Quote Originally Posted by Terminator02 View Post
What I think the biggest problem is, is that our community gets non owners chiming in with constant price devaluations. I do agree at this very point in time, the bearings issue is affecting not only sales of every model year but every generation. I'd say you are an exception that would bypass a gen V to go to a 4. Most will just leave viper. I see relatively anemic pricing on all models now. I'm seeing gen 4s going for lower than I've seen. Gen lls which I owned and followed for years have always been "at the bottom only going to go up soon."

For me it's pretty simple, we have as viper owners the last of big NA V10 power plants with exotic looks, low production and manual transmission. Those all are tic boxes to collectibility. If our values are low, we as the community are primarily to blame secondary to FCA or any issues. I'm a broken record on the topic but it's true. NSX, boss and terminator mustangs, and plenty of more common vehicles have stronger resale due to the community.

The controller issue will pass and yes I do agree with you to an extent regarding current selling trends. I would not want to be in a position to want or have to sell right now.
All I can say as a true Viper lover is that I hope this gets ironed out. Also I didn't mean to stir waters with the GenIV comment, it was just what I was more comfortable with right now. For me to get into a desirable GenV (color and/or model) financially I would have had to sell my SRT Ram, which I love. I couldn't see selling it to give up having two "fun cars" that potentially if one breaks down I can still drive the other, to get into another that has an unfortunate record of being more likely to have an issue. I still plan on eventually buying a GenV but I want to see if there is eventually a better resolution to what has been going on.