06-15-2009, 07:41 PM
Was in Vegas for a bachelor party. Bachelor's brothers rented one for him since it's his dream car.
Steaming pile of shit. Fast as a mofo, but good god. The lack of attention to detail was astounding.
I knew the early cars had a problem with people burning their legs. This was a 2005 SRT10. I knew of the dangers, but could have easily burnt my leg getting in (had to do acrobatics) and then even just sitting in the fucking thing. I'm surprised I still have leg hair.
Then there is the interior. Had some pretty sweet bucket seats, but you know what? They weren't comfortable. I consider the Sparcos in my hatch comfortable even... They must have taken the ergo of a... I don't even know... They were wide everywhere except for the back. You basically sat on top of the side bolsters, but the seat as a whole seemed wide. I don't know. The seats were the least of my concerns... I couldn't get over the controls/radio. For whatever a Viper costs, I'd expect something at least half a step up from that year's Caravan. Nope. Rental car quality buttons and shit.
How did it drive? Fast... As long as you were able to find the right gear. For the life of me, I couldn't. I don't know if it had transmission damage or something wasn't bolted down correctly, but I felt no gates, and when out of gear you could actually move the "rest" position of the shifter and it'd stay there.
I'm happy to say I've driven one and happy that I'll never have to step foot inside one again. Seriously, one of the worst cars I've ever had any sort of experience with.
Good luck, Fiat... You're dealing with people who can't even refine their flagship.
Steaming pile of shit. Fast as a mofo, but good god. The lack of attention to detail was astounding.
I knew the early cars had a problem with people burning their legs. This was a 2005 SRT10. I knew of the dangers, but could have easily burnt my leg getting in (had to do acrobatics) and then even just sitting in the fucking thing. I'm surprised I still have leg hair.
Then there is the interior. Had some pretty sweet bucket seats, but you know what? They weren't comfortable. I consider the Sparcos in my hatch comfortable even... They must have taken the ergo of a... I don't even know... They were wide everywhere except for the back. You basically sat on top of the side bolsters, but the seat as a whole seemed wide. I don't know. The seats were the least of my concerns... I couldn't get over the controls/radio. For whatever a Viper costs, I'd expect something at least half a step up from that year's Caravan. Nope. Rental car quality buttons and shit.
How did it drive? Fast... As long as you were able to find the right gear. For the life of me, I couldn't. I don't know if it had transmission damage or something wasn't bolted down correctly, but I felt no gates, and when out of gear you could actually move the "rest" position of the shifter and it'd stay there.
I'm happy to say I've driven one and happy that I'll never have to step foot inside one again. Seriously, one of the worst cars I've ever had any sort of experience with.
Good luck, Fiat... You're dealing with people who can't even refine their flagship.
I Am Mike
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.
4 wheels: '01 RAV4 (Formerly '93 Civic CX, '01 S2000, '10 GTI, '09 A4 Avant)
2 wheels: '12 Surly Cross-Check Custom | '14 Trek Madone 2.1 105 | '17 Norco Threshold SL Force 1 | '17 Norco Revolver 9.2 FS | '18 BMC Roadmachine 02 Two | '19 Norco Search XR Steel (Formerly '97 Honda VFR750F, '05 Giant TCR 2, '15 WeThePeople Atlas 24, '10 Scott Scale 29er XT, '11 Cervelo R3 Rival, '12 Ridley X-Fire Red)
No longer onyachin.