The Viper

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The Viper
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When driving down the road and I see a viper it
is one of those things you still have to stare at.
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The viper might be more common today, but they
are still a good looking and cool looking car.
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Chrysler as actually donated a couple of vipers
in the past.
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Donating A Viper
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The Vipers that Chrysler donated for educational
purposes are unique versions of the car boasting
around 600 horsepower that can easily manage over
200 mph.
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The Vipers donated were pre-production models of
the first hardtop Vipers ever made.
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As you might have guessed, this model of the
classy Viper is all but street legal.
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Many celebrities have tried over the years to
purchase one of these unchained beasts, but have
been turned away by Chrysler.
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One could imagine that the risk of being held
responsible for selling a non street legal car
greatly outweighed the benefit of having an extra
250,000 in the bank for Chrysler.
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Receiving The Viper
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Having already seen the destruction of VINs 1 and
2 by excavator on the internet, the students and
teachers of South Puget Sound feared that their
time might be coming soon.
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Sure enough, they got their letter in the mail
ordering the complete and utter destruction of
their pride and joy and provide proof that the
deed was in fact done.
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The eight year donated car has not only been
used by the college to teach automotive classes,
but it is also a key part of their recruitment
program for the campus.
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Only 93 schools can say that they have, in
their possession, a pre-production race car
caliber Viper for the students to get their hands
on and learn from.
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Contract For The Viper
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Included in the original contract with the
schools involved is the stipulation that
Whenever vehicles are donated to institutions
for educational purposes that they are to be
destroyed when they are no longer needed for
their intended educational purposes.
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Although the students are attempting to get a
petition to save the Viper from an early death,
Chrysler seems to be resolute in their stance to
remove the programs Vipers from existence.
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Reports say that 2 of the donated cars were
involved in crashes that lead to Chrysler
shelling out millions in damages.
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If that is true, then Chrysler is merely
suggesting to reduce the possibility of repeat
scenarios by removing the one constant, the car.