Need some basic help

Hi there I am thinking about getting a jimny it will be used off road a bit for shooting etc
I will also need it on the motor way a couple of times a month through the season, are they ok for a bit of motorway driving?
I've recently been looking at a soft top one what are the advantages and dis advantages of these over a hard top?
Any help would be great
Thanks
Simon

The guy that owned mine previously took it all over the country, he was a rally marshal. He said it was absolutely spot on wherever he went. Obviously if your planning on modding it, the more off road bias you go the more it will suffer on the road.

Also my parents had a jimny as a daily when is as growing up. Dad used it for shooting, mum used it for the school run, it took us all over the place and never missed a beat, even took us over to guernsey for a family holiday (admittedly it was a little cramped)

My jimny is heavenly moded and I can say iv done Ashford to Wales six times no bother

With 75-85hp they aren't the most relaxing car to pedal along at 70mph but they are perfectly capable of doing it all day if you can. After a 10hr drive from Wales to Norfolk I was pretty shattered, but on shorter trips it's fine.

i hate the word MOTORWAY now

I haven't had mine long but back lanes or motorway is fine so long as you possess some mechanical sympathy - for me it is long pockets 55-65 on the motorway and she is no trouble at all. I am thinking seriously about wind deflectors now though as the fan/it is not aircon blows air only/ whereas the heater is brilliant.

I used to do a motorway commute, 38 miles each way, in my Jimny - mind you that was the M25 so 70MPH was just a dream In the summer I would drop the top and take the back roads across the Surrey Downs instead. If you have to do motorways then a 60MPH cruise is more relaxing and a lot better of the fuel although I do find that almost terminally boring.

Rhinoman wrote: I used to do a motorway commute, 38 miles each way, in my Jimny - mind you that was the M25 so 70MPH was just a dream In the summer I would drop the top and take the back roads across the Surrey Downs instead. If you have to do motorways then a 60MPH cruise is more relaxing and a lot better of the fuel although I do find that almost terminally boring.

I do the M25 a fair bit in the J coupled with a few long trips, like to Norfolk. Can be very tiring but the J does not complain.

I am with you though, the back roads through the Surrey hills is a lovely drive and always try and do that instead of the M25 if possible.