A nod to 05 owners...

[thunderstorm144]

Forgot to mention this...

A beautiful red Dodge viper pulled beside me in Birmingham today. I was a little flustered to say the least. No way I am getting in a stop light drag with a viper, obviously. Viper driver looks over at me and gives me a thumbs up. I had to laugh...he liked MY car!! 2 funny. Oh - but it gets better...

Even better (me being the little sh** I am) - light turns green and I dumped it anyway. He didn't. I barked em and left him. (Obviously, he didn't want to race but I had to laugh thinking about the rest of the cars behind us that thought the Viper was gonna eat my lunch and didn't.) And yes, I know he would have.

The best part of the story is that one light up, a guy in a 68 powder blue mustang was sitting at the light. I didn't even see him. I got in the turn lane to make a right and slowed down as I passed him. I rolled down the window and gave HIM a thumbs up. This was perfect since the Viper was now directly behind the 68! Poor Dodge owner.

 

[TAP4636]

Cool story. Yeah you don't see too many Viper drivers dragging on the streets. You don't even see it all that much with Vettes. It's almost like they don't need to prove it.

 

[REDFIRE 05 GT]

most people with that much money are older and more mature. street racing is dumb

 

[jadesville]

most people with that much money are older and more mature. street racing is dumb

If I had a viper i'd be behind bars.

 

[royb]

I got stopped three times in one day

Just so people could get a closer look at my 05. one by a guy in a lexus, another 2 by fellow stang drivers. One guy in a zo6 gave me the thumbs up too. The Mustang is so hot right now it will be a shame when the excitment dwindles.

 

[Blown00GTAuto]

..I was a little flustered to say the least. No way I am getting in a stop light drag with a viper, obviously. Viper driver looks over at me and gives me a thumbs up. I had to laugh...he liked MY car!! 2 funny. ..... Even better (me being the little sh** I am) - light turns green and I dumped it anyway. ..

Who knows, the Viper guy may have liked Stangs at some point earlier in life. Anyone with good taste should be willing to acknowledge the classic good looks of the 05.

Hopefully he didn't think you were serious with the quick takeoff move at the light . ... after all, not all Stang owners know what a Viper can do.

 

[MichiganMustang]

Funny story anyhow. Thanks for sharing.

 

[TAP4636]

Just so people could get a closer look at my 05. one by a guy in a lexus, another 2 by fellow stang drivers. One guy in a zo6 gave me the thumbs up too. The Mustang is so hot right now it will be a shame when the excitment dwindles.

Yep, no question about that.