Goofy things about the VX

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

how about the first time you hit the window squirters with the windows down while driving....DOPE!!!!!!!!!!!:homer:

[Raque Thomas]

Originally posted by shoota77
...hitting unlock twice to open doors

That one you can fix at no cost with a simple wiring change. PM me if you're interested and I'll send you the directions.

[rocket man]

Mine looks like a "Nurse Shark" abiet a "ferrocious nurse shark"

Reverse gear ratio way too high/ compound low could have been lower too for better rock crawling just to save a little on the wear and tear on the machinery...

obsure rear vision

would have been nice to have a motorized seat adjuster rather than a wheel...

Better thought out rear seat access

Hinged rear windows for ventilation..

But actually all in all...a terrific ride

[SGT.BATGUANO]

I agree on the hinged windows. I'd like to see one of our fabbers come up with a solution for hinging the windows immediately behind the doors.

[Andrey]

when I need to use high beam at night (just to blink) I end up turning ALL lights off. This light switch is so poorly designed it is not even funny......

no light under the hood. I guess people who are "...going further" (read off road jorneys) MUST have under the hood light ! For 30+ K SUV Isuzu could afford to put second dome light, rear hatch poper and under the hood light... those things are A MUST...

[WyrreJ]

Originally posted by Andrey
when I need to use high beam at night (just to blink) I end up turning ALL lights off. This light switch is so poorly designed it is not even funny....

Yeah, every other light-stalk I've used had a push to flash mode - this one has a "pull a little to flash, pull just one more millimeter for permanet high-beams."

The upside is that in trying to figure out how to flash the high-beams, I learned that I can engage both the low-beam and high-beam filaments by clicking to high-beam and then clicking again, but NOT RELEASING. Kind of like a "flood-fill" high-beam mode, very addicting and I now I find myself constantly using that mode whenever there is no car in front of me.

[Baxman]

Ergonomically wrong door handles - especially when parked sideways on a slope.

Getting bashed upside the head by the wind when window is down at speed, especially in colder weather.

Almost worthless high beam headlights, unless you're looking for tree-snipers.

Despite these and the above quirks, this vehicle is "so me", I want to be buried in it;Dp;

[Chopper]

Baxman, the Weather tech deflectors help a lot. Sarge, the B pillar windows would present a challenge, the rears could be done link minivan openings or hinged at the top like old style conversion vans. "Any thing is possible, with a welder, a grinder, and a big enough hammer"

[crager34]

You forgot Duct tape, glue and string.

[Heraclid]

These things really are pretty goofy, huh? :-) But I sure love 'em!

[vettewars]

Why didn't I get it?

I'm at work, brought the VX in to check it out after my wife FINALLY got the truck of her dreams just last week (she's in 7th heaven now after lusting after the VX since it's introduction).

I'm standing there with one of the young guys from work. I said...hmmm....I got an idea on how to make the front look a lot better but my wife will kill me. I'm gonna black spray those 2 crome things in the grill.

What....he says?....are you crazy....

THIS THING'S GOT A SNAKE THING GOIN....THAT'S REALLY COOL!!!

Holy sh@@ you're right I say....why didn't I get it.$#@#@!

PS - has anyone ever spray painted them black or is this sacreligious?

[Maugan_VX]

no

some people chrome them

which is even moreso.

[vettewars]

now that you've reminded me....about keeping things STOCK.

Oh he'll go on and on about this....he'll say in a mystical way....you just have to appreciate the people that worked on this...what they had in mind....like get into that.

Understand the vehicle for what it does and what it was meant to do....

I can't do him justice...but he has a point.
When I drive my stock Supercoupes which are a nite and day difference in performance from my modified car, I think of him. It is actually manditory for me to get into this mindset otherwise I'd be putting all the miles I drive on the modified car and kill myself because I'd be racing EVERY DAY on the street.

[jimbo]

I love my VX!!!! And I like those little teeth silver.

But my two cents:

Stock tires way way too small for the wheels and wheel wells.

Rear vision obscured (in two tiny areas to the sides of the window the cars behind me keep interfering with my perfect view of the spare tire).

No inside back door un-latch.

Can't close gas cap door without key (some dipsh#t at a gas station's gonna break that door someday).

If I can't make it to the gym I do my over-head presses by lifting the hood. Is this hood kind-of heavy or is it just me?

hard to get into the back seat

You can actually get into the backseat? I thought it was what the assault weapon guys call a "strictly cosmetic accessory". I learn something new everyday.

[AREA 51]

The brushed metal "fangs" are held on by clips. No need to paint them, just pull them off.