Reasons to keep jimny.help,

Hi guys,

Why do you guys keep your jimny's?

I have a 2009 VVT and i am looking at putting a minilobster, a sj 410 box and a rear difflock in it,

But there are some issues that i still have regarding the jimny namely very little cargo space and an underpowered 1300cc engine,

So i am thinking perhaps gearing and a difflock might be waste of money if i am going to sell it in the next 5 to 10 years,

So can you guys tell me why do you keep your jimny, i love the car but i assume most of you guys use it as a toy purely for an offroad purpose.

I have notice alot of parts are available for the jimny such as suspention parts, difflocks, reduction gears, roofracks, front and rear bars, rock sliders, which isnt a bad at all.

I mean the car does have solid axles and is pretty capable,

I really dont want to sell it, so on that note ,what are your guys opinions on this,

It is mostly not ideal for overlanding and longer trips i suppose with the limited space.

So if you guys need to justify to yourself for keeping the jimny , what comes to mind,


Hope this isnt a timewasting thread,

Thanx

well they do make you smile and its funny going places landrover owners think you cant go

it all depends what your intended use is, if your looking for a vehicle you can take on overland week long excursions living out of your truck you have definately brought the wrong car!!(but only if your taking people in the back), if your looking for a road car and dont go offroad i would never buy one, dont see the point in a 4x4 if you stay on tarmac all the time.

on the load capacity side of things unless you take passengers in the back remove the rear seats (10min job) and you can get a surprising amount in the there (recently went on holiday with the misses so removed the seats and got 2 push bikes in the back along with a suitcase and other bits and bobs for the week with no issues). maybe a small trailer would suit your needs if having to carry passengers.

lack of power can be solved with an engine swap (or slap a turbo on it) if your really that bothered about getting overtaken by everything!

relativley cheap to run and maintain, quite fun to drive and can pretty much go anywhere especially with a few mods

mines my daily driver, needed something to put ladders on and something that would provide abit of excitement as my last car was a 1.8 20v turbo ibiza (substituted my need for speed with the ability to offroad).

quote from The Sunday Times - October 25, 2009 - Johnny Smith

If you’re used to unladen 4x4 pick-ups and seasickness then the Jimny’s lack of road manners will be familiar.

Po-going and stumbling over potholes, it takes to tarmac about as naturally as Gordon Brown poses for photos.

A horse-drawn cart would behave as well on normal roads.

It’s been described as an uncomfortable, slow, droning, torque-less vehicle with Soviet-flavoured internal décor, and it’s hard to deny any of those things.

And yet everytime I drive mine it never fails to make me smile

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Mine is a second car that I needed as my Wife and I go out on the same days.

I hired one in Corfu and loved it and had to have one. It's easy to fix with cheap parts and its great for laneing as well. I love mine and I hope to keep it for a very long time.

Bullet proof reliability in a nice small package that has surprisingly goat like offroaing prowess. My nephew and god daughters love it. My wife can drive it because its dinky, but has the ride height to give her a commanding view of the road.

Also I love them because they are crap on the road! Real characterful drive.

Love pissing about with it, easy to work on and LOADS of stuff to buy and mod until you run out of cash.

Loads of better things out there. But people don't always want better - they want entertaining!



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