My dad laughed at the new addition (my VX). He said that it was the stupidest looking thing and probably the most useless thing on the road.......then last week, he walked to my house to get me to pull his Chevy 1500 4x4 truck out of the mud. No words were exchanged afterwards.....he looked at the ground and I smiled as I drove away. Of course, my lovely VX lady didn't even flinch when she pulled his piece of junk out of the mud.