Hey Tone, i don't like your tone. I'm not an idiot, and I did research on the vehicle, and also found most of the issues when taking it to the isuzu dealer in my hometown. By no means am I slamming VXs or there owners in anyway. Like I said at the top of my post, this site has been awesome, very helpful, and until reading your message, I had never had a problem with anything posted to me. I take offense to your "so quit complaining". I did research for over a month non-stop on the net before buying. . . .and didn't find a lot of major issues with these vehicles, minus the passenger window. And as for something like oil consumption? not likely i can pull a dipstick before buying and realize it's gonna burn oil. There were absolutley no signs of burning oil evident anywhere on the vehicle. The exhaust leak, not a big deal, the shock, not a big deal, the window, not a big deal, a non-working cd player, who cares. But an engine burning that much oil, big deal. I don't care who you are, or how much you know, you can't look at a vehicle, and tell it's gonna burn oil.

And as for the conclusion, the dealer I bought it from is considering it a lost cause. . . .am I upset, yep. I was really hoping to get them to fix what was wrong, so I could continue to have a kick *** vehicle that turned heads, but instead, i'll end up another normal city dweller, with a normal truck or suv. I still have my crotch rocket though, and that's anything but average. . . .

Can't win em all. And thanks to everyone for there help on the site. I could see myself on here from time to time. And by no means do I mean disrespect Tone, you've been one of the most helpful members on here and I was about an inch away from ordering your hitch . . . before this happened.



Quote Originally Posted by Tone
Guess you didn't check this 6 yr old vehicle out very well before you bought it, so quit complaining? You've got 20+ posts on things that you could have found information on had you searched.

EGR has absolutely NOTHING to do with oil burning or engine failure. Oil consumption is not necessarily an indication of pending engine failure - could be the valves are not adjusted properly or rings sticking. It WILL cause failure if you don't regularly check and add oil. Most all of the engine failures on here, when checked for oil, were off the dipstick. Coincidence?