major dilema

[Riff Raff]

Just learn to pick good lines! Although if you push it hard enough the inebitable will happen sooner or later...as a few of us know 1st hand!

I totally agree 100% with all of the comments. You can still take your VX off-road and enjoy it!!! As TRIATHLETE said, the key is to just pick the right lines and also have a good spotter with you for the tricky areas.

ALWAYS be in 4WL while off-road and just go slow and methodical. If you get to a certain point on the trail where it starts to get challenging (possibly stuck) or you feel very uncomfortable of possibly marring your VX with battle-scars, then simply turn around and pick another easier trail (no harm, no foul).

If you want to go fast and radical off-road, then put on a helmet and use a small 4-wheel "Quad" type ORV with a built-in roll bar for that type of spirited off-road driving.

Bottom line-- get out and use your VX for what it was designed for. Just be safe, use YOUR common sense (not someone else's common sense) and never put yourself or your VX in harms way. Lastly, be very weary of any of your motivated (intoxicated) friends that say "Come-on Dude; you can make it, it's easy!!!" That's the point went stuff starts to go South, and your VX gets damaged or someone gets hurt.

[Triathlete]

And you might not want to follow anyone that has liscense plates reading ZUICIDL

[Ldub]

Just be safe, use YOUR common sense (not someone else's common sense).

Now re-explain how I'm supposed to utilize a spotter again?......

I get so confused when you post conflicting "fact"...

[Riff Raff]

Now re-explain how I'm supposed to utilize a spotter again?......

Only for your confused benefit, I'll clarify myself L-Dub. Over the years, I've had various joker's (normally a co-worker or passerby) that said "Hey there, sure I can help guide you backing-up".......Come on back, come on back, keep coming, keep coming. All the while, I'm double-checking my mirrors and something just doesn't feel right. I stop and get out to take a peek for myself and this yahoo was deliberately trying to back me into a low slung concrete post or other obstacle in a twisted attempt to have me damage my own vehicle (my DD, not my VX). Consequently; your assigned spotter should be someone you know and trust, and not some prankster-gangster having evil thoughts.

[MSHardeman]

FlyingV,

I used to be, and to a great extent still am, just like you. I LOVE my VX and I don't want to hurt it. With that said, though, it is SO much fun to wheel these things. I went out to Moab four years ago, with the intention of just watching everyone, but once I got offroad I loved it. As others have said, as long as you take your time, pick a good line, or trust a good spotter you should be just fine. As many who have been behind me in Moab will attest to, I tend to drive like a grandma coming home from church on Sunday when I'm offroad, and anytime something doesn't feel right I stop for a second to gather myself before going on.

Unless you do something really drastic, most pinstripes and scuffs will buff right out.

I say give it a shot. Pick a nice easy trail to begin with so you and the VX can get used to each other and then ramp it up until you're right on the edge of your comfort zone.

Oh, and take pictures to share with everyone here.

[Triathlete]

FlyingV,

I used to be, and to a great extent still am, just like you. I LOVE my VX and I don't want to hurt it. With that said, though, it is SO much fun to wheel these things. I went out to Moab four years ago, with the intention of just watching everyone, but once I got offroad I loved it. As others have said, as long as you take your time, pick a good line, or trust a good spotter you should be just fine. As many who have been behind me in Moab will attest to, I tend to drive like a grandma coming home from church on Sunday when I'm offroad, and anytime something doesn't feel right I stop for a second to gather myself before going on.

And holding his quivering hand a few times helped also

[MSHardeman]

Billy ain't lyin'. I know someone has at least one picture of Todd Adams holding my hand as I drove down an obstacle a couple of years ago out in Moab. (maybe Cece?)