))) Just when you think you're a lifer (((

[biju]

vx'ers have come and gone.
some come back to the fold after a brief affair.
some permanently...

i'm a lifer. but i must admit, there are a few shiny lasses out there that tempt me from time to time. more so lately it would seem...

honestly, sometimes i think about how exciting it is to mod my vx. but after the mods are done I kind of feel like, "meh. what now?" almost as if i'm bored (i know, that sounds terrible... sorry.) then, i get to daydreaming about sportier whips, practical whips and even a regular truck or luxury vehicle... - maybe even something under warranty? (gasp.)

((...and no, the above ^ isn't a big metaphor for my relationships. ha!))

for those who've thought about parting with their vx for various, *eh-hem*, 'greener' pastures... how did you overcome these blasphemous feelings? (besides shock therapy or gratuitous use of pharmaceuticals).

-biju.

[Bimati]

Beej: Whilst shock therapy is fun for the whole family, the answer for me has always been to keep some sort of alternate project in the garage.

I know you well enough to know that we are very similar (except for your rugged, Marlboro Man type looks).

I MUST mod something...a VX, a bike, a tricycle, a hairdryer.....something.

When you get your fill of the VX, wash her up nice and clean, tuck her in for the night and go cheat on her with another garage project for a while. She'll understand, and when you get back together, the "makeup mods" will be the best ever!

Bim

[Chopper]

I get it bad, every few weeks. I get to drive so much stuff at work, and see how it's screwed together, that I can often scratch an itch and usually find a deal breaker in that new, shiny apple. We have 5 cars now, and I can tick off a dozen others on my short list. The other thing is, the cars I truly lust after, are just silly, expensive, useless things...really only suited for track duty, (CLK63 AMG BLACK!) You get the idea. (GT3R) it'll never end. It's as much an addiction as much as Coke, or any other. In short Beej...there is no cure. Just one day at a time.

[JHarris1385]

Well its the times when people come up the car and ask about it that keeps me in it.

Examples:

Two kids walking into a grocery store this weekend were getting tugged by their mom becuase they were laggin in the street staring at the VX. Saying mommy mommy I bet that spaceship can fly. Can it?

Some skater teenagers came up to me tuesday. And said "Dude I bet that thing can go under water and shi$. It looks like a submarine on wheels."

And my all fav.
Happened a coupld months ago.
I live near and went to school in a farm community school. Graduated with a class of under a 100.

Just imagine an ill toothed, skinny man with a light brown badly cut mullet hair cut. Wearing tight cut off blue jean shorts, cut above the kneed and a peach monster truck tank top.

Well this character stares as I pull up to fill gas, watches as I fill, watches when I go inside to get my $0.59 32oz polar pop, watches as I enter the VX again and as the girl and I discuss how she is freaked out about how she releized him starring at me and the car so much (she thought he was starring because of her being inside, ha). So this guy in the drivers seat then gets in an arguement you can hear with this wife or sister or could be a combo of the two in the passernger seat (who happens to outwieght him by 2.5x). He peels out in his Chevy celebrity only to come to a hault 6ft later and get out of the car, saying "woman I aint gots ta listen to your crap I am going to ask?" Comes to the car and asks the normal "what n day heil is dat thang?" I answer "Its a VehiCROSS. He replies " That is the badest mother facker I have seen in a minute." and leaves.

i doesnt end there. I have seen him twice since, and now he thinks we are friends and follows me into the store talking about anything and everything. So now Iv got this guy twice my age following me around in the gas station.


THAT is what keeps me driving this VX.
Even when my $400 monthly payments chaps my ***** and when it gulps 22 gallons of gas faster than I can drink my polar pop.

I just truely love to pay the price to be different and get reactions like that out of people.

[nfpgasmask]

Well Biju, I guess this is where you and I definitely differ. I am 100% with you when you say you have the urge to mod stuff. But to me, while the modding is part of the fun, I get an extreme amount of satisfaction in the completion of the project, and my putting it to use. I don't feel bored with my VX, and when it is "done" I can only imagine the feeling I have now, will get even stronger (that feeling being that every time I look at my VX I think to myself, "damn, that sh1t looks mean!")

In your case, you created what I think is the best audio system mod I have ever seen with my own eyes, so how could you not want to keep your VX for many years and enjoy the fruits of your labor? I can safely say that I am about 75% done with the things I would like to do to my VX. And when I am done, I will feel happy and satisfied that my ride is exactly the way I want it, and can do all the things I want it to. And then you just sit back, crack open an ice cold Blue Moon, and revel in your accomplishments and the fact that it is YOURS, and yours alone.

And then there is the simple fact that the VehiCROSS is one of, if not the coolest SUV ever produced. There are loads of vehicles I would love to test out, and possibly own, but not in exchange for my beloved Ebony.

So like Bim said, just take on another project, and enjoy your beautiful, pristine Proton that makes us all jealous when we see it.

After my VX is "done", I will be moving on to a new project (a 1976 Aussie Ford Falcon) which will eventually get finished as well, and will hopefully be a garage mate for my VX for many, many years. After that...the list goes on!

