Re:660cc jimny in japan

Hi there. I'm joe and I've just bought my first Jimny.

I have been driving my 2007 Jimny XG, 660cc, auto, now for a week. In that time I've been off road a number of times and I love it. After searching for tyres, I settled on Geolandar M/T and I'm very pleased with them. 

As for history, I have no off road experience except for bikes. Now I look forward to getting into the mountains every day, and eagerly plan my next trip. I try to talk other people into going off road too.

My compulsion knows no end. I now take pictures of the new addition and share them with my friends. Sometimes I'll go into the Jimny and just soak up the vibes. I'm on a holy quest for the perfect mountain.

Clearly, I have lost my mind. I'm hoping to find similarly-afflicted individuals here.

Cheers,

joe 

 

Welcome to the forum. Bit of a rare thing you have there, we don't get many KEI versions on this forum, though I might give somebody's right arm to have one, too cool.

Hi Joe.
I'm a fan of turbocharged, triple-cylinder petrol engines as I drive a Dacia Logan MCV with Renault's 899cc TCe 90 engine. This engine pulls the large and heavy Dacia along very successfully and economically.
I would love the opportunity to drive a Jimny with a 660cc engine.

Hello, Lambert, thank you for the welcome. 660cc cars are the norm here due to the various taxes imposed on drivers. It's expensive to keep a car in Japan and, with the speed limits being so low here, 660cc not a bad choice. Are there no 660cc Jimnys in the UK? 

Cheers,

joe

Hi, Doctorchris, thanks for the response. It's a lot of fun and the more I drive it, the more I enjoy it. Certainly different to the 2004 Daihatsu Mira Gino I traded it in for. Loved that car but rust became a big issue. 

Cheers,

joe

wrote:

Hello, Lambert, thank you for the welcome. 660cc cars are the norm here due to the various taxes imposed on drivers. It's expensive to keep a car in Japan and, with the speed limits being so low here, 660cc not a bad choice. Are there no 660cc Jimnys in the UK? 

Cheers,

joe

Not officially no. It's unfortunate that they never imported them or indeed the whole idea of KEI cars into the UK as I think they are perfectly suited to our cities and country roads,far more than things like full sized range rover or any of the other monsters we have.