Sad day, the VX is gone.

[ocwiley]

well it happen to me! i was going to work and dropping my 3year old off at pre-school wed am. when i had a coughing episode and passed out ( I have been sick for a couple of weeks!) i crossed the line and hit a car head on which woke me back up on impacted! ouch! it was only about 25mph but no brakes applied! luckily my son was only scared and shakened up but now i had more chest pains! my son liked riding in the ambulance! the other driver was ok however, now he's saying he's has some injuries! well i'm out of er and back home hobbling around. just got the preliminary estimate from the body shop...14K! of course i canceled my collision coverage sometime ago. ( i felt they wouldn't give me my fair value for what i was paying!)
so now what do to...................
option 1- total rebuild , could go up a few more Ks since it was only a preliminary estimate. ( cost 16k+)

option 2- saw a 1999 black vx in the paper yesterday for 6k!? didn't get a call back yet. (i was thinking of buying this one and taking all my goodies and trasfering over to the 1999) (cost about 9K)

option 3- sell off my goodies to you guys, super charger, like new interior ect, ect.(i just had it detailed which i do every other month ,22k miles, i'm original owner) and get a Pantera which is my first dream car i never had.
(maybe get a K from sale of parts, pantera 38-48k)

option 4- just say F@#%* it! and walk away and buy something within reason for an old man whose has a family (a great young wife, 3 mo newborn, 3 year old son, which loved the car also!) maybe a mini van that gets good gas mileage!!? mmmmmmm sounds something my dear mother would have suggested! and i rarely took her advice. ( cost 20k for a good used minivan)

for all you vxers out there i was just helping you guys out the get the numbers down, eventually the vx will become a collectable. at least that was what i was hoping for!
aloha,
ocwiley