Wow... threadkill.... lol
Wow... threadkill.... lol
Ha ha ha. I've had mine 3 weeks. The first day I got an oil change and the lady who takes info walked around the VX then came back to my window and said" what's this I've never seen one of these. Then 5 days later I guy walked up at the gas pumped and asked if he could take a picture. Then 2 days after that I was pulling out of Taco Bell and some young guy with one of those redneck pickups that are jacked so high you can see under them pulled with a smile, dropped jaw and slowed down to give me a thumbs up. It is fun owning this just for this.
I had a couple ask me if that was a "new" car that just came out for 2011. They must not be car people or really "behind with the times"...... Oh well, I will take the compliment either way.
Larry S.
99 Astral Silver VX (176k)
91 Porsche 928 S4 (73k)
Same experience at a gas station yesterday, guy walks up and asks me if it's new or a year or two old, I proceed to tell him it's a 2000. He nods, then pauses, drops his jaw, and looks back at me and says "You're kidding right?"
I'll divide the props between the designers (Isuzu) and the detailer (me).![]()
I hit the jackpot today...got stopped twice in five minutes.
As I was leaving Sears I overheard a guy trying to identify this "...uh...Isuzu...uh..." thing to his wife. "V-e-h-i-C-R-O-S-S", I spelled out. They liked it, and were looking for something like that for the coming winter weather. However, when the young lady (who appeared to be about six month pregnant - hope she was and I'm not being rude) asked "Is it roomy?", I had to explain that it wasn't very "family friendly." Oh, well, it just isnt!
Then I drove across the street to the Giant supermarket, and as I was stepping out, an older gentleman (yeah, probably my age!!) stops in his tracks, and yells, "Wow, cool truck!!". In both cases their jaws dropped when I said I had owned it nine years!
I don't think the styling was fully appreciated in the 97-01 era, but now it has come of age! "Where can I get one?" - indeed!!
Gregg
2001 Proton Yellow #1379
looks comments and questions died down for a while, like a couple years ... but started up with a vengeance this past year ... it has been a few times a week
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Van Eyes - slightly trimmed, Sylvania SilverStar ULTRA head lamps, Red (port) & green (starboard) 5 LED 'headlight horn' lights, PIAA silicone windshield wipers, K&N Filtercharger (in stock air box), MacNeil WeatherFlectors, Assorted cargo nets from previous vehicles, Optima red-top battery, Transmission Interceptor, 20 LED 'light tower' turn signals & brake lights, 18W PIAA W2 running lights, Trooper skid plates, Black Luverne step bars w/Tone's custom brackets
Got MAD looks yesterday. Took the VX to emissions. After a 15 minute wait in line, I finally pull into a bay and my tech gets right to work. The techs from, what I could tell, 3 other bays, decided to put their bays on hold and come over and walk circles around my VX. No conversation or questions to be had cause I don't think any of them knew English, heh. I am sure the folks getting tested in those other bays loved me.![]()
Gary Noonan
'01 S/C VX / '18 Forester XT
I can relate.
The last time I got it inspected, there were 6 techs "involved". Everyone else had to wait.
[SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]
Put a smiley after you say that Bub.
This happened to me too last time I went in but in my case it was slow and there were no other cars waiting so all the techs from all the other bays came over. One guy even asked the tech working on my car if it was in their computer system. LOL![]()
Happened today again in the grocery store parking lot. Several people were asking "what is that". I demonstrated an awesome show when i drove over the concrete parking stopper, down the rocky/grassy median, and then floored it down the main road ultra fast. I heard everyone shouting from the parking lot. W00t I love my VX
I got an uplifting greeting at the county dump today -- "Wow, what is this? A Ve--cri--cos.. Was this just released?"Yeah, it's new...10 years AGO!