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    Quote Originally Posted by B@bydd33 View Post
    hi All -

    a VX that can take a corner like a lower small sports compact without buying wider tires and/or lowering. BTW, i have all stock parts.

    thanks for any help!
    Just for the record, I have an all-stock VX with no lift or lowering, no big wide tires, just normal street tires. I think the problem a lot of people have who are new to the VX is that they just don't know how to drive one. It is shorter than anything you've probably ever driven, other than a tiny car. I've never off roaded mine, except for the occasional dirt road. Mine is technically my street runner. There are roads here in Arkansas that are so curvy, I'm talking about 20 mph curves....and I've taken those curves at 60. I've taken 45 mph curves at 90. This magnificent vehicle is the most amazing thing I've ever driven, as long as you're a driver and not just an operator. STAY IN THE TROTTLE. That's the trick. NEVER brake around corners. If you do, you'll surely feel the ***** of it wanting to throw you off the road. Brake before them if you need to slow a little, but hit the gas going around them. Take the weight off the front....you will feel the weight shift. This IS a sports car, regardless of how many of you lift, throw on huge tires, and grunt around on big rocks. This thing was made for rally racing, not rock crawling...that's why it has TOD. I've not seen one VX member on here that actually uses theirs for its truest purpose. I feel like they're all held back and prevented from stretching their legs....like caged lions. I would say "all" but I'm just gonna say "some", of you have no idea what your VX's are capable of....

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    WOW...thats a statement.......

    Quote Originally Posted by VXobsession View Post
    I would say "all" but I'm just gonna say "some", of you have no idea what your VX's are capable of....
    Well shucks.......I'll just continue to drive it to the rocks...

    .......like the true SUV it is.

    Then I'll "grunt around on some big rocks"..and drive it home...

    ...... like the true SUV it is.


    And frankly, if the VX is really the "most amazing thing" you've ever driven...

    ..you've got some more to do!!


    IMO..a large part of the beauty of the VX, is its inherent versatility...
    .....its chameleon like qualities, that allow it to be many things...


    ....to many people.





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    Wink

    I think a guy told me once..."opinions look like * "

    or was it "asterisks look like opinions"...

    no wait, it was "my cats opinion looks like an asterisk"... *

    Yeah, I think that was it......

    everybody has an asterisk...yeh, I think that was it...

    (*)

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    Quote Originally Posted by VXobsession View Post
    This IS a sports car, regardless of how many of you lift, throw on huge tires, and grunt around on big rocks. This thing was made for rally racing, not rock crawling...that's why it has TOD. I've not seen one VX member on here that actually uses theirs for its truest purpose. I feel like they're all held back and prevented from stretching their legs....like caged lions.....
    I agree. I love driving it like a SPORTS car and thats why I bought it. The best of ALL worlds.... For those who love to off road or those, like US that like to drive it like a true sports car..

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