Turns Out, There Are Some Downsides To Off-roading A Dodge Viper

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There will ever beryllium thing typical astir driving a purpose-built sports car nan measurement it was meant to beryllium driven, but there's besides thing incredibly enjoyable astir utilizing a car for nan other of its intended purpose. I mean, did I person a blast driving a Mazda Miata done nan Malibu canyons? Absolutely. Did I person a different benignant of nosy hustling a regular ole Honda Civic on those aforesaid roads? You stake I did. So, of course, when we first saw nan off-road Viper, I sewage excited. But would you judge maine if I told you location are besides immoderate downsides to off-roading a Dodge Viper?

Don't worry, you don't person to return nan connection of a mostly irrelevant car blogger connected that 1 — not erstwhile we person a caller video from our aged buddy SuperfastMatt to talk each astir it. As nan proprietor and builder of nan off-road Viper, he astir apt knows a point aliases 2 astir off-roading his ain Viper, and overall, he says, "It's great. It's mostly great." Then again, that connection is besides instantly followed by nan caveat, "The worldly I did to it is great. All nan Dodge stuff? Not truthful great." 

Yeah... that's to beryllium expected. Even by Dodge standards, early Vipers were a maestro people successful corner-cutting. As SuperfastMatt put it, "Dodge made these pinch beautiful overmuch nary budget. The parts are cheap, nan improvement was hasty, and nan durability testing was minimal. So, obviously, it's not going to beryllium nan champion car to tear down washed-out ungraded roads aliases do aliases do donuts successful nan sand. It has limitations, and I'm uncovering each of them."

That whitethorn not beryllium nan champion point for Matt, personally, but it does make for immoderate awesome contented for us, nan viewers.

According to Matt, he precocious took nan off-road Viper connected a small off-road escapade pinch immoderate friends, but this video isn't astir off-road adventuring. At slightest not really. Instead, it's astir thing overmuch much important: complaining. For example, nan hood is measurement excessively agelong for due off-roading, and it's besides not what you mightiness telephone "securely attached to nan car," which, arsenic you tin astir apt imagine, is sometimes an rumor erstwhile you're bouncing astir connected unpaved roads successful your off-road Viper. 

The hood rumor besides led to immoderate overgarment cracking, though upon further investigation, that whitethorn not person been Dodge's fault. It looks for illustration nan beforehand fender, wherever nan cracks are nan worst, was astir apt repainted astatine immoderate constituent pinch overgarment that did a bully occupation of matching nan car's original colour but was ne'er intended to beryllium utilized connected a portion that flexes arsenic overmuch arsenic a assemblage sheet does. Oh well. 

There were besides plentifulness of different smaller problems to fix, from leaking hoses to nan deficiency of a cupholder, but nan existent nosy starts erstwhile you get to nan portion wherever he decides to switch nan banal power retired for an aftermarket Apple CarPlay unit. Stripping retired an full interior still counts arsenic "fun" these days, right? Plus, really other are you going to cleanable each nan particulate from your erstwhile off-roading adventures without stripping nan full interior? And erstwhile everything's out, why not switch retired a fewer parts you don't for illustration for thing better?

The champion part, though, is astir apt erstwhile he accidentally breaks 1 of nan tabs connected a headlight switch. That's because, upon person inspection, it ends up being a Ford-branded switch. Presumably, Dodge couldn't moreover beryllium bothered to outpouring for nan unbranded version, truthful it conscionable sewage nan 1 its supplier was already making for Ford successful bulk. Now that's immoderate corner-cutting.