I came out of the theater and noticed two big black dudes (dressed in hip-hop fashion, they were 300+ lbs each and over 6' tall) walking around the VX and looking at it - seems they had just parked next to me in a tricked out black FX45 (24" rims, blacked out windows, etc). In typical fashion, I hit the auto-start - they jumped back and started looking around and I could almost hear what they were saying, real excited - note the compustar has a 6000' range so I was still really far from them so they weren't sure what was going on. They kept looking in the windows and I got worried that maybe I shoudln't have hit the autostart (thought they were going to steal it for a second but that's just general paranoia as the VX has a cut-off switch if someone gets in it without the key), but as I walked up they met me a few feet way and started asking me a bunch of questions about the VX - they were actually really nice if a bit stoned. Telling them about what kind of gas mileage I got didn't phase them a bit, seems the FX got worse (which didn't surprise me either with the V8 in those, plus they also had to use premium - we bonded). Two things stood out - when I told them it was a 2001 I got a "sheeee***it" of incredulity - they thought it was a new model - I convinced them by showing them the cracked center console. The other thing was how similar the VX looked like their FX - when I told them the same lead designer was involved it all made sense to them - I told them my VX was their FX's "grandpappa" and they nodded their heads knowingly. When I said my farewell they watched me all the way to the exit - I got to wondering if they made their movie.

-- John