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How many is enough?

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26 Jun 2025 17:39 #261044 by Lambert
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I'm not being boastful as I know I'm nowhere near but how many jimny is a safe number? 

I've had 6 starting in 2007 with a 3 year old push button 54 reg, that was superceded by my beloved Dreadnought in early 2011 bought new and loved to bits, never raced or rallied either (honest). Then came the blue 2012 in around 2014 but that got stolen which kinda broke my heart a little bit.  Next is Spare Jimny from 2016 who replaced the blue one in around 2019ish then in 2021 Dreadnaught was sold and along came Temeraire from 2018 who is held in even higher regard than Dreadnought because of how late she is.  Finally for now there's Bellerophon from 2024 here to do the heavy lifting. 

So yeah I have had 6 and still have 3 over 18 years of continuous ownership .  There have been many other cars along the way but they don't seem to have touched me quite like the jimny has.

What has everyone else got? 

Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
Bellerophon (2024 grello van daily
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
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26 Jun 2025 18:07 #261045 by jlines
Replied by jlines on topic How many is enough?
Between me and my dad we have had 7 Jimnys in total since 2002 with 5 in active service currently.
1st being the SJ410 (The one we wished we never sold but made way for Bigjimny which created this site. Gone but certainly not forgotten)
2nd Bigjimny bought in 2007 and is still in active service. Well not actually active at the moment........
3rd My 2005 Gen 3 Jimny which was my first car. Whilst it was nice I can't say I truly miss it although I would like a nice low mileage mint later Gen 3.
4th Gerald my 2019 SZ5. I love this car and it made me fall back in love with the Jimny brand after a brief hiatus away. This car is a keeper for me.
5th Geraldine my Dads 2021 LCV. used a general runaround and hauling our dogs around.
6th My 1986 SJ413jx. After getting my gen 4 it made me realise just how alike it is to the SJ and it made me think about our old one alot. So I set out to find one with the intention of restoring it.
7th My 2023 lCV. My daily driver in the winter months or when the weather isn't good for my summer cars.

If money was no object I would have alot more of them. I would probably have my own museum similar to that guy in Japan. I would have every generation in every configuration they did such as softops, Hardtops, lwb, pickup etc all in pristine restored showroom condition. Then I would have a sh!tbox offroader fleet for the serious work lol. I am hopeful a 6th Jimny will join our current fleet soon.
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26 Jun 2025 19:11 #261047 by Soeley
Replied by Soeley on topic How many is enough?
Just the one. My 2019 Gen4 SZ5.
Bought new in January 2019, my first ever 4x4.
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26 Jun 2025 19:49 #261048 by gv42
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I have owned 6, in 8 years, still have 4, and more soon...
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26 Jun 2025 21:03 #261049 by fordem
Replied by fordem on topic How many is enough?
We've got two Jimnys, a 2021, 3 dr and a 2024, 5dr - now if you want to count Suzukis, there are two more, and all told, we've had a grand total of fifteen, maybe sixteen.

The first Suzuki I drove, back around '81~82 was an LJ50 Jimny.
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27 Jun 2025 04:11 - 27 Jun 2025 04:19 #261050 by yakuza
Replied by yakuza on topic How many is enough?
In not the correct order:

1. Yellow 85 SJ413 cab bought 97 sold it 99.
2. Green 85 SJ413 Highroof stripped for parts then recycled.
3. Black 88 Samurai lwb recycled
4. Black 91 Samurai from Holland, partly restored sold
5. Green 85 SJ413 cab parts car and frame donor for the above
6. Black 87 SJ413 lwb under restoration, still got it.
7. White 88 Samurai, Parts car ended up as a Trailer, still got it.
8. Blue 85 SJ410 Parts car sold
9. White 87 SJ413 lwb Parts car
10. Blue 05 Jimny still got it
11. Silver 84 SJ410 still got it
12 13 14 . Inbetween there was a few more donors, a Baleno, a Swift + +
15. Red 07 Swift 4x4 my daughters car now.

Edit: The correct expression for "enough" would be n+1

Norway 2005 Jimny M16A VVT, 235 BFG MT, 2" Trailmaster, ARB rear lck, 17%/87% high/low gears.
Last edit: 27 Jun 2025 04:19 by yakuza.
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