When was your first...?

[kodiak]

Yeah, the protons do all the marketing.

I'm starting to notice a trend. Most 'first experiences' were with a Proton.

[nocturnalVX]

I'm starting to notice a trend. Most 'first experiences' were with a Proton.

Yeah, the protons do all the marketing.

My first sighting was at the 2001 auto show. I needed something more practical than my Fiero & motorcycles, so I went to there with a work buddy (and a $25,000 price limit) to shop for something new. I had a friend working at Volo's antique car display, and stopped by to say hello. We were talking about what I was looking for in a new vehicle (AWD, performance, looks, etc.) and she told me to check out the VehiCROSS. I had never even heard of it before, but when I saw that shiny Proton VX roped off from the teeming masses & up high on its pedestal... I had to check it out. Nothing else came close, and (with the sale of my Fiero balancing out the added cost) I figured I had to get one. The local dealers didn't have many (or any), but I test drove an Ironman and was hooked. I told the sales guy that if he could get me an Ebony with the black & grey interior like the Proton we'd have a deal! I got my own '01 VX in July, and have spent way more than $25,000 on it.

While I am not 100% sure, I think the first live VX I saw was Gill's Ebony in Chicago. I then looked online and saw "Daver's" black VX and from that point on, always loved em.
Bart

Bart,

Why did Daver's make you fall in love and not Gill's?

Waitta minit ... I don't wanna know.

I'm glad I had a role in getting someone else addicted! We have a great crew here.

[VXGirlie01]

we already have 4 cars and a motorcycle so i wasn't even LOOKING at getting another vehicle. BUT....when we drove by a dealership and saw our little black beauty sitting there, that was it! love at first sight! i had to have him! we bought him that night. to this day, i never saw a VX before or after our purchase. can't wait to meet some more!

kind of ashamed of myself....we each have our own porsche, and our own SUV. I guess we don't share very well with each other. :lookp: wait! we share the crotch rocket!

[tom4bren]

"wait! we share the crotch rocket!"

I have NO response to that!!!

[VXGirlie01]

^^oh!! hahahahaha!!! that DID sound a bit funny didn't it!

[crager34]

I remember the commercials that came out showing the VX riding along with a Jet car and the wallet on top. That was my first intro, then over the years I would see them around Denver. Finally the timing was good and so was the money, so I kept an eye out, all the while seeing a Proton parked along Alameda near Broadway behind a house.

I liked the Kaiser the best, so I found one in Kansas City, bought it over the phone and USPS, then flew out and picked it up. Eventually that one was wrecked and while in Ohio, I found another Rhode Island from a guy on this site that bought a new Mustang when they came out (boring).