What car have you bought home lately???

[Ldub]

Got a good deal on her & traded in my '96 Dodge Ram w/ 140K miles back in mid-March. Runs good with 4.6L V8 rated @ 300 hp. w/ 5-speed manual. Averages all-around 24-26 mpg. Believe 28-29mpg possible with long highway trip.

Nice thing is...if too many Camaro's hassle me..I could throw on a Ken Belle SC or Rausch SC and put out 475 hp as long as I can find the mula.

Nice!...

A friend of mine has one of these with a powerdyne (I think) centrifugal S/C...goes like a scalded dog...

[vt_maverick]

I'm thankful every day for my daughter, but unfortunately it's pushed us in the opposite direction as you guys. I previously owned an Infiniti G35 coupe while my wife owned a two-door Honda Accord, but we had to give both those up when we had the baby. Thankfully I had just bought the VX so it was easy to make the argument to keep it based on the fact that we'd take a beating if we had to resell it after only a couple months.

I use the VX as my daily driver, but work is only 5 miles away so it's no biggie. We bought a 2004 Isuzu Axiom (direct injection engine with 2wd/4h/4l tranny - would love to have that in my VX) a few months ago for about 10K with 78K miles on it, but you'd never know it as both the paint and interior are immaculate. Just like with my VX, the Axioms are now so rare that people often ask us if it's a new model.

[AndyC]

I just picked up a 03 Z4. I figured I needed something special for my 40th birthday

[johnny010]

I bought the VX as a weekend vehicle, something that is fun to ride in everyonce in a while.

[VehiGAZ]

I just picked up a 03 Z4. I figured I needed something special for my 40th birthday

Indeed, Andy! Nice choice! And Happy Birthday to my fellow 40-year-old CT VXer!

[alanbradley]

I brought this home a few weeks ago...



2000 Toyota Yaris SR. 1.3 litres of slightly tweaked Japanese compact goodness that returns over 35mpg even with my heavy lead foot.

I needed something that wasn't guzzling the fuel at the same rate the VX does (ie not a Bentley...) and that was cheap to run and insure (<£20/service doing it myself and £145/year TPFT!) and could be relied on when I have 5:30am starts...

I've had 3 Yaris before this one so it was a bit of a no-brainer!

A

[WormGod]

Better mileage in a VX than an STi?!

Now, granted, my VX is S/C'd and only sees the light on Sindays, I mean, Sundays. Roads are more barren, I have no real place to be, and driving it is simply fun. In the end, I turn out about 11-13mpg in the VX.

The STi is a DD. Two days of the week are stop and go traffic, the rest are usually quite tolerable. She does see Saturdays for cruising and errands. Saturdays are also for hanging with friends and simply put, ladies LOVE the STi, hahaha. So far, on average, I get 24-26mpg in the STi. No lie. Even other STi owners swear I am lying, but I kid you all not. She hasn't even seen any autoX yet. I say YET, though I don't think I am gonna go that route with her. The WRX got beat up enough in autoX. The new Borla catback arrives tomorrow so I am installing that this weekend hopefully so that Boxer can rumble and growl like it was meant to.

[pbkid]

Nope, he is talking about a diesel truck getting better mileage than the sub.

yup, justin got it... my dad is pulling 23 MPG in his F-350 (chipped and exhaust)

wormgod- come up to 10,000 ft elevation and see if you get that kind of mileage

[LittleBeast]

When the VX tranny was giving me problems I got this:

[WormGod]

yup, justin got it... my dad is pulling 23 MPG in his F-350 (chipped and exhaust)

wormgod- come up to 10,000 ft elevation and see if you get that kind of mileage

10,000ft? Now why would I do something like that? I live on the coast for a reason. :P

[Jolly Roger VX'er]

Nice!...

A friend of mine has one of these with a powerdyne (I think) centrifugal S/C...goes like a scalded dog...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...39659635484559

[Ldub]

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...39659635484559

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Gotta love that sound...

Like rock to a motorhead...