Got jumped by a Viper this evening

[Grumpy Goat]

saw a viper take off last week from 60 mph, the highway was empty and pretty smooth, it was bouncing so much the rear tires left the road more than once. scary to see. From what i saw an RR preferably on a track would be needed to keep up. I don't know what there like off the line, good to hear the RS walked away from this one.

On paper, the Dodge Viper SRT-10 has a 0-60 time of 3.8s (or a tad lower, depending on the source) and 11.5s @ 129.2 mph in the 1/4 mile. The R1200RS has various times as low as 2.9s - 3.1s to 60 mph, with estimated 1/4 mile time of 11.1s.

Basically they are comparable. But I agree with Bruce that the Viper driver likely did not want to drag in an urban (?) area, because of the problems that Cody mentioned. Huge power is useless unless it can be put fully into forward motion.

I once had a play with a 2016 Cadillac ATS-V Coupe (0-60 mph 3.8 / Quarter mile 12.1) through several lights, and as with the Viper it was left behind but probably because he did not want to risk it. These drivers know that their rear ends would likely slide all over the place and make a lot of noise, thereby attracting attention.

Still fun to have a play though.