Hey, Joel!
You sound like the rest of us! Once bitten by the VX,you just gotta have one. It handles like a sports car with very capable 4X performance. The major issues are oil consuption (hence the blown engines), automatic window sticking/binding (fixes found here in forum) and stock CD changer eating disks. Just check your oil every other fill up, buy one with no window problems if you can. I have not had any issues with my CD changer. For the really unique VX, try to find a Dragon Green Mica. There were only 248+- of those produced for the US market in the three year run....
James