Introduce yourself here!

Well, my dad got me my VX on valentines day 2006, I wanted something that no one else had and we searched and found this. I fell in love and we looked for a while until we found one we both liked. He went to ohio to get it and suprised me by telling me he didnt buy it, but had it shipped so when i came home one day it was in the garage and i was so excited. I love these little cars. they have nice torque to them when ya need it. I'm still in school so i drive it all over the place and people are always asking me what it is. I love the reaction i get when people see the red and black interior! i have decided to keep this car forever and just keep replacing as much as i can and keeping it in shape and updated for as long as i can. i love it!

Just purchased a 2001 VX....only driven one once...just had to have it....
I'm a VW nut both old and new so please forgive me for any questions I may ask....this is new territory for me....

That said, this VX has around 60000 miles on it and just went through a dealer 60000 mile maintenance (by the previous owner)

The only problem I have is of course the windows....hanging on roll up on the driver side, rolls up as long as you keep them in the track and with a little help....please point me to the correct forum....

and can anything be done to help with the gas mileage....add on, different plugs, etc.....


Thanks and glad the forum and site still exist.... :)

Well - it's been a while I've got mine - Astral Silver 1999, 55kmiles on dash, so it's time to register here.

Interestingly - when I decided I need VX & started looking for ways to get it to my side of the globe, suddenly one showed up for sale locally. It was there for 12KEUR. I called the guy up, asked for the condition of the car & upon claim of good condition, I said: I give you 9 grand right away, & the deal is done. So - I saw the car live, it was Ok, so it's mine now. :p

(Delivery from US would have taken ~1KUSD, + taxes another ~1KUSD, & I doubt if I could've found so much better bargain for car itself down there, so I consider having myself a decent deal.)

Name's Eric, details are in profile.

NOTE: boys get older, their toys become ... just more expensive... :cool:

Well, my story is remarkably similar to jemorga's. While driving from Leadville to Denver on Thanksgiving weekend, I was following an Ironman edition with "BAN IRS" plates. Stuck in I-70 holiday traffic eats away at my sanity already. Having "ISUZU" burned into my eyes for two hours didn't help. Something about how it looked just clicked with me.

A few months later the blizzard hit. Although the Subaru was a champ, I figured I could stand to have something with a little more clearance. I've got some land up in the mountains, but I can't get there. It is a little tough to go four wheeling in a sports car.

Finally, although I love my Subaru, it was getting a little annoying that everyone ELSE I know now has one, too!

So, I bought one. So far, it has been my albatross. Everything that commonly goes wrong with them has so far gone wrong with mine. I've replaced the CD changer, I'm looking for a new ABS unit, and I'm afraid to visit drive-up windows for fear that my window will STAY down this time.

And yet, I'm totally loving it so far. I can't wait to go playing in the mountains with it, and like someone else said, I enjoy the looks it gets. I don't think anyone knows what I make of it, though. I've gotten everything from "Aww. It's cute!" to "It looks like a shoe."

Hello everyone! I've loved these machines since the beginning and its time to get one. I am looking for a yellow...and it has to be like brand new....

Hello everyone. On our second Vehi-Cross here. First one was a foxfire red Japanese spec with fabric seats. Current one is limited edition, number 171 of 175 if I'm not mistaken.

Hello everyone!

Okay, so it's 1998 and I'm looking for a new car and I come across this weird looking vehicle. I fall in love with it, but end the relationship when the sticker price turns out to be 32K. Instead I get a 98 Mustang and use that for 2 years. Well wouldn't you know it... my good old Isuzu dealership STILL has the VX I had eyed a couple of years ago. One thing led to another and what you know, I got my VX.

4 years ago though (2003), I had part with my VX because of a new financial burden. A HOUSE! In addition to that, I now have my 3 girls and my beautiful wife to tend to. To top things off, I had to move because of a new job. Thank God my brother won that stupid scratch off. If it weren't for him, I don't know what I would've done. He ends up buying my VX and that was that. Well, now it's 2007, and guess what? I get my VX back! It's got it's 86,000 miles and the way my brother drives? I know it's been through hell because I had to replace all the power steering lines, the steering gear, and have yet to replace an ABS module and clock spring.

