shop and runs around with a dealer plate, that and he owns some 15 cars total. We seem to be at an impass with price. He wants $55K and I offered $52K. This is where we've been stuck for the last few weeks. The advantage to purchasing from him is I can give him 8K or so in cash and have the selling price listed as the price I finance, this way I'm not getting so boned when I have to pay taxes. This will save me $480. The other Viper I'm looking at is an 06 Black Coupe with 8K miles at a dealership in Georgia, here's a link . After a bit of wheeling and dealing, I got the salesman down to $57.5K, but for an identical Black 06 Coup but with 13K miles listed here. BTW, shipping will be around $800 - $1000 from Georgia to Connecticut for a Viper. I'm gonna speak with the salesman today and make my final offer, either $57.5K for the 06 with 8K miles, I pay shipping, or $57.5K for the 06 with 13K miles, they pay the shipping. Also, both of these prices are out the door, I already told the salesman I'm not paying any other "conveyance" fee's or any BS like that!!
So here's where I'm having a hard time, which Viper should I go with. If the guy locally comes down to $52 or $53K, should I go with his very low mileage 05 or should I go with one of the 06 Coupes. For what it worth, I've always loved the Red Vipers but after spending hours a day combing the internet for Vipers, I'm now in love with Black also. I also always love the lines of the coupe but on my trip to Florida, my sister in law let me take her convertible Mustang for a night on the town and I fell in love with the idea of a convertible. This was my first time ever driving a convertible and I have to say it was great on a warm sumer night! Another thing to note, I will have a much harder time getting in and out of the Coupe as I am very limited on space. I will probably have to immidiately lower the seat in the Coupe where with the convertible I can drive her around for the rest of the summer and worry about lowering the seat in the winter. I'm leaning toward the 06 Black Coupe with $8K miles so long as we can get the numbers right but I'm lost, HELP!!!!
Just a little side note, I've been checking on what differentiates the 05 - 06 Vipers and here's some additional info. The 06's have 510 hp, 5 more then the 04 and 05's but the Coupe weighs 50 lbs more then the convertible. Not that it makes much difference when I weight 315 lbs!!
So here's where I'm having a hard time, which Viper should I go with. If the guy locally comes down to $52 or $53K, should I go with his very low mileage 05 or should I go with one of the 06 Coupes. For what it worth, I've always loved the Red Vipers but after spending hours a day combing the internet for Vipers, I'm now in love with Black also. I also always love the lines of the coupe but on my trip to Florida, my sister in law let me take her convertible Mustang for a night on the town and I fell in love with the idea of a convertible. This was my first time ever driving a convertible and I have to say it was great on a warm sumer night! Another thing to note, I will have a much harder time getting in and out of the Coupe as I am very limited on space. I will probably have to immidiately lower the seat in the Coupe where with the convertible I can drive her around for the rest of the summer and worry about lowering the seat in the winter. I'm leaning toward the 06 Black Coupe with $8K miles so long as we can get the numbers right but I'm lost, HELP!!!!
Just a little side note, I've been checking on what differentiates the 05 - 06 Vipers and here's some additional info. The 06's have 510 hp, 5 more then the 04 and 05's but the Coupe weighs 50 lbs more then the convertible. Not that it makes much difference when I weight 315 lbs!!
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