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Re[2]: Viper vs. Tiger

To: tigers@Autox.Team.Net, rolite@tusco.net, nicholsj@oakwood.org
Subject: Re[2]: Viper vs. Tiger
From: LeBrun@hii.hitachi.com
Date: Mon, 12 May 97 10:34:19 PST
     Or they get their first Insurance bill......


     'I bought the car a few months ago in showroom condition with just 
     4,500 miles on the odometer.'
     
     
     It seems that I hear of more Vipers with low mileage than any other 
     car I know.  Maybe the drivers get tired of being stared at and 
     drooled on when they go for a drive.
     
     
     Jeff 
     
     
I am responding to Armand Ritchie's note regarding the Tiger/Viper 
comparison. I have both a '67 Tiger II and a '94 Viper and I must say 
that there is really is no comparison. They are really different cars to 
drive, but both are brutally fast and exciting. 
     
The Viper is a simple car, but it has definitely benefitted from three 
decades of technology. The huge gummy tires on the Viper make it much 
easier to handle than the Tiger, but the tires still spin on shifts into 
five of its six gears. The Viper feels much heavier and longer than the 
Tiger, though.
     
The Tiger is just as much fun to drive, really. Both garner stares from 
car lovers everywhere. In street form, the Tiger is not nearly as fast 
of course, but in terms of smiles-per-mile, it's a tough call! You 
certainly feel more "on edge" in the Tiger given that you are achieving 
illegal speeds with 30 year old hardware. 
     
I expected performance and stares with the Viper, but I was surprised to 
read in the Viper's owners manual that you should expect to use one 
quart of oil for each tank of gas! Of course it has ten quarters of oil 
- one per cylinder. 
     
 I haven't driven it much yet, given a wet Ohio Spring so far, but I'll 
report in a more complete comparison to the Tiger later this Summer.
     
Happy Tigering!
     


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