Slowly but surely, l'll get it to where it needs to be. I'm just glad it's back with me!

Take care y'all.

I am a small business owner on the coast of Oregon. I have a 1999 vx that is my weekend warrior and 2/3 of a vx that was my tow vehicle. I say 2/3 because it was in an accident in Arizona about a year ago and the insurance co. declaresd it a total loss. They monkeyed around for almost six months before deciding that repairs would exceed value of vehicle. The vehicle was hit in the rt side, spun around and pushed into a flat bed truck. I retained salvage if for no other reason to remind me of what once was. This vehicle was my baby. I have the notion of repairing it but haven't been able to locate parts. My weekend warrior was purchased about 3 years ago with 30k miles and now has almost 67k. It is dead stock except for a missing wheel cntr cap. I plan on keeping it the same. Well I guess I have ran on long enough.

I fell in love with the VX at a concept car show in Phoenix.. Once I saw them for sale, I figured it would be best to buy used after a year or two (poverty-stricken teacher, what can I say?!) I flew to Oregon to buy from a dealer and drove it back to Phoenix. Didn't see another one on the road for 1300 miles. Love being unique! Unfortunately, must sell ASAP as I prepare to start a business. High miles, but well kept. $8500. Check out cars.com and autotrader.com, VX in AZ!

First things first, Great Site!! I've learned so much about my VX in the past few weeks, and I've only had it for four days now. I've been reading up on the dreaded window problem and was planning on tackling them this weekend. I was first set on purchasing a Wrangler, then a Black VX caught my eye. I never looked back!!

I live on the coast of Oregon and have owned my present vx for 3 years. I also have another that I bought new in 1999. I drive a silver vx during the week :cool: and have the other setup for towing behind my m/h. I am thinking about doing some modification to my driver to get a little more power. My tow vehicle is at present in poor condition due to an accident. :mad:

Just purchased a Jap import 3.2 V6. Great vehicle, had to have one once i'd seen a picture. Never seen another one on the road in this country yet.
Been onto the site many times for info, no sites exist in the UK, found this site very helpful. Is there any other members from the UK? As I,ve already mentioned, I drive a mere 3.2 V6, but from what I can gather has the same performance figures, which are pretty impresive! Vehicles Silver/Blue, I'll post some pics shortly. What it is missing is a Reversing camera, I think you call it a Back-up Camera. This was standard spec on 99 models, unfortunately mines a 98. Anybody know where I might get one?

I recently purchased our yellow/black 00 VehiCross for my wife (of course I drive it more than she does). We've been wanting one ever since they came out. Ours has a 3 inch lift and is running 33x12.50's. It's a beautiful ride. I'm in the process of adding the step bars but have to do some serious mods to the mounting plates because the tires hit them in full turn (the only time that the phenominal turn radius hurts). I've also gotten Tune's hitch that I need to install so that we can tow our SeaDoos. I may have a permanent fix for the *&^%&*%^ windows - I'll post that in the tips section.

Glad to be part of the family.

Driving down the road in a brandy new Toyota Crew Tacoma...spotted the VX on the side of the road at a Dealer...jumped on the phone, while performing a smokin' 4 wheel lock-up...told them to get that thing off the road, I am buying it! "Do you know how much we're asking?" the voice said..."I don't care, put it away!"
At this point I didn't even know what it was. So here we are. I am getting alot of important and helpful information from you all and I appreciate this immensely! Since last October I have seen 2 other VX's here in Kingwood...both white. This is a small community of about 55k so this must be a record.
Thanks again,
Twilight Imaging.net

TI...you have some nice photo's on your site. You should make the trip to Moab for ZuZoo and chronicle some cool 4 wheeling! :thumbup:

I was honestly thinking of that...if the date works I'll be there. I may have a shoot in Vancouver?
Thanks for the props on the site, I appreciate it.
This site is a great thing, I have really benefited from the information found here.
Thanks again,
Mike

Hi my name is Amanda and I am lookiing to buy a VehiCross. I was wondering if anyone had any help or tips on what I should look for and whats important info. Also if there are any general problems for the VX that I should be aware of. Thanks for the help!

