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    Smile Busted at Work

    Well, I guess it was bound to happen. Don't know what the big deal is, I was parked completely fine. Yesterday morning after being at work for maybe an hour I was paged and asked to remove the vehicle from the snow. Something about customers visiting our facility and they didn't think this was appropriate.



    I didn't even know anyone had taken a picture. I guess there was quite a group of people watching from the window, and someone took a pic of me having to take it down too.



    It was great, as I was leaving to go home I had a following of people who couldn't understand how I got up there, so I went up a few times so they could see. There are now a few more VX lovers out there.

    Nearly 3 years of ownership and STILL loving the VX like the day I got it!

    Jay

    PS: could I cause any permanent damage leaving it parked this way for an extended period of time?

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    Smile

    That is GREAT!!!

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    They were just "jealous" bro,,,,lololololololol

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    Just plain "OUT of SIGHT"

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    If you abuse your VX that way, your drink may fall out of the poorly designed square cupholder.

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    Talking

    Quote Originally Posted by TechnoPope
    If you abuse your VX that way, your drink may fall out of the poorly designed square cupholder.

    LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!
    Anita
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    Original Owner- love her too much to part with her.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ISCE
    PS: could I cause any permanent damage leaving it parked this way for an extended period of time?
    Only to your head as you fall out of the door once it is openned!! Great shot!
    "If you're not living on the edge --- you're taking up too much space!!"

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    Great parking job! I park like that everyday! Just be sure that if you park your passenger side up on the bank that you have plenty of gas. Unfortunately I had to have a co-worker push me off the berm so it could start (had about 1/8th a tank)

    Tell them you were just leaving an extra spot open.
    2001 Ironman Daily Driver... 3.5" suspension lift (OME912 springs and 1" spring spacer), ball joint flip, 1.5" front diff. drop, 33"x12.5 TrXus MT, 16x10 Eagle Alloy rims, Interceptor, PV muffler, K&N air filter, Alpine Supercharger, Bilstein shocks, and some trimming.

    2000 Ironman Project LS-1 VX... very slow progress but someday....... ohhhhh someday......

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    Thanks!

    I did have a full take of gas, and didn't have any problems. I've parked like that before but never thought about possible damage. Some guys at work were saying I could break my rear axle because all the weight was on it and it wasn't meant to sit like that...

    Ok, if you say so... was my only reply, it just wasn't worth getting into it with them.

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    Like it gets heavier as it's sitting there? Kinda stupid. If the VX was gonna break it would already have done so - sitting for some length of time doesn't change the state or forces of gravity bearing down on the truck. Now if the moon left its orbit and created some type of gravitational change, it could potentially cause an issue - of if when pulling it up there the truck was on the verge of breaking, the wind could push it over the edge - but that doesn't seem very likely to me.

    Make sure you tell those guys from me that they're idiots.

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    Just make sure your using your parking brake and you should be fine

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    be careful if the temperature changes. Half that snowpack could disintegrate, causing the whole thing to roll over. GREAT shot though, really shows the departure angle
    2000 Black VX 105k

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    Thats a great pick ISCE. Is it just the picture, or is your bumper nearly rubbing the pavement! If so, damn thats very verticlE!!!
    -The Rave-
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    I wish I would have gotten a side shot, the rear is a couple of inches from the ground The hill was literally the perfect angle.

    It was kinda funny, I got up there before I realized I couldn't open the back to get my laptop, so I had go back down to get my bag out first.

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    I showed this to the owner of my company and we both laughed our butts off. How hilarious is that? :-):-):-)

    I loved the line "it was bound to happen"

    Thanks for making my day.
    From Unimog to VX - a serious change in velocity - a small sacrifice in voracity.

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