values of vx's going up?

[Breezy]

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[TheGanzman]

Funny part is, they're EASY to find in "average" or worse condition; try finding one that is UNMODIFIED, unrusted, unflogged - at ANY price! They just aren't out there. Almost EVER'one that buys one of these things "personalizes" it to suit HIM/HER; all well and good, but when the time DOES come (and that time WILL come!) to sell, what is EVERYONE actually looking for? An unmodified, unrusted, very good condition VX. I'm old enough to remember this same thing happening with Corvettes - back in the '60's, everyone put fender flares, triple taillights, big wheels, changed engines, tuck & roll/diamond tuck interiors in them; then, in the '80's, everybody wanted one - a STOCK one! *I* lived through the street-racing era, and I can tell you - noBODY thought a "stock" Corvette would be 1000% MORE desirable than a "customized", COOL Corvette. The rest, as they say, is history...

Now the VX will never be a classic Corvette desire-wise, but they sure DO get modded, off-roaded, and wrecked; they also start rusting if you even LOOK at H2O! And since they're driven in the snow, they get crashed into by idiots on "snow days". Hell, in the 3+ years I've had mine, I've watched the availability of nice, unmodded VX's dwindle to almost NONE; back when I was looking, there were maybe 3-4 to choose from under 60K miles, that were unmodded. Now? Good luck! And everybody wants a "deal", too. Here on the Forum (as in MOST Forums) we tend to be "near-sighted" - we're in our own little World. I can tell you, living in SoCal, I turned down at least 1-2 $10K+ offers/month for my little Proton from NON-VX owner/enthusiasts; just from guys/gals that saw it somewhere, thought it was cool, and HAD to have it! And when it comes time to sell mine, I will NEVER list it here; sorry, but too much of a PITA! I'll just keep driving it around, all clean and all, and when someone HAS to have it, I'll tell him/her that "it's not for sale, but it CAN be bought"...Ca-ching!

[H3_VX]

Funny part is, they're EASY to find in "average" or worse condition; try finding one that is UNMODIFIED, unrusted, unflogged - at ANY price! They just aren't out there. Almost EVER'one that buys one of these things "personalizes" it to suit HIM/HER; all well and good, but when the time DOES come (and that time WILL come!) to sell, what is EVERYONE actually looking for? An unmodified, unrusted, very good condition VX. I'm old enough to remember this same thing happening with Corvettes - back in the '60's, everyone put fender flares, triple taillights, big wheels, changed engines, tuck & roll/diamond tuck interiors in them; then, in the '80's, everybody wanted one - a STOCK one! *I* lived through the street-racing era, and I can tell you - noBODY thought a "stock" Corvette would be 1000% MORE desirable than a "customized", COOL Corvette. The rest, as they say, is history...

Now the VX will never be a classic Corvette desire-wise, but they sure DO get modded, off-roaded, and wrecked; they also start rusting if you even LOOK at H2O! And since they're driven in the snow, they get crashed into by idiots on "snow days". Hell, in the 3+ years I've had mine, I've watched the availability of nice, unmodded VX's dwindle to almost NONE; back when I was looking, there were maybe 3-4 to choose from under 60K miles, that were unmodded. Now? Good luck! And everybody wants a "deal", too. Here on the Forum (as in MOST Forums) we tend to be "near-sighted" - we're in our own little World. I can tell you, living in SoCal, I turned down at least 1-2 $10K+ offers/month for my little Proton from NON-VX owner/enthusiasts; just from guys/gals that saw it somewhere, thought it was cool, and HAD to have it! And when it comes time to sell mine, I will NEVER list it here; sorry, but too much of a PITA! I'll just keep driving it around, all clean and all, and when someone HAS to have it, I'll tell him/her that "it's not for sale, but it CAN be bought"...Ca-ching!

LOL, nice post.

But my VX cannot be bought for ANY amount of money. I would not even sell it for $100,000.

[Y33TREKker]

Originally Posted by TheGanzman - Funny part is, they're EASY to find in "average" or worse condition; try finding one that is UNMODIFIED, unrusted, unflogged - at ANY price! They just aren't out there. Almost EVER'one that buys one of these things "personalizes" it to suit HIM/HER; all well and good, but when the time DOES come (and that time WILL come!) to sell, what is EVERYONE actually looking for? An unmodified, unrusted, very good condition VX....

...Now the VX will never be a classic Corvette desire-wise, but they sure DO get modded, off-roaded, and wrecked; they also start rusting if you even LOOK at H2O! And since they're driven in the snow, they get crashed into by idiots on "snow days". Hell, in the 3+ years I've had mine, I've watched the availability of nice, unmodded VX's dwindle to almost NONE; back when I was looking, there were maybe 3-4 to choose from under 60K miles, that were unmodded. Now? Good luck! And everybody wants a "deal", too. Here on the Forum (as in MOST Forums) we tend to be "near-sighted" - we're in our own little World. I can tell you, living in SoCal, I turned down at least 1-2 $10K+ offers/month for my little Proton from NON-VX owner/enthusiasts; just from guys/gals that saw it somewhere, thought it was cool, and HAD to have it! And when it comes time to sell mine, I will NEVER list it here; sorry, but too much of a PITA! I'll just keep driving it around, all clean and all, and when someone HAS to have it, I'll tell him/her that "it's not for sale, but it CAN be bought"...Ca-ching!

LOL, nice post.

But my VX cannot be bought for ANY amount of money. I would not even sell it for $100,000.

Agreed about TheGanzman's post, especially the bolded parts (no offense to anyone here...but...it is what it is).

I don't know if I could say the same thing about not selling mine for any amount of money though, because if someone came up to me tomorrow and offered $100k for my 36k-mile '01 Ebony (of which I still have all the stock parts that could be put back on before the sale), I don't know that I'd pass on the deal.

[VXR]

when it comes time to sell mine, I will NEVER list it here; sorry, but too much of a PITA!

X3

Black is always the best color for cars.

X2 and also faded cladding looks "least bad" on a black VX

[89Vette]

X3faded cladding looks "least bad" on a black VX

So dye it. It's cheap and easy. That Gator coating is probably good stuff too (though I've not used it myself). But, I have dyed my cladding a darker charcoal color.

FWIW, Your comment makes a case for my point too. It's the contrast of colors that makes the VX cladding/body color interesting. Now that mine is alot closer, I find the contrast to (have been) well-thought-out.

There is a mono-colored Proton (on this website) that looks very good, but (in general) the other mono-colored VXs don't excite me much.

Most importantly, because the VX is a bold statement (among the SUV community), I think the brighter-colored units help to promote that image.

OK...Most importantly, this has nothing to do with resale pricing and the point of this thread.

[VXR]

Your comment makes a case for my point too. It's the contrast of colors that makes the VX cladding/body color interesting.