I got my VX about a month ago from this dood who was very anal about keeping the car as pristine as possible. I took it out to empty some big mud puddles and rally around on the fire roads behind my house. It was nice to see the torque on demand light flashing up and down.I had just had a subwoofer installed, but I told the installers not to batton it down so I could remove it for cargo space. That sub must have bounced about 2 feet in the air and was upside down when I finally checked it. The next day when I looked to see how muddy I got it, I noticed a scratch in the door panel and I almost crapped my pants. I was able to buff it out with some polishing compound,to my great relief. So I kinda think if your gonna go crazy offroad with it, have fun,and be prepared to see it slowly deteriorate.