:) Im 25 yrs old and I Live in Colorado Springs CO. I have been hooked on vx's ever since I saw my first one abou 5 years ago . But today I test drove a 99 silver vx with 55000 on the odo. I really want to buy it but Im not sure on reliability and any usual problems that they have. If anyone has any info please I would greatly appreciate the advice before I make a purchasing decision. P.s. the v.x. Im looking @ has a 4in. lift on it does this pose a potiental problem and does anyone reccomend a carfax. Thnks again, DOC :grinr:

Welcome newbies and wanna-bies! The VX is a fine daily driver with a couple of odd design quirks.

A suggestion - this thread is for saying "Hello!" to the community, so post questions by starting a new thread and you will get all the answers you need.

Send positive vibes my way, I might need them to help me get my new ride. I put a deposit on a '99 VX yesterday. Now, between loving relatives I am coming up with the cash. Yes, the guy wants cash only, 7700 plus tax, title and license. And I am starting with zero of my own, but have the ability to pay back my mom and soon to be mom in law just fine, with payments beginning next month. The only worry is getting that cash together within two weeks between the both of them. So if all goes well, I will be a real member of the VX drivers club soon.

If it works out, mine is a 99 black, in excellent condition. I found this vehicle after looking around for a rebuilt Eddie Bauer Bronco II. I had a bronco years ago and it was my favorite ride ever, as far as vehicles go;) So I was looking in an auto trader book and noticed a vehicle I had never heard of. Curiosity drove me to look it up online. This was the first vehicle my fiance and I agreed that we liked the look of. So we found one in Dallas about 70 miles from us.

After a test drive I was pretty much hooked in spite of my worries and doubts about blind spots. Thankfully I found this forum and read all about how to overcome blind spot problems. The feel of driving it was exactly like driving my Bronco II that I missed so dearly. So I can't wait to practice and become a proficient VX driver despite visibility issues. Wish me luck on getting the truck.

Jade


PS:
Pics of it can be seen Here
But I didn't buy it through that auction. And when those are no longer available here are some of the same on my Photobucket page Pics

Well, not really. We sold it 5 yrs ago when we moved to Ft. Myers Florida. Now we want it back! Instead of buyers remorse we have sellers remorse! :( We thought we should grow up & be practical and buy a "family" car. What a mistake. Well, live and learn. maybe someday we will buy another.
If you purchased an Ebony '99 VX in Ft. Myers FL a few years back.. We would like to hear if it was ours and how you love it. TY :)

Aloha from the islands!

My name is Dino and I live on the island of Maui.
I'm a metal designer/fabricator/welder and a long time mechanic and jack of trades. I've worked in garages on everything from tow trucks to vintage Porsches. I even did a year on a Formula Mazda circut. I was the setup guy, dialing in suspension geometries and spring/shock rates. I was also the tuner and dealt with the jetting of the Mikuni DCOE carbs. Yep. I know carbs real well. Love them in fact. I have a set of 4 Mikunis from a GSXR 1100cc drag bike mounted up on my Mazda Miata. I woke the little dragon with that mod! Anyway, I like to tinker and invent and I actually enjoy working on my cars.

I saw my first VX one week ago today and it made me turn my head and go... hmmm. It was in Kahului in a Safeway parking lot. It was an Ebony Black one.

