Previous owner check

[DogBoneVX]

Hi guys!

I'm in the process of buying a 99 VX Astral. I was wondering if the previous owner might have been a member on here. The truck has an exhaust and intake on it so I assume the previous owner was a modder.

Any how, I'm looking forward to getting involved in the VX community and get this thing up in the air.

Any info on vin 1014 would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

[deermagnet]

It looks like it once belonged to VehiGator.

Mark

[DogBoneVX]

Thanks a lot! I really appreciate it.

[DogBoneVX]

I think I smell something fishy with this VX. In one of VehiGators posts he states the vehicle had 144k miles on it. The VX I'm looking at has 78k miles on it. I PM'd him to confirm the VIN number with his. I hope this thing isn't rolled back all shady like. I was really looking forward to getting it and hooking it up.

[Triathlete]

Maybe they forgot the 1 at the begining?

[DogBoneVX]

Maybe they forgot the 1 at the begining?

I wish, unfortunately I saw it with my own eyes. I drove it and it drove really well. I'm going to be bummed out if this thing is shady.

[IndianaVX]

I think I would talk to attorney general of yor state.....
Hosers shouldn't be selling cars!

[MsConduct]

Did you ask about a carfax report for the vehicle? If you are getting it from a dealer, they might have it, and it would be easy to see a major rollback. (I'd disregard a minor one... I think there was another VX sold recently where Carfax reported an error of something like 50 miles. Probably more of a typo at the DMV or something.)

If you have to get the report yourself, it's about $30 I think.

[MsConduct]

But now you've got me thinking... one of the VX's that I've been researching is at a dealership in Idaho. Here is the VIN:

JACCN57X017D00355

Anybody know if this one has been spotted on the site before?

[Mile High VX]

But now you've got me thinking... one of the VX's that I've been researching is at a dealership in Idaho. Here is the VIN:

JACCN57X017D00355

Anybody know if this one has been spotted on the site before?

If it's an Ebony (black) 2000 it was this one:

bigdoc123

City:
Green Bay
State:
WI
Country:
US
Year, Color, Model & Last 4 #'s in VIN:
2000 BLK VehiCross 0355

Registered in 2006 but the owner never made any post and was last on the site in 2007.

[MsConduct]

Thanks! Yep, that sounds like a match. It seems to have made its way to Idaho now.

[MsConduct]

BTW ... to DogBoneVX... if you drove the car, and you love it, and it seems to be in decent shape, maybe just use the mileage issue to renegotiate the price a bit? To me, once the ODO has turned over once, it's pretty much the same. It's over 10 yrs old, and you know you are going to have issues eventually. So, if it is running great, maybe you can just get it for a discount?

[Mile High VX]

I think I smell something fishy with this VX. In one of VehiGators posts he states the vehicle had 144k miles on it. The VX I'm looking at has 78k miles on it. I PM'd him to confirm the VIN number with his. I hope this thing isn't rolled back all shady like. I was really looking forward to getting it and hooking it up.

I found a post referencing 114K...still a fishy issue though.

If it was rolled back the odo would show signs of the roll back with deep scratch marks in the odo. Perhaps they changed out the entire gauge cluster. You see them on sale on ebay whenever a VX shows up at a salvage yard. Could have been done prior to the current owner/seller and he/she doesn't know a thing about it...just a thought...

[VX KAT]

Thanks! Yep, that sounds like a match. It seems to have made its way to Idaho now.

I noticed the CL listing for the Ebony in Idaho with #0355 says it's a 2001, not 2000. Maybe need to ask for sure. Visually there's no easy way to tell an '01 from an '00 as they both have 18" chrome rims, and the same HVAC control panel, whereas the '99s have 16" rims and a slightly different HVAC panel.
http://boise.craigslist.org/ctd/2139684416.html

[Mile High VX]

Good catch Kat...also looks like something strange with the hood insert...perhaps painted or even missing and painted/polished the insert area.