Do a lot of people seem scared or put-off by the recent rash of blown VX's?
There seems to be a fair amount of long-time owners (relative term there) selling their beloved VX's. Is this a new phenomenon or is this the norm?
Super VXer
Do a lot of people seem scared or put-off by the recent rash of blown VX's?
There seems to be a fair amount of long-time owners (relative term there) selling their beloved VX's. Is this a new phenomenon or is this the norm?
Vixer Fixer
VXer
Nope, these things can run for ever, if taken care of properly and every precaution is taken........now same question but with Caddy Catera's..... i wouldn't accept one even if it was free lol
Super VXer
It's the bad news you hear everyday...imho...People are bombarded with bad stories all the time.The economy isn't that bad(depending on where you live, ect)When the election is over, everything will look better.Who ever wins will say everything is GREAT!
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Leave it BETTER than you found it!
Super VXer
Not necessarily true. I babied mine all of it's life with it barely ever seeing anything over 3500 rpm. It drank a lot of oil, but I always stayed on top of it and it never even got to the half way mark on the dip stick, and I changed the oil religiously every 5,000 miles, used synthetic oil and had the pcv changed every oil change, and the egr cleaned every other oil change. Mine didn't completely blow, but it did lose cylinder three. I think some of them are going to go no matter what you do.Originally Posted by VEHISIC
We have seen a lot of sales recently, but it seems like most of them are for either financial or family reasons. Maybe some just wanted something new. I totally plan on being a VXer for life, but this is the first car that I have owned for more than three years (going on eight now) because I always just wanted something else to play with.
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Super VXer
Hardeman's point(s), and the rising price of gasoline (that doesn't seem to want to stay down while the economy is down), are the real issue here. If there's one thing I hate more than politicians (especial with all the BS commercials during campaign season), is the fat cat oil company execs....
Between the cost of fuel and the taxes we pay in order to step up MPGs (and buy a newer vehicle, it's a one-two "punch" they deliver while sticking their hand in our pockets!
2001 Ebony VX and 1989 Custom 383 Corvette
Super VXer
Maybe the drought and corn harvest short fall will doom ethanol, at least for a while. Then everybodies mileage will increase.
Super VXer
I think the styles are catching up.... The VX might actually seem dated as more vehicles are coming out with high tech / futurama profiles....
Someone mistook my VX for a hyundai sonata.... I wanted to go ballistic
'Zoid
Super VXer
While alot of us love the car and will keep it forever (me), most people need reliable cars. And lets face it, the VX is a mechanical blunder and most people don't have thousands of dollars to fix Isuzu's shortcomings. Don't get me wrong, I love my VX, but I've never owned or heard about a car that had more obvious problems. I'm stubborn though, and I will have this baby in my driveway forever, while others see a more logical choice....cut and run. LOL!
Super VXer
Here's the thing with this forum, and most other forums - 'Ya just hear the BAD news! I rarely post on here simply because I HAVE no "bad news". I VERY carefully bought my VX from an original (high desert) owner 3.5 years ago with 58K miles. It's my daily driver, with just under 90K miles on it as I type. Including all the BRAND NEW cars that I've owned/driven this long, I've spent less $ in maintenance/repairs on this vehicle than ANYTHING else, to wit: $100 for a battery (the 10 year old original battery was STILL working fine when I bought it, it just made me "nervous" having a 10 year old battery!), $400 for tires, which I should get another year out of, $20 for a new serpentine belt (only 'cause the original had some light cracking), $150 to replace the rear pinion seal, one headlight bulb, oil/filter every 5K miles, change front/rear differential fluid; that's IT! It uses just under a quart of oil in-between oil changes - Boo-hoo! Driver's window had "troubles" when I bought it - 30 minutes of adjustment and it's been working fine since...
Now - if I became interested in a VX and did my "online research", leading me to THIS forum, I'd NEVER buy one in a thousand years! Did *I* get lucky? Maybe so, but I think it's more likely that there are a PILE of VX owners out there like me, that just DRIVE their vehicles without trouble. By analogy, my wife owned a Lexus SC430 for six years - ZERO trouble in 50K miles. I went on a Lexus SC430 forum one time to look for an "answer" to some question I had - could not BELIEVE the troubles that people were having with theirs! I thought I was on a YUGO forum!
Another thing that most people will deny, that I know to be true at 56 years old - people don't take care of themselves or their STUFF! My VX looks NEW, 'cause I take care of my stuff. Most people's idea of "maintenance" is to drive it like you stole it, then bitch when something breaks. Also - and most people on this forum won't wanna hear THIS either - the VX was NOT meant to be turned into a lifted, big-tired, rock crawler! This vehicle was built as "an assembly", with microcomputers at every wheel - just try dropping ten pounds out of one tire and see how "confused" your VX drives! Start changing the "arithmetic", and you're just asking for it - premature brake, axle, pinion, u-joint/CV joint failure will follow!
O.K. - caffeine-induced rant off. I know - "Hey Pops; better get home - your soup's getting cold!" Now pardon me while I go ride my bicycle 48 miles...
Super VXer
X2...my ONLY problems are the window thing...a little oil burn and a cv joint now and then...but I've been to Moab 8 years in a row...no complaints here
'Zoid
It completely blows my mind at how many people do NOT know how to maintain a vehicle. They leave them filthy inside and out. I was my vehicles at least weekly. There's some people out there that do not know how and have NEVER washed their cars, and after a year its so easy to tell. You see 15 year old vehicles maintained very well, looking newer then a 1 year old vehicle. If you keep the carpets in your car like you do your house, they will last even longer then the ones in your home.
Super VXer
I don't know about any "mechanical blunders".....more than a few of these cars have passed the 200k mark....we've one here approaching 300k. I backed mine off the carrier @ Daytona Isuzu, about 5:30pm (shift was over and I waited for the truck)in 2001............It has been dead-nutz reliable....never a hiccup, or a failure in any system or part (headlight rubbers aside) for 11 years
WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT?
a horse isn't this reliable
VXer
You guys have it easy, gas in the states is cheap compared to Canada lol, and you made valid points but, personally I think 5000 miles is too long between oil changes, we do 3000 miles or 5000 kms....I do 3000 kms because I love my vehicles
VXer
Well I am looking at getting a second in my driveway so I won't complain about people getting rid of theirs.
Gonzo
I want a t-shirt that says: "TRD all thats missing is U!" on the back and a VX on the front.
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