The next morning, while running errands in my Scion xB, I saw it AGAIN!! It was at the gas station and it pulled up as I was filling up. WOW! :cool:

I said "dude how do you like your new VehiCross?"
He looked at me a bit odd and kinda nodded and sort of smiled. He liked it I guess...
Then I said "I guess it has plenty of power with a V-6 huh?
THEN he spoke! "Oh yea!"
I mumbled to myself at that moment..
"I want one of these" When I do that, I'm one of those types that won't rest until I get it if at all possible!

I could NOT get the thing out of my head for the rest of my day.

I called the dealer the next day (Monday) and to my surprise, learned that they were discontinued 5 years ago. I truly thought this was a new model release within the last year!!

What a design!

I got online and the door to the world of the VehiCROSS opened up! I started my search with the local papers nope. Hawaii statewide newspapers, nope.
Craigslist! :rolleyes:
I found one! It was on Oahu. A 2000 Ebony Black one with 70K miles for $5700 or reasonable offer.

After much research and communication I knew that this was my next vehicle.
We struck a deal.

I fly over there in 2 hours to hand the guy a check for $5K after a test drive that I'm pretty sure will go just fine. The full story of the purchase is in this thread.
I should have my VX here by next Friday!

Any other Hawaii residents on here?? :cool:

Hello everyone! I have been trolling on this site the last couple of weeks, I have been thinking about getting a VX for a very long time, and as of last week, I am the proud owner of an 01 Ebony! If I had not looked on this site first, I would have passed on this truck because it had some crazing on the headlights and the windows were a bit stogy, but after studying this forum I learned that these were very easy fixes (and I was able to talk the dealer down abit as well ^^). I just got done polishing the headlights, and have had all the fluid replaced with royal purple. I will be debadging it next week and generally obsessing over my new baby! I have never been so in love with an automobile! I just mainly want to say thanks to you all for sharing your ideas and thoughts on this forum, it has been an invaluable rescource for me, and I hope for years to come!

My name is Reynold (aka Hideki), I'm 16 but I don't have my license yet, but I am pretty much a fan of the VehiCROSS. I wish I can learn more about the VX and get along with the forums. ^_^

well when the VX first came out, I thought they were awesome but was in no financial state to get one. I showed my buddy Dumke and we both swore we would one day own one. He got his first last september and I went with him to Moab. I had a blast with everyone there and am currently searching for a VX of my own that I hope to have ready for next years event. :)

hi guys i got my 99 silver vx a few months ago and i must say this is the most fun Ive ever had driving a vehicle. i was wondering if, there are any other vxer's in florida ? I think i have the only one in st pete,
everyone asks me what it is. I even catch people speed up to see the grill just to see what it is. does anyone else have this problem :p oh well , must say this site is awesome and I hope to hang out with you guys sometime.

Hi! I'm new to this forum and thought I'd introduce myself. I'm Don from Spokane, WA and I own a 2000 VX white ironman. I'm told that this is a very rare cool car. I was wondering if anybody out there is from Spokane (I've seen 4 other VX's so I know there's got to be some other members in the spokane area), because I think it'd be cool to hook up and start a spokane-based VX club. Or we could just get together and drink beer and talk about cars.

Hi all,
When it was time to get a new car back in 2000 I was kinda looking around. Then one day I found a this picture in a magazine in the men's room, not of a girl but of "the car for me". :) I knew my search was over... Until I tried to get one, and discovered how rareness could boost a price. But as fate would have it my one of my father-in-laws neighbors was the regional distributor for isuzu for the area, and put me in touch with a deal that had one at a fair rate. I figured you could easily spend as much on other plain cars but the VX just spoke to me. (saying "buy me! buy me!").

So I've been happy, and of course had the "Hey there goes another one" a couple of times here in DFW, Austin and surpisingly Denton. I've had it out in Turlingua where it really fit in. We recently purchased a ranch in Arkansas and I hope to retire it there, because its rugged enough to put its abilities to use but not so hard as to really tax it in the retirement years.