Bart

[VXIRONwoMAN]

Butters...the solution is simple...Go back to Moab!!! then you will realize that you are cooler than everyone else out there...except for the other Vx's with you of course It's sporty, it's practical and it's a luxury to drive it!!! Are you convinced yet?

[MSHardeman]

beej,

I don't have an in depth answer for you. All I know is that EVERY time I look at the VX I get a big smile on my face, and NO other car does that to me. I guess it's love, because I can't image life without it.

[etlsport]

i get that.. the other day i was out at a lot looking at a semi restored '79 camaro that needed a whole of interior work that i was dying to buy.. but wouldve had to sell the vx to get.... but the other day i planned a road trip with a bunch of friends and my other car was elected to drive.. which meant i had to trade my sis my vx for it so she would still have somethin to drive.. which means im without my vx for a whole week! my first thought was.. oh man how can i goo a week without my vx... so yea.. i know shes stayin in my posession for awhile longer..

also after driving my moms 03 accord for a weekend.. i really missed being thrown into the ceiling while driving on bumpy roads... and being able to feel the road through turns.. and sitting up high.. and having a zippy engine.. and having people point and look and turn and ask about it.. and my VX

[VehiGAZ]

Buy yourself an old Porsche. ;-) Seriously, what everyone's saying is that adding to the collection does not detract from the VX, and in many ways enhances it. When the 928 is in the driveway, I park the VX on the cul-de-sac, and when I drive down the road and see it from this new perspective, shining in the sun, I've been re-realizing what a great-looking ride it is.

Btw, what's all this "sh1t" and "facker" crap all of a sudden?! I've always liked this board because it's always been pretty clean and nicey-nice compared to every other board out there. I'm not worried about little kiddies seeing such coarse language, and I swear like a sailor in everyday conversation - it's just that I've always enjoyed this board for being a bit of a haven from all that.

Just my two cents... (dismount soapbox and ...STICK the landing!)

[mdwyer]

Well its the times when people come up the car and ask about it that keeps me in it.

Two kids walking into a grocery store this weekend were getting tugged by their mom becuase they were laggin in the street staring at the VX. Saying mommy mommy I bet that spaceship can fly. Can it?

I was driving it home from the dealership, when a kid at the gas station says, "Wow. I've never seen one of those before." I had to reply, "Well, this is only about the third time I've seen one..."

Just this weekend, while coming down out of the mountains, I suprised a pair of mountain bikers. One says, "You scared us!" The other says, "We thought it was a bear!" The first says, "Yeah, a big, yellow bear..."

[Kenny]

vx'ers have come and gone.
some come back to the fold after a brief affair.
some permanently...

i'm a lifer. but i must admit, there are a few shiny lasses out there that tempt me from time to time. more so lately it would seem...

honestly, sometimes i think about how exciting it is to mod my vx. but after the mods are done I kind of feel like, "meh. what now?" almost as if i'm bored (i know, that sounds terrible... sorry.) then, i get to daydreaming about sportier whips, practical whips and even a regular truck or luxury vehicle... - maybe even something under warranty? (gasp.)

((...and no, the above ^ isn't a big metaphor for my relationships. ha!))

for those who've thought about parting with their vx for various, *eh-hem*, 'greener' pastures... how did you overcome these blasphemous feelings? (besides shock therapy or gratuitous use of pharmaceuticals).

-biju.

hey you! crazy talker, what's the problem??
keep the VX and go buy your next car...
what? that "money" thing??
go put on some fishnets and stroll the avenue for a few nights... money problem solved!
(uh-oh, I think I hurt my brain picturing that)

[PHO2GR4]

hey you! crazy talker, what's the problem??
keep the VX and go buy your next car...
what? that "money" thing??
go put on some fishnets and stroll the avenue for a few nights... money problem solved!
(uh-oh, I think I hurt my brain picturing that)

Kenny's got the right idea. I bought the VX because it was cool, but I also bought a 350Z Roadster because...you got it...it's cool.

I love BOTH of them, and the biggest problem each day is which one to drive! Keep the VX and get another 'project'. Maybe a '66 Mustang, or an old Buick Electra 225 or something. They'll give you a LOT of work! ;-)

[Triathlete]

Take up a hobby! Nothing like a nice 120 mile bike ride or 25 mile trail run to clear your mind and get you yhinking straight!



Besides, come next May you'd be sitting at home with your "new" grocery getter doing this....

[Chopper]

Beej..........you need a Jeep.....or an old Bronco. Have fun, mod all you want, and appreciate the VX all the more, every time you drive them. About language... I want everyone to speak as they, speak. I abhor censorship in any form. I think we do just fine here. We all know where to put the asterix ****** right?

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

I'd just like to know your secret....how do you finally decide that your VX is done?????? Everytime I think mine is done, I get more ideas popping into my cranium. Case in point:

I got a good deal on purchasing one of those Jeep Liberty Lightbars on ebay last fall...brand new in box w/shipping for like $185. But, I'm blowing a mental fuse on whether to go forward with installing it or waiting until I get a sun-roof installed first......uggggggggggh.

I second the advice about getting another vehicle to mod...since I've gotten my truck (Ram) I've been busy purchasing Stainless headers and lining up appointments for custom exhaust work plus looking to add a locking diff for the rear and a roll & lock bed cover!