if you are going to buy the Viper I would strongly suggest you and the misses take a high performance driving class. I would hate to see the car and possibly the mother of 2 damaged from driving a vehicle that is not the most user friendly
If I get banned for saying the vette would be a better choice guess I'm out of here. Vettes are more driver vehicles, Vipers are beast on wheels
check out the viper web site for good input. I have many friends with vipers and they all like different things