A couple of weeks ago I took Swordy to go pick up our VX at the local Isuzu dealer (cd player again, light gaskets, and a window regulator). I was driving our 91' Amigo with the top off. To get home I got on the freeway which in So Cal was as usual STOPPED. I stopped with the rest of the crowd, but the Honda behind me didn't. The guy hit me going 50+, never even slowing down. I was pushed into the mini van in front of me and she was pushed into a F-350 truck that didn't move much. All of the vehicles were able to limp to the side of the road except me. I grabbed my cb, and called Swordy. (He'd missed a light behind me and was stopped because of the crash in front of him he couldn't see.) A night in shinning armor came to protect me in the form of a big rig truck. I was stuck in the 2nd lane to the right of a 4 lane freeway and unable to move. The truck came up behind me and blocked all vehicles from hitting me again. It also blocked the next lane over so Swordy was able to come around, put a tow rope on my truck and pull me to safty. The VX saved the day again. My Amigo was the unlucky one. The insurance totaled it out. Swordy had done MAJOR Swordyizing with our Amigo. The Honda that hit me scratched up the steel Swordy bumper he had put on only a week earlier. Overall damage was 3 totaled vehicles. Amazingly no one was seriously hurt. I can tell you Isuzu installs some very good seatbelts. I was black and blue for a week.
We are now looking for Isuzu #3. Another VX would be awesome, but the budget just wont handle it. We were able to take off the back bumper, soft top, cb, custom skid plates, and more in hopes we can find another Amigo. This Amigo was a ebay find from Ohio. Next one needs to be from a south western state that doesn't salt their roads (valuable lesson). I've tried ebay, cars.com, recycler.com, and autotrader.com. Anyone know of any other means? We would love to have another vehicle by Moab, and have boxes ready to attack it once it's ours. Any online help that you know of?

Driving an old 73' Z28 Camaro, and feeling like I have to crawl over bumps is getting old. (Two of us can't drive the VX at a time.)

Deby