In the next video you’ll see why they couldn’t sell it. It’s been a real problem car that needed thousands spent on it. It has spent more time on my lift than on the road.

@AutoAuctionRebuilds oh OK! I was like jupiter is full of high income people, I see a lot of jags and other high end cars there.

Moar CONTENT!!😮

Hopefully it’s not money pit

Sharp looking VIPER 👍 curious to see why the engine light is on?????? Can’t wait to see more 💪

RIght? I bought a 2005 back in January and the dealer was very honest about what they'd fixed and what they felt it needed. They knocked off some money because it needed valve cover and oil pan gaskets (neither were that bad) and the secondary cats were removed ($8000 if you got replacements from Chrysler, I chose to leave them be). It was also a Mamba edition which was a bonus. I felt like 42K was a pretty good deal.

Truth. I looked at 2 GMT800 Tahoes down there. One had a massive leak from the rear main. When I returned from the test drive and told the owner of the dealer he just stared blankly at me and said "Oh, we'll do an oil change on it" The other one was on eBay and the bidding got to high for me. It popped back up for sale about a month later in Ohio. I talked to the new owner. It had so many issues, including 2 break downs on the drive from Florida that the guy was selling it at a major loss just to be rid of it. It was only 3 hours from me, so I went to check it out. Had a bad misfire and went into limp mode while I was test driving it. A month later I ended up buying one in the Philly area and still have it two years later.

In 1990 @19 years old,I had a 77 cutlass ,350 rocket ,baby blue, saw blade rims ,white interior, bucket seats 5% tint.. o how I miss it...

This is true. Chrysler tends to stop producing parts for vehicles that are out of production, particularly for those vehicles that were made in limited numbers. You'll find the parts fit into three basic categories: 1-A part shared with Ram trucks or other Chrysler vehicles, generally easy to find and inexpensive. 2-Wear parts or performance parts that are aftermarket, in some cases OEM . Generally available but sometimes have to be ordered, and there's a Viper tax. 3-OEM parts that are Viper-specific and generally unavailable. Your only route is NOS or used parts.

You need a Viper build on the channel! Wouldn’t that be fun?

please do another walk around then pick a project car

That's on the low end for Gen 3 Vipers. Usually anything from that era under 40K is going to have a branded title, high mileage, or be a bit rough. As long as it doesn't have any serious issues Randy's got some room to turn a profit if he sells it. It's disappointing that the dealer didn't fix or disclose the details, though. I'm thinking that check engine light might be bad cats-it's a fairly common problem in an otherwise pretty reliable car. The OEM fix isn't cheap, but there are direct fit aftermarket converters for about $900. If they didn't fix the little things (wipers/struts) I'd be concerned about what else they let go.

lol good luck

Thanks!

You do a great job describing what it is like to own and drive a gen 3 and gen 4 viper.

Couldn't agree more!

Few years ago he had 5 to 6 cars all mopar

If so he's a glutton for punishment.

I still have the Monte Carlo SS :)

@@AutoAuctionRebuilds with a 383 in it… Mopar displacement! Very suspicious 😂

LOL can't argue that!

I hope so too

They'll probably go up some. The third gen is the value buy right now. 4th gens look like the 3rd but command a higher price because they've got more power. 5th gens are very expensive because they're the last ones and quite rare because they didn't sell. 1st and 2nd gens have the honor of being the first iterations and the most "pure" Vipers, and they also had a number of varieties that were extremely low production, so prices are on the rise. As fewer and fewer manual cars become available, and cars get further removed from the analog experience of the Viper, values will climb.