SRT "Bad" Experience

[DarkOmen]

Ok, so those of you that dont know. What the SRT track experience is, do some thread searching on it.

So I went to Phoenix this past weekend to hang out with old friends and go to the SRT track experience...and despite the glowing reviews I have read...this imo was barely worth the 300 bucks i spent. If I hadnt got the chance to drive the Viper, it woulda been a total waste.

We started off in the class room with some basic common sense driving stuff, load transfer, apex, braking all that. From there we moved onto a small AutoX course where we drove the SRT-4, SRT-6 and Viper, all in 2nd gear...so 50-60MPH tops. A intructor drove with us and I got my 5min of one on one time...thats all we got the whole day.
Event 2, was essentailly a 0-60 acceleration test followed by a short slalom, this event we drove the Magnum, 300c and SRT-6 and imo was a snore fest. The final event was the road course, where we drove the Magnum, SRT-6 and Viper. This is where I got to take the Viper up to about 120...however about half of the participants there had no business turning the key in a Viper let alone driving one. Many of the people there drove as if going to pick the kids up at school, which slowed down the other half of us who wanted to push the vehicles a little to get an idea what they were really capable of. I have also come to the conclussion that asside from the Viper and SRT-4 the SRT line of cars performance is not that impressive to me. The SRT-6 allmost impressed me, but due to sloppy shifting and engine bogging at high RPM shifts I have to say it definately does not earn its 45k+ price tag.

The good thing I took from it, was getting to drive a car that is as close to a super car as I have ever driven, the Viper is worth every penny of it price tag.

[dthquazi]

i had fun. I was in a small class and we had the ocassional people who drove like thay had kids but for the most part i got some good drive time. The thing was so you could learn the limits of the cars. I didn't expect much time with an instructor but if you rode with them in the 4's during the road course and talked to them in down time you actually got quite a bit of info. Also i got to ride in the coupe.

[dymondboy2f]

thats why you go with two friends when you drive the road course.

I went with two good friends (lulu and hybrid kid...admins on here) and we got the viper up to 140-150, and thats only because the instrctor in front of us was in a srt4 and couldn't get going as fast as us.

And once you drive any other 'super' car you'll learn very quickly that the viper is just the average sloppy american car, it doesn't even compare to the european cars, I mean...its sad when a 20k neon and a 86k viper have the same radio.

[DarkOmen]

Quote: Originally Posted by dymondboy2f

thats why you go with two friends when you drive the road course.

I went with two good friends (lulu and hybrid kid...admins on here) and we got the viper up to 140-150, and thats only because the instrctor in front of us was in a srt4 and couldn't get going as fast as us.

And once you drive any other 'super' car you'll learn very quickly that the viper is just the average sloppy american car, it doesn't even compare to the european cars, I mean...its sad when a 20k neon and a 86k viper have the same radio.

I had one friend with me, I think the road course we had just kinda sucked...its was about half orange coned off and the only straight away was used to swap turns behind the Pace car...so you didnt really get to peg it. I cant wait for the day I get to drive a real "Super" car...but the Viper is still very impressive performance wise in my experience. I have driven a Dinan E36 M3 and it was very fast but the Viper out does that car. But its no Ferrari, thats for sure, but a avg. Ferrari costs as much as a nice house.

[dymondboy2f]

Quote: Originally Posted by DarkOmen

I had one friend with me, I think the road course we had just kinda sucked...its was about half orange coned off and the only straight away was used to swap turns behind the Pace car...so you didnt really get to peg it. I cant wait for the day I get to drive a real "Super" car...but the Viper is still very impressive performance wise in my experience. I have driven a Dinan E36 M3 and it was very fast but the Viper out does that car. But its no Ferrari, thats for sure, but a avg. Ferrari costs as much as a nice house.

I will admit...the viper hooking in 1st from a 5 mph roll and barely barking 2nd WOT shifting did impress me...but then I remembered the 335's it was sitting on