Hello & few possible purchase ?'s

[Johnny Bravo]

Alrighty, so I got a chance to take the VX for a spin yesterday. Overall it seems quite nice other than the windows not working (not surprising though ). I didn't have much time to chit-chat with the salesperson or dealership manager, but at that time they wouldn't haggle anymore on the price. So, I may try to stop again later this week so I can have more time to talk to them about it, but as of now it's a bit out of my price range.

Anyway, so if anybody out there wants more info on it, pictures, or just a general impression of that VX just lemme know and I'll give ya the lowdown. Thanks again everybody for all the help/info.

[GoIsuzu]

If you have the unit's VIN number I'd be happy to look into any work done on the vehicle by authorized Isuzu service centers. We generally run a Carfax on every unit that hits the lot but on pre-owned Isuzu units a lot of times the Isuzu service history tells an even more complete story than Carfax does.

[SoTxVx]

I paid just over $13K for my '99 silver VX with 24K miles just just over two years ago. I have had to fix both windows (myself) and the CD changer quit cooperating about two months ago. No other complaints. I have done nothing else other than routine maintenance(fluids/filters etc) and put gas in it.

The My wife doesn't like it, but she doesn't drive it. I would buy another one if I could find one as clean, with similar milage and in the same price range as my current VX.

The rook racks look original. My racks would howl at speed above 60mph. I have taken them off and have them sitting in the garage waiting for the opportunity to use them.

Michelin tires are a plus if there is any tread left on them.

[Johnny Bravo]

Hey Don, that would be great if you get the time. I sent the VIN to ya via PM FWIW my dad is from the Omaha area (Bellvue to be exact) so we head out that way quite often to visit family.

The only thing that sorta concerned me with it was that the driveline seemed somewhat noisy. I've driven other 4wd/awd vehicles before (my GVR-4 is awd) so I know they're noisier than a 2wd (front or rear) drive system, but it just seemed to have a bit more noise than I expected it to. The tires are brand new (they were needed to pass inspection so the dealership replaced all 4 at the same time) so I can imagine they'd be a bit noisy at first, but this seemed driveline related. Maybe it's just me, but it seemed as though the vehicle as a whole was a bit noisy for what I was expecting. Nowhere near as noisy as my former RX-7, but moreso than what I thought it would be. Oh, and apparently they have some parts to "fix" the windows and won't fix it until they get a buyer. Otherwise they'll just leave it as-is for when they take it to auction.

I'm hoping to get a chance to talk to the dealership manager/owner or someone higher up than a salesperson to see if I can spark a deal with them. I'm starting to believe that they have had it for quite some time as I got a chance to look at their original window sticker and it was definitely faded to the point that it was almost unreadable in some places. Leading me to believe that it had been in the sun for a while.

[Johnny Bravo]

Whelp, just a quick update for what it's worth. My dad & I headed back over to the dealership again today and took the VX for another spin and dug around it more thoroughly than I did last time. Alas, we didn't pick it up today as the freakin' dealership closes at 3pm and we didn't get there until after 2pm. So, overall it looks like it's as clean as I initially thought. I did find out that the dealership doesn't advertise online at all (hard to believe in this day and age; especially for a factory GM dealer) and only advertise minorly in local publications. So it's starting to make more sense why they've had it on the lot for as long as they have. So, it's quite possible we'll be heading back over later this upcoming week when dad has more time off to check it out even more thoroughly and hopefully talk to the sales manager to see if they'll take the ol' Contour on trade and if they'll haggle some more. I'm crossing my fingers (and toes) it'll work out, but I'm still looking at a few other options (Grand Cherokee 5.9's) so we'll see how it works out.