Which brings me to now. I knew about the board for some time and got the Dylan towing kit and found a rear view camera kit I mounted on the spoiler. But luck ran out Wensday night, when on a trip to Arkansas "Starbug" hit a deer. :( Well more like threw a deer. I saw it in time to hit the brakes and the deer had just 'sprung' a few millisecs before impact, which was at about 20 mph. No airbag deploy thank goodness. Tossed / rolled the poor thing 20 feet down the road. After it shook its head, got up and ran off. But it did leave a lasting impression on the front profile, cracking the grill, and busting in the air conditioning radiator and idle fan, and bent the tip of the hood in. The lights still work though the pattern is a bit cross eyed. Friday it goes in for insurance apprasal, which might be a bit much considering the uniqueness of the vehicle.

So we're now looking for a full up brush/cattle/deer guard :p No worry, StarBug will fly again! (with better shields) And probably a new trip computer too.

So anyway, that's my VX story to date. Let's keep them in the wild as long as we can. Starbug has 114K and other than a few new sqeaks is doing fine. Guess the 120K checkup will come a little early...

(p.s. Is there anything else out there that's inspiring pepole like the VX? If so please let me know.)

My name is Frank and I live in St Louis County, MO.
I've been driving a black '01 vehicross since early '02.
While new car shopping in late '01, I noticed a '99 vehicross in the used car section. This was my first exposure to the vx. I gave it a quick once over noting the limited access to the rear seat, the limited view from the back seat, the red accents inside, and the protruding tire shape on the rear. I told a few friends about this odd car and i just couldn't get it out of my mind. I went back the next night to give it a closer inspection, but it was gone. I was crushed and hooked at the same time. I began a search and ended up buying a black '01 in early '02 and I've been driving it nearly every day since. I enjoy this car more than any other.

Oh dear, Sorry to hear about your deer problems, Deusbot . Do a forum search. I believe it happened to another member here too. I hope yours does not get totaled but from your description it sounds like a good chance its fixable. I hope that is true. As for other things as inspiring as the VX, I am sure it is a matter of personal preference. But my preference is the VX and I am just not seeing anything new come out that comes quite close enough to being the same.

Not much responses come out on this thread though so if you have questions after the appraisal about if there are replacement parts or anything else, post a new thread and you will get more responses. And welcome to the forums. Watch for me passing through Denton in my Ebony. I go through about once a month on my way to Lewisville. :)

I live in Placer Valley, Alma Colorado, where the infamous Wheeler Lake 4x4 trail is located. My husband and I are diehard 4 wheelers that already have a Jeep Wrangler set up for off road use. Our house sits at 10,762 feet above sea level in the heart of 4 wheelers heaven. And Moab only a 5 hour drive away. The first time I saw a Vehicross, I thought it was the coolest thing, driving it confirmed that. Starting looking for just the right VX, one that had been sold in Colorado and stayed in Colorado. In March of 07, FOUND IT! It had 67k, a developing trans problem, but the price was right. And, it was an IRON MAN! I again lucked out, found a 2001 "roll over" at a Utah salvage yard with only 4200 miles on it, bought the entire driveline, except engine, for $950 delivered. That took care of the trans problem and I now have spare axles. Which, by the way, was caused by a cracked flexplate damaging the front pump bushing. You could drive it, but it wouldn't coast and it had a slight vibration. So I have offically joined the ranks! And yes, I've been to Moab with it and I still can't wipe the smile off my face.

never posted on a forum.not very good with keyboard. my friend bought a new hybrid camry from my son.she sold me the trade.a rodeo in fine condition. when i researched the rodeo price i discovered the vx. wow got to have one .the heck with the rodeo.that night found one 500 miles away at an infinity dealer sounded good left that night.drove to charlotte n.c. drove it home 1999 silver one in great condition. what a rig wow

