stupid things in your VX!

[WyrreJ]

How about - deliberately hitting puddles because I know my grapplers will roostertail all over the car tailgating me?

[Chopper]

How about - deliberately hitting puddles because I know my grapplers will roostertail all over the car tailgating me?

Thought I was the only one that did that

[etlsport]

nope.. until bart tells us how to install the caltrop dispenser or smoke screen ill still be relying on hitting puddles hard to stop people from tailgating me.. although its sometimes really tempting to flip my light rack to the back and REALLY flash my brakes at them

[PHO2GR4]

The most stupid thing I ever put in my first VX was a "for sale" sign. I still can't believe I sold it! Oh well...my 'new' Ebony makes everything all better.

I'm planning to cut down a queen-size memory foam mattress topper to fit the cargo area for my upcoming trip to Utah. That way, in a pinch, me and my two dogs can nap in the back for awhile. Stupid...or genius?

[yal^]

Sliding backwards on a pile of crushed slate rock into a tree in Larrys vx.
Standing my vx on the front left wheel in Moab.
Scaring the crap out of a group of ATV riders 50 feet below me while hunging of my roof rack - long story...
Taking 90 degrees turn at 60mph - my copilot would not shut up although I warned him to stop talking to me because that turn was coming up really quickly, and it was pitch dark. Needless to say, he finally stopped talking to me while desperately grabbing for "oh-****" bar. Did I mention that was an hour after lifting my vx, and we were still not sure of it’s new center of gravity, and body roll…?

[v2]

...I found out the hard way that the Yokohama Geolandar ATs are not as grippy as my previous Pirelli Scorpion ATs.
Did a "Tokyo drift" when I took a left turn a bit too fast. I am sure quite a few butt cheeks were puckered (two in the VX), as I slid past a few cars waiting in line for the traffic light. I was looking out my front window at each car go past wondering who would be the lucky one that I would end up hitting when the tires found their grip again.
TOD saved the day... I pointed the wheels in the direction I NEEDED to go and hit the gas! Looked like I knew what I was doing.
Never want to do that again... OK maybe on a racetrack, or empty dirt lot...

[VehiGAZ]

How about trying to drive over an almost-entirely (but not quite!) crusted-over pile of snow with my old crappy Continental street tires in the parking lot at work. Everything was fine for 80% of the way across, but then one front tire punched through. Then the other punched through. Then the back wheel, spinning in place, burned through. I was S-T-U-C-K.

At least it was a holiday and there were only 5-10 people around that even had a chance to notice it, and the tow truck got there in about 10 minutes. No risk to the VX, but VERY HIGH risk of getting my stones busted about it on a daily basis for the next 6 months! Only one person figured out that I was not just action-parking on the snow, but he was sworn to secrecy!

Seeing as I just picked up Zooper Trooper's S/C, I should have some more stories of dumb things I've done in the next few months. :-)

[etlsport]

haha did some furniture rearranging and got some new shelves... drove 15 miles on the highway like this.. my vx stood 8'6!

[Knigh7s]

How about a human skull on the spare ?...that ought to have em' runnin for the brush in Moab.

Ldub, I get pretty bummed everytime I see your VX. It's just to purrdy! btw, what and how did you create that grill cover?

@etlsport
That is crazy! I'd be afraid of the wind catching it and ripping the rack right off the roof!

[Ldub]

@etlsport
That is crazy! I'd be afraid of the wind catching it and ripping the rack right off the roof!

I had this happen to me back when I drove an 86 Trooper (yes, the little red Trooper that could, of last yrs. Moab)...I had a storm door strapped to the rack & made the mistake of going over an overpass on a windy day.
Didn't hear or see anything, when I got back to the shop, it was gone...ALL gone...rack, door, straps...everything!

[VehiGAZ]

Ouch!!! Whenever I drive with my Yakima cargo box, I am in perpetual fear of it flying off the roof. This winter I saw a busted up Thule on the side of the highway - most of it, anyway.

[ZEUS]

I fit an 8' aluminum ladder in my VX last weekend... barely! Otherwise, other dumb things include, 4 Hummer OZ tires, a drill press, a polygidating Mormon girl, and other assorted junk - none at the same time though.

[ZEUS]

More stupid stuff! On the trailer, 20 pieces of 20' long PVC, 7 pieces of 10' long PVC, 4x4 post, and 14 bags of 80lb concrete. In the VX, wheel barrow, and small stuff. It was a very interesting drive home... but no cops to be seen! You can't tell in the pic, but the end of the pipe was at about the B-pillar which is why I angled it to the side and set it on the 4x4. When I got home, a neighbor lady had to come see my ride and ask the typical questions (but she called my VX cute ). And then when she left, another neighbor came by and asked me if I wanted to buy a truck! LOL, I don't need no stinking truck!

[Velvis]

Traded my '99 ebony (0%, less than a year left) for a Toyota Tacoma 4 door, because I needed a truck for the job. I didn't fit, not comfortable, traded for a Lexus IS 300 SportCROSS (oooh, seems a little familiar, just newer, faster, and lower.) Sport CROSS was fantastic on dry pavement, not so much on soft sand and rock mix on Bayou Dorcheat. An accidental drift over a curb totaled the drivetrain and the SportCROSS. Lead to purchase of Ebony VX 377. Wrecked in hit and run, traded to Joe Black, turned into Rally Monster. I took Joe's '01 Dragon (which is well documented on this site) in trade for '01 ebony 377. It's a rolling testament to routine maintenance.
Still has the illegal (in Louisiana) window tint, and the uber-fan Star Wars logo in the rear window. Can't bring myself to replace it as long as there are so many great pics of this vehicle doing awesome things already on this site.
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[mdwyer]

I stuffed a 42" flatscreen LCD monitor in the back. The guys at Best Buy were placing bets on wx it would fit or not. It ended up diagonal, resting against the front seat headrests.

It made it home okay, though!

Putting the car seat in the back was kinda silly, too... I see, now, why people are selling these things once they breed...