For the money you'd be better off with a Compustar or even Scytek unit. Compustar has by far the longest range. If you get into the ssPro unit you can see up to 2 mile range. Both systems are made to work on manual tranny'd cars where the Viper would need to use their adaptor but I don't think any of the big box stores carry it.
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