I Love My Vx But Hate The Mileage!

[Kahuna]

You get MILEAGE!!! WOW! I'm impressed. I count my miles by tire rotations.

[Dallas4u]

Funny... when I bought my VX, back when reg. unleaded was around $1 - $1.10/gal, I didn't expect gas prices to rise to $2.40/gal for regular... oh, and I KNEW the gas mileage wasn't the greatest. Thing is, these prices suck no matter how you look at it.

I filled the Rodeo up the other day... $45. I remember back when it was only $20 - $25. Oh well... the motorcycle calls!

[I_Wanna_Retire]

Yup, no doubt about it, gas milege sucks. I've thought of selling one, or more, of mine due to current gas prices, but my boys won't let me, because the VX's are so cool. The way I look at it, all three of mine are paid for, so the gas prices will have to get quite a bit higher before I get excited. On the other hand, insurance for two 'young inexperienced drivers' is killing me...

[GOVEHIX]

you need to get used to it bro~ as someone in the forum said before, the vx isn't for everyone~
i had been thinking about was that the weight of the vx makes the mileage so bad?
what makes our vx so heavy? 3996 pounds~ those crv or rav4 got only a bit over 2000 pounds!

[Kahuna]

Not sure why it's so heavy, but ask anybody who has been in an accident in one (and there are a few in here). They say if it wasn't for the VX they would have died or been in bad shape. It's that weight that makes our VX fair better than the other in an accident.

[Ldub]

Full "ladder type" frame that everything is bolted to is the main reason this little bugger is more heavy than it's puny unibody cuzzins.(rav 4 etc.)
But that's OK w/ me...More heavy=More strong.
Ldub

[mbeach]

I just ran up to Detroit and back (to pick up tires from MrTews -Thanks John!).

I recorded 325 miles -I used 15.9 gallons of gas.
This was done at 70-75 on the highway, with 255/55 tires.

Not too shabby after all.