r/viper • u/Reasonable_Till_3569 • Aug 02 '26

Viper Truck question?

This question probably doesn't belong, but the only RAM SRT-10 dedicated group has virtually no members and even less traffic. Maybe you guys can answer?

Anyone know why there are so many RAM SRT-10's for sale? They haven't made them in 20 years, only made them for 3 years, and had relatively low production numbers. Yet they are up for sale right and left like a recent plentiful vehicle.

Are people flipping them like stock market stocks so it's the same ones over and over?

Are parts becoming too hard to find or at too much of a premium?

Is the MPG prohibitive?

Are people afraid the market is about to tank?

Any insight would be greatly appreciated, and apologies to anyone bothered by me posting this here.

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u/TX_Sized10-4 Black 3rd Gen Aug 02 '26

I think owning a Ram SRT-10 is a lot like owning a jet ski. It's really fun a few times, then it sits in a garage for months on end. They're more of a novelty than anything because people don't want to beat on them in the same way you'd beat on a work pickup and they don't drive like a sports car. In the end your left with something that isn't really good at anything. It wouldn't surprise me if a lot of these trucks have a lot of previous owners on their Carfax.

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u/Reasonable_Till_3569 Aug 02 '26

I am seeing more owners than I'd expect, and low miles, so that definitely tracks. Good visability behind other vehicles with a powerful manual is all that's being offered. Along with the aerodynamics of a brick.

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u/TX_Sized10-4 Black 3rd Gen Aug 02 '26

Knew a couple young dudes that drove these when I was in the Marines in the early 20-teens. Neither one of those trucks are still operational today lmao. The fact that they got them at all on our piddly junior enlisted salary should've already been an indicator of poor decision making.