About VX

[Raque Thomas]

I use mine as an everyday driver right now - have been for the last 6 months or so. I hate to rack up the miles, but I'd also hate to go back to driving a "lesser" vehicle! The ride can be a bit rough, but I personally like that retro '84 Corvette ride quality - kind of reminds me of those weight loss jiggle belt machines they used to have (unfortunately it's not helping me lose any weight yet!). As far as gas mileage, I never seem to measure up - I don't drive the VX particularly hard, and I do a mix of city vs highway driving - but my mileage is normally in the 13.5 - 15 mpg range

[cascabel3]

Hey Designerguy,

I have owned 91 Isuzu Trooper and the VX will outperfrom the Trooper in the dirt by quite a bit.

I had an 1964 Unimog, but this type of vehicle is in a category of its own. Esentially a highway legal tractor, portal axles, lockers, 21" of clearance and so on. It's nice to be going 75 on the freeway again rather than 45.

I have bigger tires such as the Nittos and now that I have installed Tone's scan gauge I realized that my mileage is better than I thought, after calibrating the gauge to my tire increase. I currently average 16-17mpg Hwy/city.

[thebear54]

Hey designerguy,
It's all about getting the service history first of all(if youcan) and second of all it's all about the special TLC you are going to give your VX. Instantly change over to synthetic oil products for everything. Like any 4x4 you have to keep to a good maintanance schedule. Do that and there should be no major problems.
Yea, you'll get your minor stuff like leaking headlight seals, windows that don't want to work and/or mystery code pop-ups but all these can be fixed easily with the help of the great people on this web site. There is enough knowledge here to sink the Bismark.
Good luck with the new ride..keep us posted.
John