My first was a '99 ebony that I saw on the local lot on a Sunday (in '99) - the best day to look - no sales weasels. It stickered at 31k plus $5000 "market adjustment". I knew immediately that I wanted it, but I wasn't about to pay sticker plus. Six months later I was trading a Nissan Sentra SER with a lot of Stillen mods for a neglected new '99 VX with 124 miles at $250 over invoice at 0%. Almost got it paid off when I thought I needed a pickup. Traded the '99 for a Tacoma, hated it, traded that for a Lexus IS300 SportCROSS (sound/look familiar??) Then found an '01 coming off lease with 24k miles - on to VX #2.
Now Ebony #377 is going to Joe_Black to become a rally monster, and his Dragon will soon nest in my garage.
I made some stupid moves with this vehicle when it was still in production, even though I knew it was special. Now that our VX's are downright EXOTIC due to parts availability and general ignorance from dealers, body shops and insurance companies, I worry about every moron around me on the streets.
The secret is to own at least three...

Velvis