Purchasing advice and Common Problems

[So-CalVX]

if toyota guy doesnt care about the shape of the VX, didn't renee m come up on a silver for 5k at a dealer nearby? I didnt search for it cuz its been in my head since I saw it. And I don't know how to link share.

[circmand]

I bought my Proton new in 2002 with 13 miles and only paid 24000

[WormGod]

Just buy one and be the talk of the town. Its worth it for that alone, heh.

Good luck on your decision.

[don moore]

How about a YUGO.......lol

[kodiak]

How about a YUGO.......lol

What??? You mean like this one?
http://www.superhonda.com/photopost/...go_monster.jpg

[kodiak]

I don’t know if you want to buy VX? Around the first time you punch a guy for calling your VX a Suzuki or you start going out of your way to put notes on other VX you see in a parking lot, you will slowly start to loss interest in your other vehicles. So think hard about what you are doing, your other rides need love too.

[Zorak]

(Dragon Green Mica, rarest color) James

Uh, NO:


230 Dragon Green Mica color built 2001-2001
210 Foxfire Red Mica color built 2000-2001

[snowtrooper1966]

Uhh, I apparently stand corrected?
I was going off a production sheet I saw months ago that put the Dragon Mica at +_248?
Dont recall the Foxfire Mica being lower...
Best,

[Zorak]

Uhh, I apparently stand corrected?
I was going off a production sheet I saw months ago that put the Dragon Mica at +_248?
Dont recall the Foxfire Mica being lower...
Best,

The quoted figures were taken from johnnyapollo's VX site; the same figures appear in the wikipedia article on the VX.

Actually, the rarest color, at least in the N American market, is pearl white, with a grand total of 1. But, as some wiser person has already pointed out here, "It's just paint!"

[snowtrooper1966]

That would be the place I saw it.
Guess I have selective vision.
Best,

[twistedsymphony]

it's been a few months... but I've got one

out of the 3 that were originally in my area 2 were out of my budget and 1 dissappeared before I could look at it.

for a while I gave up looking for a VX and put a CL add up just for a "reliable 4x4" with a few of the characteristics I was looking for and a few suggestions of vehicles I would be happy to consider (VX being one of them).

I didn't get much responses to the add, mostly lifted chevys that weren't anything like what I wanted, and a few nice but way overpriced Subarus.

then last week I got an email response to my add from a guy named Pete just an hour away from where I live who had a VX (he's apparently a member here too)... after asking a few questions, getting a picture and running a carfax I went out to take it for a test Drive this Sunday... I LOVED IT... this thing was just awesome! I had driven a few other cars and while some of them were a good value none of them really clicked... the VX sold be as soon as I sat in it and I knew I had to have it as soon as I went down the road.

Here's a picture:


it has a few minor problems, AC doesn't work, tires will probably need replacing in the next 5K, the brakes are warn and it's got a hole in the muffler.

HOWEVER, it's got 114K miles on it, and in the last 10K it got a nearly new transmission, TOD system and complete valve job. I snagged it for $5800 and as part of the purchase agreement the seller is fixing the brakes and exhaust for me

I put a deposit on it and I should be picking it up in a couple of weeks once the seller has fixed those things.

I'm excited :bgwp:

that low mileage one that snowtrooper1966 posted looks awesome and I would have been happy to go out to PA to buy it... but it's way out of my price range. At the price I paid for this one I'll have enough left over to fix it up a bit and maybe make a few modifications like the trunk popper and maybe a 3" OME lift and 33" tires

[Joe Isuzu]

congrats on the new purchase and welcome to the family!

[nfpgasmask]

Indeed! Congrats! Now you will just find yourself babying the hell outta your new VX.

Bart

[twistedsymphony]

Thanks, this seems like a great community.

I baby all of my cars though. I've got a 1995 Nissan 240sx (picture) as well that is my summer car. The VX will be my winter car with SOME use in the summer on some trails, camping, and during the times that the Nissan is getting worked on :bgwp:

I'm looking into getting a soda-blaster setup soon and I'd like to start taking apart the under side of the VX piece by piece blasting and repainting all of the suspension and drive-train components... maybe even taking a wirebrush to the frame and having it rhino lined or at very least rubber coated to clean it up and keep it lasting a long time.

I like to use my cars and drive them hard but I also loath rust and keep em clean.

There is also a convertible 240sx (another rare car only 8K made world wide) without an engine that I'm thinking of picking up to restore, so that might take my project time this summer... which is fine by me since it will give me more quality time with the VX even though I'm buying it for winter I'm sure It will get plenty of summer use too