Does this still happen to everyone???

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

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.

you're supposed to run premium if you have the supercharger...sorry if I didn't post that better.

[mdwyer]

..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.

There's something about altitude that lowers the minimum octane rating you need. Around Colorado (which goes from 3,313ft to 14,440ft), all the pumps are 82, 85 and 91 octane. I understand the rest of the US usually sees 93 octane at the high point.

All my cars request 85, and I give it to them, even though it sounds like 82 would be sufficient up here. 'Course the ability to use cheaper gas comes at a cost. NA engines lose a lot of horsepower.

[So-CalVX]

<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.>

That's great. I woulda loved to have seen that. Just too much.
:bwgr:

[mrtew]

I was being questioned at the border today and the guard wanted to look in the back to see if I was smuggling and he asked me what kind of truck I was driving and I told him an Isuzu VehiCROSS and then he asked the only question that he really needed an answer to but couldn't quite put into words. He said, "Is it a normal vehicle?". I have no idea what he really meant by the question but I enthusiastically denied that it was and he let me go! It's always something when you drive a VX.

[Gussie2000]

I was being questioned at the border today and the guard wanted to look in the back to see if I was smuggling and he asked me what kind of truck I was driving and I told him an Isuzu VehiCROSS and then he asked the only question that he really needed an answer to but couldn't quite put into words. He said, "Is it a normal vehicle?". I have no idea what he really meant by the question but I enthusiastically denied that it was and he let me go! It's always something when you drive a VX.

Last week my brother-in-law to be drove my VX to get some beers & undercovers pulled him asking question about the VX.

I laugh 'till i pissed my self because he told me that one of the cops came out asking the common question :

Sr,what's this ?

It's a isuzu,officer.

Where it comes from ?

Well,is from japan

Another officer came foward & say : I told you,got to be a japanese,looks to freacking cool

My brother-in-law told me: "Gustavo, i ain't driving that again,i knew it boost attention,it does & very fast,i went just 6 blocks away & looks what happens

[Ldub]

Last week my brother-in-law to be drove my VX to get some beers & undercovers pulled him asking question about the VX.

I laugh 'till i pissed my self because he told me that one of the cops came out asking the common question :

Sr,what's this ?

It's a isuzu,officer.

Where it comes from ?

Well,is from japan

Another officer came foward & say : I told you,got to be a japanese,looks to freacking cool

My brother-in-law told me: "Gustavo, i ain't driving that again,i knew it boost attention,it does & very fast,i went just 6 blocks away & looks what happens

Too funny...back in the day, that would have made a great TV ad, with the message at the end in big bold letters...

VehiCROSS...not your brother in laws SUV

[VCAMILO]

I got thums up 2 days ago on the highway.

[Gussie2000]

Too funny...back in the day, that would have made a great TV ad, with the message at the end in big bold letters...

VehiCROSS...not your brother in laws SUV

Jajajaja yeah you right !

I park the VX in the parkway facing the street & sometimes i see people who drive or walk by stearing at it from inside the house.

Once an driver from the city's MTA bus actually step by chatting with a passenger about it

Take care Ldub

[Ldub]

Sometimes when I go to lunch, I like to park where I can see Suzy from inside the resturaunt (who am I kidding...Mc Fatburger..) & watch the gawkers while I eat...it can be VERY entertaining.

It's gotten to a point where I can read their lips when they ask themselves the most common question...whattinnahell IS that thing???

[VehiGAZ]

Sometimes when I go to lunch, I like to park where I can see Suzy from inside the resturaunt (who am I kidding...Mc Fatburger..) & watch the gawkers while I eat...it can be VERY entertaining.

Happened to me yesterday - needed a quick lunch, so my buddy and I ran up to BK just up the street from work. People inside and outside were scoping out the VX!

I almost think people are getting more fascinated with it as the years go by...

[etlsport]

haha dub.. i do that too.. my girlfriend and some of my best friends know that when we go into a place where we can seat our selves.. we always take the view of the VX... i do it more to keep an eye on my baby so nobody hits it with a door or anything.. but it is funny to see the gawkers..

had a couple guys in a bmw 5 series gawk as they passed me on the highway yesterday (normally i dont let people pass me.. but it was pouring down rain.. and i was doing 70 as it was.. i figured i would let them go)

[Y33TREKker]

I almost think people are getting more fascinated with it as the years go by...

Same here. And it still seems to surprise people the most when I get to the part about it being a 2001.

[Bill Brown]

Same here. And it still seems to surprise people the most when I get to the part about it being a 2001.

Now and then I get asked if my '99 is a newly released model.

[mrtew]

I went to what used to be the Isuzu dealer here in Canada today for a new EGR valve and they couldn't believe their eyes. They always heard of it but everyone that worked in the whole dealership and service dept came to the garage to marvel at the VX's curves. They were treating it like such a celebrity that I almost thought the repair was going to be free.

[CrnCnn]

Not much of the typical comment but today a guy at work who is a huge Wrangler fanatic said that the Vehicross is like the Wrangler of Isuzus.