want to buy a vx but...???

[VX KAT]

but i am thinking about it.i would settle for a silver one but being from pittsburgh area a black and yellow one would be cool

Oh boy, you need to talk to "circmand" Dave who's from Pittsburgh too (as I am also -had relatives in New Stanton, Kittanning, Ford City)...he bought his Proton for just that reason, AND when he was fixing up his Jensen Healy...guess what color he had it painted? Yup! Proton yellow so he has two Pittsburgh Steelers color matched cars!
Dave- jump in here!!

p.s.....what about driving over toward Philly area as there's 3 or 4 there that you could see (etlsport, deermagnet, spike ...couple others too, Jolly Roger is up toward Erie, USMCvxOFFROAD in in central PA, hyperkid is near Hagerstown and he has a Proton). ANd forgot to mention there's "PittVXr" in PGH, and another guy, something like "lfranz" but I'd have to check his user ID name, that's not quite right, and they're both in PGH.

p.s.s.- just saw this Proton listed for sale on the forum..it's in NJ...we almost all had to go pretty long distances to get our VXs, so this should be considered" normal" actually...
http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...threadid=18913

[vt_maverick]

...i would settle for a silver one but being from pittsburgh area a black and yellow one would be cool

Don't settle! You're going to have to scour eBay, AutoTrader, CL, etc. for any color, so you may as well hold out for what you really want! You don't want to go to a VX meet and see someone else driving your color do you?

[sloop]

sloop thanx for the offer.
i have never driven one.i called the guy in cleveland last night and some guy in texas bought it all ready.so back to looking.i really want a proton but the closest one i can find is south of bloomington il.but i am thinking about it.i would settle for a silver one but being from pittsburgh area a black and yellow one would be cool

Yeah Being a Penguins and Steelers fan Black and Gold is the way to go! thats why I bought mine anytime you want come take it for a ride you are welcome too.
P.S I have have nfl network so if it's a sunday don't worry you will not miss a Steelers game for Sure and I drink Miller Light (LOL)

[vxfocus]

its not that i hate the silver just like the proton a little better,but i know what you mean

[vt_maverick]

So weird to me that Isuzu changed to a different compressor for the last model year of the VX. I just don't understand how that makes sense from a manufacturing/cost efficiency perspective. Marlin you're sure that Isuzu didn't use the same compressor in any of their other vehicles at the time? That's about the only reason I could see for changing it up; if Isuzu was going to get a volume discount for installing it across their product lines.

[Marlin]

As I have said, the 02 trooper will fit, but its not the same. I am not sure about the 03 and so on, I know mine came out of a 02. You can't get the 02 trooper compressor anywhere either, try it on autozone or whatnot...unavailable.
I am not the end all for this, I just know I did a lot of footwork talking to salvage yards and online dealers to find one, after ordering two different ones from autozone and pepboys. The parts database is WRONG for the 01. If you look at some of the EBay compressors, they will list "99 and 00 VX compressor", ever wonder why they don't say 01 as well?

[vt_maverick]

They must have gotten chewed out by too many Marlins...

[Marlin]

They must have gotten chewed out by too many Marlins...

Actually, I thought those auctions were just overlooked, since I sometimes see stuf for 97-01 Vehicross and whatnot, so I ordered one. The guy asked me to call him when I listed mine as an 01. He proceeded to explain to me the problem, and refunded my money. Nice guy. I didn't 100% believe him, so I went to autozone and ordered one. Got mine all torn apart and removed, and wouldn't you know it, the new one didn't fit. That was when the adventure began...