))) Just when you think you're a lifer (((

[Triathlete]

Take up a hobby! Nothing like a nice 120 mile bike ride or 25 mile trail run to clear your mind and get you yhinking straight!



Besides, come next May you'd be sitting at home with your "new" grocery getter doing this....

[Chopper]

Beej..........you need a Jeep.....or an old Bronco. Have fun, mod all you want, and appreciate the VX all the more, every time you drive them. About language... I want everyone to speak as they, speak. I abhor censorship in any form. I think we do just fine here. We all know where to put the asterix ****** right?

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

I'd just like to know your secret....how do you finally decide that your VX is done?????? Everytime I think mine is done, I get more ideas popping into my cranium. Case in point:

I got a good deal on purchasing one of those Jeep Liberty Lightbars on ebay last fall...brand new in box w/shipping for like $185. But, I'm blowing a mental fuse on whether to go forward with installing it or waiting until I get a sun-roof installed first......uggggggggggh.

I second the advice about getting another vehicle to mod...since I've gotten my truck (Ram) I've been busy purchasing Stainless headers and lining up appointments for custom exhaust work plus looking to add a locking diff for the rear and a roll & lock bed cover!

[dietz99vcross]

Not to go against the current, but...As with all of us with other projects in the garage (mine is the first new vehicle I ever purchased, a 1987 Buick Grand National) the problems will eventually be what to drive. I enjoy the VX because it is paid for and the mods are relatively minor in cost. But when the GN is finally done won't I be cheating on one or the other. Perhaps a project of the non-transportation type is in line. For me the deck, grill, pool fiasco that I work on in my spare time is all I need to "get away and stoke the fire that burns" and makes me feel OK with the crappy mileage, becuase after all it is still better to get crappy mileage in a cool ride than get cool mileage in a crappy ride.

[VXIRONwoMAN]

it is still better to get crappy mileage in a cool ride than get cool mileage in a crappy ride.

Well Said!!! A+ I totally agree! Even if it goes up to $10 a gallon I will pay it for my baby...I just might be walking a lot more than driving...

[biju]

i did it. in the last week i went car shopping. got it out of my system... those shiny new lasses out there aren't all that. i saw first hand how everything out there under 35k blows... (self admitted vx snob. ha.)

however, looking around still didn't fix the vx mod 'blahs'. honestly, since posting the original thread, i think i was just burned out. time will fix that...

in the meantime, i've decided to dust off the old cannondale mtnbike - strip her of all parts, and rebuild, Rebuild, REBUILD - to bring her back to life. i used to be huge into mtnbikes in the mid/late 90's. fixing up the Cdale will be a nice project - after all I could use something to help step up my health game...

-biju.

[nfpgasmask]

Glad to hear you're sticking to your VX, Biju. It wouldn't be the same next year without you "Woo-Hooing" out the window as we take on the trails at Moab.

I need to get on the moutain bike tip also. My Trek is sitting idle in the garage, as I sit idle in front of my PC. Not good. Not healthy. Not what I intended to do after moving to Reno. But 10 years of lethargic city dwelling has taken a toll on my weight and stamina for sure. I need to break out of this shell. I drank 4 Blue Moons last night. This did not help.

Bart

i did it. in the last week i went car shopping. got it out of my system... those shiny new lasses out there aren't all that. i saw first hand how everything out there under 35k blows... (self admitted vx snob. ha.)

however, looking around still didn't fix the vx mod 'blahs'. honestly, since posting the original thread, i think i was just burned out. time will fix that...

in the meantime, i've decided to dust off the old cannondale mtnbike - strip her of all parts, and rebuild, Rebuild, REBUILD - to bring her back to life. i used to be huge into mtnbikes in the mid/late 90's. fixing up the Cdale will be a nice project - after all I could use something to help step up my health game...

-biju.