Everyone says "been there done that", well I actually have. I have owned many, many Corvettes along with both highly modified 94 and a 98 Vipers. Don't get me wrong, Vipers are a different breed and they are great cars, raw power with loads of torque. They are street legal race cars, like others have said you will eventually put the car sideways and mess your pants. While they are great to look at and have fantastic performance they can be a chore to handle, especially for the inexperienced driver. I now have a 2006 Cayman-S, yes in doing so I lost over 200 HP, but I gained one of the best handling sports cars that is fantastic to drive, and it's darn quick, and besides that the Caymans engineering is better, the fit and finish is better, & it handles the twisty roads better than any Viper. (Just my 2 cents)