My new DD, my baby, my other "grail".

[IPD]

Flew out to San Diego on Saturday to pick this up. Drove it back to Phoenix. No proper pics yet, but here's the ones from the CL ad.










Got it with 82,250 miles on it. Runs like a top. Paid a downright obscene price for it. Not going to lift it or anything like that. Plan to keep it mechanically stock, just drive & enjoy. I'm elated that I finally own what is--I would argue--the one of the finest examples of off-road engineering of it's time. For shits & giggles.

[anyonebutme]

That video............wow.

[IPD]

Hey, let's not act like the 3/s tech videos were any better....

P.S.
I probably won't get new wheels for this for a long time. Damn tires had only 2000 miles on them when i got it. I'm thinking about vinyl wrapping the body though, and putting "everblack" or similar on the cladding.

[j2k4]

How will you be incorporating the required purple, Carlos?

[IPD]

How will you be incorporating the required purple, Carlos?

JDM Vehicross Brochure

someday....it will get a vinyl wrap, and in a stock color too.

[Rom3BreaK]

I was always a fan of those, went as far as to look up any for sale after seeing one in the wild for the first time, but the good ones were too rich for me.

It's got that ugly/attractive kind of look to it that I'm always drawn to, reminds me of the juke.

[CoreyB]

Congrats on the purchase. I know you have wanted one forever. One of the most horrendous looking vehicles ever made though....

[IPD]

Congrats on the purchase. I know you have wanted one forever. One of the most horrendous looking vehicles ever made though....

I don't see it. Aztek, perhaps. Multipla, sure. Juke especially. But the VX isn't ugly at all to me--not even remotely. Body dimensions are perfect. Could use some minor tweaking up front, sure. And the dash is rather dated--of course. And It can't be the body cladding...because if you hate that, then you would also hate this:



The thing is, I like my vehicles to look futuristic, not like watered-down throwbacks. Isuzu started a trend with this vehicle--by manufacturing a vehicle nearly identical to a concept car; heretofore unprecedented. Nissan took the idea and ran with it in the 2000s. Unfortunately, the ceramic die process meant that less than 5000 ever made it to the states, so they're as rare as hen's teeth--especially in the condition I found this one in.

I do wish more vehicles (besides cramped sports cars) showed more creative flair in cosmetic design. Unfortunately, there's a lot of people who "hate" a design--no matter how it ends up, so manufacturers always stick to unimaginative, boring designs that don't off-put people--but also don't excite anyone.

Not that 's taste matters anyways. He still thinks Tom Brady is innocent...so we know how much creedo his opinion has.

[CoopKill]

WHat kind of mileage does the Chevy get?

[Ange]

cool car. never seen one