You cant listen to these people who are biased to certain cars, especially the vipers and Mopars, people just love to hate them. I was a ASE certified mechanic and I worked for Ford, Chevy and Mopar (Dodge, Chrysler, Plymouth) and if you took care of the Vipers, such as normal maintenance and tune ups, Ive seen these cars raced EVERY day for the week and had one over 200,000 miles! Only problem he ever had with it was he needed a new clutch and that was because he was driving it so hard. They are a GREAT buy for what you get, fastest stock track car, fastest 1/4 mile times with exception from the 40-50k more ZR1 corvette. And they respond incredibly well to mods. There potential is unlimited. I would love to be able to buy one. Just for a little example.....a Ferrari/Lambo, with less horsepower and torque, 300k more and less gas mileage. Has to have a tune up every 3-5k miles for 15-20k and every 15-20k miles has to have its engine and transmission rebuilt, running 60-80k depending on the model.