It probably has less to do with how good the transmission is and more to do with when they need to be serviced.Being the second owner of this Vehicross, I do not know exactly how the P.O. drove it, but I do know how he maintained it. Apparently, when the P.O. thinks maintenance, he thinks oil change. That's it. Nothing else was changed in the Vehicross for the 11 years that he had it. Thankfully, he wasn't the type that I would think to beat up on the VX, nor did he ever take it off the asphalt(which is unfortunate).

A few thousand miles before he decided he wanted to sell(~80,000) he decided to have the transmission flushed. After reading up on these forums, I'm sure that this is what caused the start of his trans to go out as when I received the car, it would pop out of 2nd around 25 mph.

I would seriously consider getting a donor Trooper for a manual swap. Unless I don't have the means for the manual swap, I will not be having this trans rebuilt.