Does this still happen to everyone???

[VehiGAZ]

Another one tonight - the funny thing is that it was almost the exact scenario I described in the letter to Car & Driver...

Pull into the grocery store, park, and get out. An old guy walking past is all smiles and checkign the VX and asks if it's a four or a six (an odd question considering the sound of my Flowmaster exhaust). I tell him it's a supercharged six, and he likes that plenty. "Nice! Really neat truck!" he replies. And as we're walking to the entrance, I realize he thinks it's new. "Want to know something else you'll find interesting?" He turns and says, "Yeah, what's that?"

"It's a 1999."





"You've got to be kidding me!" he finally says after forcing the improbable information through his head. "Wow, you've taken great care of that thing!"

Everyone was smiling, especially my wife, who had just read the C&D letter before we left for the supermarket.

[snowtrooper1966]

I caught two guys trying not to look this morning as they were getting into the FJ they were driving.
Best,
James

[etlsport]

I caught two guys trying not to look this morning as they were getting into the FJ they were driving.
Best,
James

thats my favorite! i was behind a tahoe and the guys in it were turned almost all the way around trying to snap pictures.. so being the arrogant #%$^ that i am.. i went around and hung my rear bumper right infront of their front bumper .. as i drove past they were in the seats looking straight forward.. as soon as i passed them the camera came back out!

[So-CalVX]

My proton has tinted door windows (illegal in Cali) and I roll around half open all the time. (And with no seatbelt) and I get cops looking at me and giving me thumbs up and stuff. I know they see the tint and me with out my belt, but I don't get pulled over in the bee.
does anyone else get the same thing?
(I'm knocking on wood as I type this BTW.) LOL

[snowtrooper1966]

I actually got pulled over the other day while driving the GF's car for speeding on the freeway. The Highway patrol strolled up, asked how fast I thought I was going. I replied within 5 mph of what his radar told him. He then asked if I needed a ticket or if a warning would suffice. I said warning, please. He looked down and pointed to an Iron maiden CD I had on the passanger seat and asked if I was listening to that while I was flying down the road, to which I replied affirmative!
So I am not sure if it was my honesty about the speed (85mph) or the maiden CD that got me the warining.
First time for everthing, I guess....
James

[alanbradley]

I've found people's conversation starter is:- "So, you don't see many of those around..."

As well as the neck-craning, swivelling in the passenger seat, etc. that goes on. I swear one bloke in a French supermarket car park's head was going to fall off if he'd turned it any further!

A

[johnnyapollo]

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

[VCross007]

i recently went down to mexico to this resort there. While i was right inside the lobby i saw people walking out to my car crowding around it, then the receptionist asked me what it was, if it was new or coming out. At least once a day or every other day someone either says it's a hot truck or asks me what it is and whatnot.

[Pepino]

My proton has tinted door windows (illegal in Cali) and I roll around half open all the time. (And with no seatbelt) and I get cops looking at me and giving me thumbs up and stuff. I know they see the tint and me with out my belt, but I don't get pulled over in the bee.
does anyone else get the same thing?
(I'm knocking on wood as I type this BTW.) LOL

ya my foxfire has tinted windows all the way around 15% illegal too here in wisconsin by far, the legal limit is 30% and got black healdights and taillights and cops never care they get to distracted trying to find out what car it is

[So-CalVX]

i got a new job at Abercrombie & Fitch in the mall down the street here and i have pics of my Bee in my phone. so im at work after the mall closes and im browsin youtube on my phone and just as i tap out and go into my pictures some of my coworkers gather round and look over my shoulder... make this short, they all stop me on the pic of my VX off road in Balanger.
they're askin the typical questions and i'm answering as quick as i could. then we're walkin out and one of the guys say's that's very californian. ok? and one of the girls says it suits me or she pictures me in it, like i wouldn't look right in something else i guess. sounds good to me. i don't plan on anything else.

just thought id post this

along with this pick of the first time i saw a VX in person.... ;D

[mrlarrys]

Yesterday a guy told me it looked like a tonka truck on steroids. I just stared at him ,then he asked if I just got it. I told him that it is a 2008 Isuzu and he could get one at the Isuzu dealership. Thats my usual reply and most of the comments come after I wash my vehicross.

[snowtrooper1966]

Yesterday a guy told me it looked like a tonka truck on steroids. I just stared at him ,then he asked if I just got it. I told him that it is a 2008 Isuzu and he could get one at the Isuzu dealership. Thats my usual reply and most of the comments come after I wash my vehicross.

You are a bad person
First I can see someone searching for the ever dwindling dealership, then possibly finding one and asking for the VX...
Classic!
Keep up the good work!
Best,

[kodiak]

I need to take the “Handling by Lotus” emblem off my VX. Ever sins I put it on the groups of people gathering around my VX has stopped. I see people walk up and right when they see Lotus they walk away.

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

plus they also had to use premium - we bonded).

I've had the same mentality about using premium 'cause of the SC..but, recently on my trip to Moab some of the service stations I came across didn't have a very high octane on their version of premium (I seem to remember 89 as the highest at a Texaco I stopped at) and when forced to run it...my VX not only ran fine but seemed to get noticably better mpg. I started running regular afterwards except for the mountain ranges. I seemed to need gas before hitting the mountains and would fill up with premium then since boost would be pretty continuous. In short, I plan on running regular to mid-grade from now on unless I plan on using alot of boost!

*side note---I did see 2 service stations in the US with mid-grade gas that was cheaper than regular! One was a BP in Omaha, Nebraska.

I just finished a trip from my home in PA to Wheeling, WV (like 365 miles) and I still have 1/8 tank of "regular" gas left. I can't remember ever getting 365 miles out of a "whole" tank of gas when I ran premium!!!

When I was meeting up with Gill & Cece in Chicago I stopped at a BP station and the attendent came out drooling over my VX and said he never seen one before and assumed it was new....along pulled up Gill & Cece to top off their tanks and I looked at him and said "What do you mean...they're all over the place...there's two other ones right over there!" He looked dumbfounded..lol.

[mrtew]

I didn't even know we were supposed to use premium. I've been running on normal for years. Like 8 years. I should spend an extra $2 and see if I notice a difference. With gas as high priced as it is, the additional relative charge for the high octane is almost nothing.