I don't know where you heard unreliable or a plethora of mechanical issues, but that's BS. Yes, the engines do burn oil, and there is a trend of them blowing up at random, but to be fair, there are many more vehicles that use the same engine which dont suffer from a negative reputation because of it. We just have a pretty active and vocal forum so the issues comes up and gets the limelight. There are a lot different posts about issues with things, but they are largely minor and are easily fixed. The fun of owning a Vehicross easily outweighs any and all of it's quirks. I am a VX lifer though so