I was living up in Bellows Falls VT thinking about the need to buy a 4wd begore winter. This was JUne 2002. I drove past a dealer's lot and there was the strangest looking vehicle out front in bright yellow. My thoughts were what the hell is that. I had to pull in and see. The dealers tag said Proton yellow i thought that meant the car was a Proton. I had never seen or heard of the VX at the time. Well I test drove it and loved it buy the dealer had a 34,000 sticker on it and I was not paying that. Of course the dealer wanted shed of it so we played around till I got him down to 24,000. A few weeks later I am in Brattleboro and 4 VX come through an intersection where i had a red light. I always think they look like the moon buggies from Space 1999. Well I moved to Tarentum PA and met a guy who sold a VX but did not give them the bra and summer tires he had so he sold them to me cheap. He actually saw me on a bridge going the other way and uturned and followed me to work to offer them to me. Since then I have lived in CT and now TX so it has seen a good bit of the East side of the USA. I was actually surprised I needed new tires last month and was worried about the price but found them available on sale at tiresavings.com for $85 a tire and these were the Bridgestone original equipment tires not some cheap knockoffs. Of course it was $15 more per tire for S&H but still cheap.

Hi, group,

My brother has owned two 1991 Troopers and now owns a 1999 Trooper. He goes where Jeeps fear to tread, that truck is fantastic. I was checking AutoTrader for a used Trooper or maybe a Rodeo, and saw a model called "VehiCross" listed. I had never heard of such an animal so had to take a look.

That's all it took!

I don't have a VX yet, but I can see one in my future, I hope within 6 months!

Tom -- Vista, CA -- USA

Hello VX gang,

I (this morning) saw my first VX at a local used car lot, and I have to admit I was blown away by the styling, outside and in. I'm a huge Hummer nut, so SUV's are my passion. My daily driver right now is an Acura SLX (and as you all probably know, is a Trooper in a tuxedo). Anyhow, I'm a student right now, but I can definatley see myself in one of these boys for sure! I hope to learn a lot about 'em and meet some great new forum people!

Hummer Aficionado_VT

well im from eugen oregon
Hi Im Don
Im 47 years old
Married ..with 5 grownup kids
all moved away

I dont own a VX yet
but i was dealing with a settelment and started looking on the net for cars of interest and remembered a VX i saw at the local car lot years ago .could not remember the name but did remember it was a yellow isuzu...
did some surfing and found out it was a VX...yeah..

well when the settelment gets here im looking for a clean nice VX for many years of fun and showing off to my friends..

I love this group the ideas and knowledge is A#1..
Im happy to be part of it..

and hopefuly a driver in a VX soon..
I wonder how many VXs are still alive ??????
thx
Don (Sgt.ROCK) Moore :p

Hi,

My name is Jon-Marc; I own an Acura CL-S, but my wife has a 99 white vx Ironman. I stumbled on this site becuase my father-in-law saw a big group of VX's at a resurant in the Dallas area and they told him to check out the website. He in turn told me to look at it, so I found 4 new 18" wheels and tires and i just got them today! I look forward to the information I can get from this site.

Hi,

My name is Jon-Marc; I own an Acura CL-S, but my wife has a 99 white vx Ironman. I stumbled on this site becuase my father-in-law saw a big group of VX's at a resurant in the Dallas area and they told him to check out the website. He in turn told me to look at it, and I found 4 new 18" wheels and tires and i just got them today! I look forward to the information I can get from this site.

Hi Everyone,

I own an 99 iron man edition and love it.just thought I would say hello.I just stumbled upon youre website this afternoon.does anyone know where I could locate an Ironman hood decal.the original owner that it was purchased from removed it.why I don't know.will post some pics asap.

Thanks
duey377
Macomb Twp MI

Hey everyone,

Just found this site and it rocks!! I have been looking to spruce up my 99 VX since I got it a year ago and this place is fueling my mind with ideas. I'm in Austin now, and I have seen at least 3 other VXs around town. I am easy to spot as I work for Tiff's Treats (which if you are from Austin then you should know what I am talking about) and have a big sign on my car when working. Anyways, looking forward to being a part of this place!

Justin