This might be a stupid question, but I'll go for it anyway...

How do you know if you have a bad or blown shock?
Obviously if you see an oil substance coated on the tube itself, that's a sign you have a leak....right? (other than dirt and other crap that accumulates under there)
Otherwise with the hard and stiff way the VX handles the road and bumps, I'm not even sure I would be able to tell if a shock was bad.
Would it bounce a lot more and not quite recover as quick? Is that the idea?
Is there any audible signs or noises that you might hear with the suspension?

Also for some reason, when I pull out of the garage in reverse and go over this little bump at the door, I sometimes hear a sort of knock or click sound coming from just the front left wheel, almost like there's something hanging there that just gets bumped but I checked and nothing is loose.