See if there are any current VX owners in the area who would be willing to check it out for/with you. They would know what to look for, and there would be another VX there for comparison.
I live in Colorado, but bought mine in Chicago. Had some of the local members check it out for me and give it the green light.
"The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong, it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair."
