I just went for a ride in a Dodge Viper

[Mike Gayner]

Yup, a very rich man I recently met just took me for a spin in his 2004 Dodge Viper R/T! Man, what an awesome car. Sorry, don't have any photos but he told me I'd have plenty of time to photograph the car in the coming weeks.

When we hit the highway and he nailed the throttle, holy crap, words cannot describe it. I'm sure most of you have been in really, really fast cars so you'll know the feeling. Before this, the quickest car I'd been in was a WRX STi, so this was pretty damn amazing to me. After ripping through three gears at full throttle I must have looked like a total idiot, all I could say was, "holy s@#$! f#@%ing hell!" Then he said, "We're doing 180 now." Man, what an awesome experience.

The guy who owns the car also owns an EL GT (one of 20 in NZ, he used to own two of them) and a Jeep that he has a 4.7l Chrysler V8 coming over from the states for. I'll have to nag him for a ride in the EL GT soon!! Although somehow I think it will feel slow after the Viper.

So what super-quick cars have you guys driven or ridden in?