Hi from Yorkshire

TheTyke wrote:

facade wrote: Welcome!

You do realise that a Jimny will do about the same to the gallon as your 110? (It will save a little as diesel is 40p a gallon more than petrol)
They cost more to insure, and there are no cheap parts like for a Landrover: I paid FORTY POUNDS for a propshaft spider that would have cost £4 for the Landrover :pinch: .
The ride is a lot more lively than a 110 and the 2wd will spin it round in the wet whereas the 110 will just go.


That said the jimny is easier to park than the 110, and a great deal warmer in the winter., and as long as you don't try and drive like John off Emmerdale makes a good little winter runabout. (Apart from the rust: the bodywork isn't very well designed as regards rust traps)

Facade, Is this a test?????

nope pretty much fact. :ohmy: a 300tdi engine will do the same to the gallon as a little jimny

Mine normally does 28mpg but lately been doing more like 23-25mpg due to the cold...

I do find this rather strange that the undertone from some is one of what appears to be "Don't get a Jimny. Keep your Land Rover"

I think I gave the impression that I wanted to get rid of the landy for economy's sake:unsure:

I just think that I want a change from my big red Landy, which I would never take off road as If I broke it, it would cost a fortune to repair.

Yes some parts on the Landy are cheap, but the big bits and labour costs are not.

For me to repair my own 110 woould at some point require some big lifting kit, whereas I see the Jimny as a better motor to work on???

Please put me right if I have got this totally wrong!!!

Hi Tyke, my unmodified VVT 2006 Jimny used to regularly get 36 mpg with the standard Bridgestone - Dueller tyres, and now with my General Grabber 205/75/15 AT2s it has dropped down to 34mpg, its still a lot better than my mates diesel LR Disco which gets 19mpg If you go mad and modify it then the MPG will start to decrease.

Foxtrot

Thanks for that

I was thinking of having something like a 2" lift and some BFG AT's to start with followed by some ORA bumpers with a winch.

I've never really modded the Landy apart from some rock sliders, fake rear cage and a swing away spare wheel mount. The reason for not modding is that I spent a bit of money on the landy and I didn't want to spoil it.

A 3 grand Jimny would be a bit of a different proposal though

I don't know if this is illegal on this forum, but here is a pic of the Landy & "Friend"

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hi tyke,
my newly aquired jimny performes better of road than the deisel disco,and the modified v8 disco that i previously owned,no need for masses of right foot,good things do come in small packages.go on mate get one bought you won't be disapointed,if you don't like it you can always sell it(,hush my mouth what am i saying) :evil:

steve

Hi and welcome
Its a shame that no suzuki 4x4 is good on fuel, as they are reliable and great fun. I find it cheaper to tow my heavily modified jimny on a 600kg trailer totaling 2000kg behind a 3.2 shogun. Lucky if mine is to get 15mpg.

Well with all these tales of woe I think I'm just gonna get rid of the landy, not get a Jimny and just trick out my tractor

Don't be put off Tyke, they are great fun. I have had three Jimnys from new since 2000 and use them as my main transport, I even drag a caravan. I use mine for mild off roading in standard form except for the tyres and it always puts a smile on my face....... and at the end of the day that's what it is all about. If you need to fix it or modify it there is loads of help on this forum, get your Jimny and enjoy it

Here here.

I swapped a 200tdi HiCap for the jimny, and I don't regret it, because the HiCap was plain too big for the intended use: a winter runabout.
I don't regret it, but if I was offroading regularly I certainly would. A jimny is a fairly capable light/occaisonal off roader, but in standard form the defender is a better off road workhorse.

You can modify a jimny if you have a bottomless wallet, toyota axles, rock lobster, chop the body away for extreme tyres, raise the suspension etc, the only mod a defender needs is tyres.