When was your first...?

For those with Protons (or prior Proton obsessions) thought this auction might interest you...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Holsten-Offroa...1%7C240%3A1318

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Seller is German.

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Originally Posted by vt_maverick

Funny thing, I was there at the same time (graduated 2001). I don't remember much from that year that didn't involve football. :)

I didn't actually see a VX in person until 2004/5 when I saw one on a used car lot in Fredericksburg, VA - but I instantly recognized it from a TV commerical I had seen 5 years earlier (I'm sure the Isuzu marketing department would be proud). I stopped by, took it out for a test drive, and was hooked. Unfortunately I couldn't afford to buy one at the time, but this spring I finally had the opportunity to pick up my Foxfire VX. (The fact that I went to a college with maroon as a school color had everything to do with picking the Foxfire). ;)

An interesting side note: the VX on the car lot was also a Foxfire, which means that though only 210 were made, I actually saw it before I ever saw a silver one.

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Ah yes!! Back when Micheal Vic was a good football player and not a bad dog fighter : P That was when I actually started watching football. We always won!! : ) Congrats on your foxfire, they are a rare breed.

It was 2004 i just came into the US when i begin working at a shopping mall.

Around december i saw this guy pulling into the parking area with his silver VX,i felt so curious about it,but i felt shy about approching him to ask questions,one of my co-workers who have worked there for years told me that the guy always comes to shop so it wouldn't be the last time i'll see him.

After few weeks i felt confident enough & saw him coming so kindly ask him about it,he were so excited about the VX that he ask me to take a drive around the mall so i can be convinced about what he was tlaking about, :eek: Guys that was it,my thoughts were : cheez,can i ever own one,so patiently i begin to research more about isuzu & after three years i was ready for the hit,my bank approve me a loan & found my toy in riverhead,LI 67 miles away from home & here i'm with all you guys :)
My VX is originally from pocasset,MA,was always serviced at a nissan dealership located at that city :)

I don't know where I saw my first one, but I tailgated this one across the continental divide around this day two years ago. I snapped a hurried picture of it so I could look it up when I got home. I knew I had to have one.

http://www.vehicross.info/gallery/da...s/100_0610.JPG

My father ( rest in peace) came home one day in the summer of 99 and said "son ..let go down and see this new thing ISUZU made".We got to the local dealer and.he said" look at that thing ".."It looks like some kind of MAD GERBIL 4X4.:mad:.."well I fell in love with it ..and next to it was a decked out AMIGO.
i jumped into the seat of the VX and said "HELL YES".:p.then we looked at the price...OUCH..
well i have'nt seen one since i started to look for one..
I was in a bad car crash and the insurance settlement was coming .and I
figured I would get a 4X4 this time ..and started to look at CJs and came across
a VX on the internet..WOW "Honey I said that's what I want" I told the wife.:rolleyes:.hehe ..well Now I got one of my Dream cars..:p

I liked them ever since I saw photos of them at launch. Anyway, the first time I actually saw one in the flesh was when I'd driven 350 miles to see and try one I had no intention of buying at the time.

Well, I didn't buy that one, but I did know that I definitely wanted a VX. I saw a couple in the US too - a silver/dark grey one in Vegas and one with a newsprint-style livery in S/F.

Then I saw one advertised moderately locally to me and... 11 months and 18,000 miles later :smilewink

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