Highly considering selling

[VX4EJR]

Funny...I was thinking along the same lines with the title of this thread just recently after noticing more and more wear on different things in the VX, mods or parts I haven't had money or time to replace or do, the somewhat costly job just to do maintenance for those who do all they can do using nothing but the best fluids/materials, and then my ABS light came on with a price tag of $3200 total to replace the module (ABS problem is not something I'd do myself but then again could just ignore it and not have ABS brakes?).
Like everyone else here, it's probably a love-hate relationship over time. There are days I get in the thing and simply love driving it, and days I want to cash it in for something new and better. Problem for me is, I take a few steps back from the VX and look at it...and realize there's still nothing out there that is as cool and sensible (on the outside) as the VX. So in the end, I am on a treadmill running in place and going no where with leaving this ride. Until the day it completely leaves me, if you know what I mean. Just my 2 cents on the topic.

[VXIRONwoMAN]

To keep it in perspective, I think it really boils down to what is it costing annually to maintain the VX vs what a car payment would be. 9 times out of 10, the car payment overshadows the previous. I think last year alone, I spent no more than $300 total on my VX.

Sure wish I were able to pay that "a year" for my STi, heh. I guess it really comes down to what all "you" are having to do. If it's all that much, maybe the problem isn't the VX.... but how you are using it? Just throwing it out there. *shrug*

...(I clock more hours a month in my garage than I do in my bedroom... sad).

It's paid off though.

Put that ISUZU gem in the garage for Sundays and when Robb Report tells the world that the VX is worth $1billion, heh.

But you are one of the lucky ones that can WRENCH! If I lived in California with my Dad this baby wouldn't be costing me so much, but I don't. Take that $300 in parts and double if not more for labor...

It isn't user error either. I bought this car abused and wasn't informed about it. It was said to be in good condition. That was a LIE! DAY 1 I found out tranny had never been flushed and they couldn't recall the last oil change. I didn't know the U-Joints were nearly shot too. He blamed the vibrations I felt on the off-road tires. Got to Cali from the long ride home from AZ and turned out it had no lube in the drive shaft! It took all the grease we could give it!

I take care of this baby better than any of the previous owners. I know that VX's are in need of constant maintenence, this is my 2nd one...But for some reason my Ironman was way more reliable. I know why though... I bought it from a loving original owner who still had the warranty!

Problem for me is, I take a few steps back from the VX and look at it...and realize there's still nothing out there that is as cool and sensible (on the outside) as the VX. So in the end, I am on a treadmill running in place and going no where with leaving this ride. Until the day it completely leaves me, if you know what I mean. Just my 2 cents on the topic.

SERIOUSLY! When I got it back from the shop the 1st time and coming back from class saw it sitting all by itself in the last end spot in the back of the parking lot and was like "DAMN you look GOOD!"

But then it is a stab to the heart when you put your heart and soul into a vehicle that you can't drive because it is constantly in a garage. Not my garage! I figured if we have to dump money into one of the 2 VXs in our garage it should be Gill's because he is the original owner and we know it's history.

It's like I adopted a dog that looked really cute and was sweet at the pound; and once we got home he started ripping my house apart. I wouldn't want to put it back in the pound... but I wouldn't want to keep it...