Had a fun day in the Viper yesterday. Yesterday morning while commuting to work in the Viper, I ran into a twin-turbo 3000GT-VR4 Spyder convertible, which is a very rare car - only 877 of these convertible twin-turbos were ever made. By comparison, a staggering 1,875 SRT-10 Vipers were made just in 2003 alone. I caught up to the 3000GT-VR4 Spyder and we talked for a bit. I told him my 3000GT-SL was back at home.
here's my Viper at my wedding:
Then when driving home I ran into a Shelby Cobra - also a very rare car. I caught up to him and noticed iPod ear buds in his ears. As I passed him on the right approaching a light I lifted up my iPod and hung it over the driver window so he could see I was iPodding as well. Although I was using an FM transmitter to transmit my iPod songs to the FM radio instead of wearing the iPod earbuds. I wonder if wearing iPod earbuds while driving is illegal? 
We talked for a brief bit at the light and he told me it was a replica and that he built it himself. He had a license plate that read "BETSY-2". Is that like the name "Eleanor" named after a Shelby Mustang from the movie "Gone in 60 Seconds"? He mentioned that ironically he just test drove a SRT-10 Viper the day before.
He then said, “You’ve got a bigger motor than me.”
I said, “That’s OK, I’ll let you go first on the green.” (I'm all about being courteous ya know) 
The light turned green and I let him go first. We had some nice open road ahead so he floored it. I was on his bumper (a safe distance) the whole time. Only gave the gas 80% power. We both enjoyed the mini-acceleration race. (up to the legal speed limit of course!) Yeah, right...
So yesterday I saw two pretty rare cars – even if one was only a replica of a Shelby Cobra it is still a swwweet looking car..
The Viper just seems to attract attention wherever it goes. Although I will say that the day before I was at Subway and a group of 4 kids on scooters were surrounding my red 3000GT admiring it. I guess because they don’t make them any more and they aren't bad looking cars either.
Vipers, 3000GTs, and Shelby Cobras
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i want a 1999 3000GT VR 4 in good condison does anyone have one for sale if so e-mail at joe156439@yahoo.com
hey im staring to build a new website for cars and i saw your site and thout it was cool.
Check out the forum on 3si. You'll find lots of information about the 3000GT and Stealth cars. There are some for sale too! If you truly appreciate these cars, you won't regret checking this site out because it will benefit you so much even if you aren't an owner of one yet.
>>Check out the forum on 3s
Already a member for many years!
Great forum indeed.
>>because it will benefit you so much even if you aren't an owner of one yet.
I've owned a 1994 3000GT (totalled) and still own my 1995 3000GT, so I've had one for 12 years.
cool, ive never seen a spyder 3000gt in person before! I just got a mint condition 1993 3000gt-VR4 today, and i still got goosebumps!
I'm def gonna keep this car as long as i can!
Anyone interested in the 3000GT Spyder can see magazine articles, original Mitsubishi press kits, specs and lots of pics at http://www.3000GTSpyder.com. That's where this photo came from.
Jeff