Lack of Jimny's for sale !

try this one
www.autotrader.co.uk/search/used/cars/su...dvert201049375101671

bertbuckie wrote: Good luck, up here north east scotland is a nightmare.... I waas even bidding on ones in manchester and middlesburgh to try and get one.
Finally got one tho, went out the day the local ads paper went on sale, phoned first thing - bloke had already had numerous calls so I said id take it without even looking at it!
£1350 99 plate, 120k, years mot and 6 months tax.
The bloke laffed when I didnt even know the colour/milage etc but held onto it for me.... 3 hour drive later and she was mine
While we were picking it up he litteraly had 10+ calls about it!

I was the same, 01auto 120k for £1350. I bit his hand off, plus he held it for two months for me while i sold my jeep.
Where in NE scotland are you?

Not quite Scotland but Border cars at Carlisle ( also a branch at Dumfries) have a few in but prob not bargain basement prioces as they are a zook and jeep dealer specialising in 4 x 4
hth
Mike

JUST had a look on pistonheads and theres a few on there, few on auto trader to not that hard to find.

theres loads for sale!

Maybe I should have used a title that reflects the problem a bit better Lack of Jimnys for sale in Scotland would be closer to the mark !

Bert and Mckay; Glad it's not just me that found a shortage of them up here. I'm not as far north as you guys ( Perth ) but there's none round here. Zip. When a branch manager of one of the biggest garage chains in Scotland tells you he can't get a 4x4 of any sort to have on the forecourt never mind a Jimny ( which isn't even listed on their website as a search option now ) it kinda says it all. Even the zook dealer hasn't got any :blink: Would seem we're going 4x4 daft up here :laugh:

The nearest ones on autotrader to here now are a 53 auto with 87k, 137 miles away and 146 miles away; 06 vvt glx with 44k. For 6200. Can't blame the trade for bumping the price up when there's more demand, but some of them are having a laugh. Maybe I'm missing a trick: 06 vvt GLX, 29K. £6900. Any takers ? Not really !

Part of the problem is my buddy's looking to replace his Vectra and it'll be his daily driver so something with really high mileage and / or a bit older might not be a good bet. How reliable are Jimnys at higher miles, say 70k plus, kingpins aside or when they get a few years on ? He's kinda realised gonna have to travel a fair bit to get what he's after or compromise a bit. Thanks for the heads up on the Carlisle dealer Mike, it's been passed on !