you should go for it. Vs are a classic guitar with better rock'n'roll credentials than any other model, including strats or les pauls.
i have a faded red V myself. it is a steal i reckon.
they're relatively light - and agile too. there is no easier guitar to fling around stage. sitting down, clamped between ones legs they are rock solid, and therefore an ideal studio guitar too.
you know it makes sense.
edit to be more convincing:
jazz, funk, blues, rock and metal - the V is a guitar for any situation:
billy gibbons
jimi hendrix
albert king
michael schenker
kk downing
brian tatler
dave davies
rudolf schenker
james hetfield
randy rhoades
pete townshend
brian may
van halen
slash
etc etc...