dkmiller68, welcome to the club! I'm much the same - I admired one years earlier at a car show at the local convention center and adored it. Saw one just occasionally on the street afterward, but loved my Dodge Avenger ES and just never really pursued it. Didn't need a new car, loved what I had.

Then one day about a year ago (wow- actually I think I brought it home a year ago TODAY- maybe we'll celebrate over a case of Royal Purple!) one showed up on a platform at a lot I go by all the time, and I was practically drooling. My car was starting to have some issues but had plenty of good miles left in it, and I didn't really want anything else. I drove by the VX every day for about a week, and to my surprise it had not sold yet.

So... a little voice inside said to check the asking price just for the heck of it. Deep down I knew that it was the one vehicle I would gladly trade in the Avenger for without hesitation, but before long I wouldn't get much for the Avenger on a trade anymore. I was surprised that the VX was priced better than I had been expecting, even used as it was, considering I too had sticker shock the first time I saw one. Once I knew the price suddenly it seemed like this dream could be a reality and things got urgent - ya know - that thing's gonna sell to someone else and I'm friggin' lucky it has been a week and it hasn't already and I must make damned sure that won't happen and I must have it yesterday! :-) Plus it was so unique. I had seen one years before and had seen one precious few times since.

So I test-drove it that Saturday, and it was in great condition. Had it in the driveway a couple of hours later. :-) It was one of the few compulsive buys that I haven't come to regret. All I knew was I loved it. I still knew very little in particular about it. I got lucky - found this great gathering place for VXers and the VX is treating me well.

I definitely do still sit around just looking at it, and I still turn around to look as I walk away from it in parking lots. I watch myself go by when I go by a building with a mirror-like exterior. It has a strict bathing regimen and goes in the garage right away when I get it home. I found a grassy spot at work beside the building where no one would even probably see it that has day-round shade nearly all year long and keep it parked there. I get pissed for a minute every week when the lawn care people my boss hires come in and mows back there and get it all dirty. Today was one of those days. :-) So I whip out the duster and clean it up before I hit the pavement, even though I'm crunched for time to get my dog to the vet after work for a broken tooth.

Oh, and if you use a car duster for little touch ups, the wiper arms do like to grab a string or two from those occasionally. :-)