Excellent points. I even read that other thread previously, but didn't make the connection!

Looked at the pics again and don't see the thing about the paint. It is a little out of the way, so I am not sure how soon I could get up there to see it.

My biggest concern is the condition of the tranny, shocks, etc... If the engine needed to be replace b/c of smoking, does that mean that it was one of the known failures in the VX, or was it driven THAT hard? I wonder.

The latest ebay auction had a buy-it-now price of $15,9xx, but their website says offers welcome. I see that some on the board think that the price is too high, but the original asking price was $19k. As of now, what would you theoretically offer this guy?

Side note: I am really starting to fall in love with the Proton color!