Advice Needed - Afraid to Turn / Rollover

[Ldub]

I think a guy told me once..."opinions look like * "

or was it "asterisks look like opinions"...

no wait, it was "my cats opinion looks like an asterisk"... *

Yeah, I think that was it......

everybody has an asterisk...yeh, I think that was it...

(*)

[Scoobymlr]

This IS a sports car, regardless of how many of you lift, throw on huge tires, and grunt around on big rocks. This thing was made for rally racing, not rock crawling...that's why it has TOD. I've not seen one VX member on here that actually uses theirs for its truest purpose. I feel like they're all held back and prevented from stretching their legs....like caged lions.....

I agree. I love driving it like a SPORTS car and thats why I bought it. The best of ALL worlds.... For those who love to off road or those, like US that like to drive it like a true sports car..

[Vendetta]

VXO, you're completely right about the VX's capabilities. And this is coming from a guy who had NO problems cruising up the NYS Thruway at 2am doing a buck, a buck-10. Bumps, potholes, no problem.

But this is assuming that nothing's mechanically wrong with the suspension. What I'm experiencing, and I suspect some others also, is that something has deteriorated over the past few years, resulting in dramatically reduced ride stability.

So while your advise is good, it should only be applied to VX's that are in known-good condition. I'm an owner for more than 11 years now. My VX and I are quite familiar with one another, and I'm telling you - what I'm experiencing is NOT by design.

-V

[VXobsession]

V, u are right about making sure the VX is sound. I was just throwing in my 2 cents after he opened the door for me with his sports car comment

[Scoobymlr]

B@bydd.....
I cut my rear bump stops in half and the ride is so much better. It gave me more clearance and helped with the road bumps. I would say to try it.
Mychael

[VXobsession]

Wow...I didn't expect all the sensitivity from the hardcore VX zombie apocolypse survivalists...

...guys, seriously, am I REALLY getting flack because I'm the one person on here that acknowledges the rally-racing aspect of our VXs instead of talking nonstop about rock crawling at 2 mph? Yes, its versatility is kinda endless, which is why it made the zombie survival vehicle list....but at least give me some credit for getting out there and using my VX for SOMETHING it likes to do, verses driving it like a car with Miss Daisy in the backseat...

[JoFotoz]

Oh please...

Wow...I didn't expect all the sensitivity from the hardcore VX zombie apocolypse survivalists...

...guys, seriously, am I REALLY getting flack because I'm the one person on here that acknowledges the rally-racing aspect of our VXs instead of talking nonstop about rock crawling at 2 mph? Yes, its versatility is kinda endless, which is why it made the zombie survival vehicle list....but at least give me some credit for getting out there and using my VX for SOMETHING it likes to do, verses driving it like a car with Miss Daisy in the backseat...

...you really think you are "the one person"....

OMG

I wish..I dream...of having your hutzpa to make such statements.

It has NOTHING to do with "sensitivity"....OR.. Miss Daisy..(WTF?)...or zombies ( please! STFU...thats stupid...sorry Dub!)
.

May I suggest...you come drive a few thousand miles, In Sports Car style OF COURSE!.. then put YOUR VX to the test...Yea?

Out corner me...( OR many OTHERS..) ...on the way to one of the best burgers you'll ever eat.


Then...lets chat.

And JBTW...you will dribble the burger sauce.!!

So...dont sport anything white!


jo

[Ldub]

...or zombies ( please! STFU...thats stupid...sorry Dub!)

...

I think of it as more of an "art car"...not a lifestyle choice...

[Ldub]

Wow...I didn't expect all the sensitivity from the hardcore VX zombie apocolypse survivalists...

...guys, seriously, am I REALLY getting flack because I'm the one person on here that acknowledges the rally-racing aspect of our VXs instead of talking nonstop about rock crawling at 2 mph? Yes, its versatility is kinda endless, which is why it made the zombie survival vehicle list....but at least give me some credit for getting out there and using my VX for SOMETHING it likes to do, verses driving it like a car with Miss Daisy in the backseat...

Yes neo...you are "the one"...

When you drive it hard enough to egg out the mounting holes for the drag links, gimmie a shout...

http://www.vehicross.info/forums/sho...ghlight=waggly

[VXobsession]

Why do u guys have to be ********.....I didn't say anything negative about the VX or point my finger at either one of u. I was simply replying to one single line the guy said about wanting a "sports car feeling". I was only trying to explain to him that if u know how to drive one, it DOES corner like a sports car.

And yes, I DO think the VXs want and need to stretch their legs.....one of the absolute few reasons it rock crawls so well is just because its short. U could add all these mods to a lot of different vehicles and get the same results but I can't think of one other SUV that u can corner with like the VX.

.....I seriously liked it here.....its the only place I could talk VX with other people. So why the hateful/sarcastic backlash....?

[VX crazy]

I can think of lots of SUVs that can corner BETTER than the vx.........BMW X6, mercedes ml amg, Audi.....they just cost a lot more $$$

[vt_maverick]

As someone who agrees that the "rock-crawling = VX true mission in life" statements are pretty dubious, but also as someone preparing to do some of that myself (), I will offer up that VXobsession, one (1) person replied to your comment in a negative way, to which you made a huge deal about being the one person, yada yada yada.

I agree with you (at least about the more accurate description of the VX's designed purpose) but I'm just saying come off it a bit.

[VXobsession]

Are they AWD?

[VXobsession]

Come off it a bit? I wasn't the one being a prick.

[VX KAT]

Come off it a bit? I wasn't the one being a prick.

Um, nope, not cool to say that on this site.


Back on topic....this "community" of VXers, by and large, are very polite and respectful of each members tastes and mods. We can politely say we don't care for x, y or z mod, but not bash it and imply it's wrong to do it or imply it's stupid. It happens all the time, really it does.

Some don't like CoastieCosta's yellow headlights, some laugh at my sissy plastic skid plates ( JO...) , kat paw print decals, and all my purple stuff inside, some laugh at Dub's skull and zombie stuff and his virtual hardware store in the back, some don't like VXorado's chopped back door with spare, and many think Triathlete is crazy the way he drives on rocks and such, we ALL scoff and laugh at Tom4Bren's rear tire mount and wide tires...(aka OFH) , and the best example....look how much we criticized Marlin's "frankenbumper"........he was great about it, and we're all still buddies with no hard feelings.

It's always harder to communicate your intent with just written words, and no voice inflection or facial gestures, etc...so I think, and I think several others do too, that your typed words came off a bit sharp.

I see you're coming to Moab in May....so I guess you're maybe thinking you might at least try some "rock crawling"????
Let me share some insight...I DON'T ROCK CRAWL....MOST OF US DON'T ROCK CRAWL. ....(Well, except for maybe Billy, Dumke, BigMeat, and a few others ...and some just get ROCK STUCK not CRAWL... ....)

I go on easier trails, that have less chance of damage....because I can't get mine lifted, I can't repair things myself, I don't live close enough to LDub to fix whatever and I'm not rich enough to pay someone else to fix it....yet I totally enjoy every single minute of the trip. As Dub said a few days ago, basically some of us would get together in Moab even if all the trails were closed. It's really a great gang and we all have a bunch-o-fun. ....and believe it or not, part of that fun is discussing and debating stuff when there's differences of opinion....

So, bottom line, to each his own....let everybody enjoy their VX any way they choose to.

Look forward to meeting you in Moab this year. You'll have a great time, it's so spectacularly beautiful there.