Hello from Teesside

Hey there everyone,

Just a quicky from a super new member, so new this is my first post!
So in 3 months I am changing over from my suzuki vanvan 125cc motorbike to a car... I've been looking around for the perfect car, I didn't want anything "normal" for a 18 year old boy and I wanted something to get me to them hard to reach places in Scotland for my landscape photography!

Anyway lets get down to business.
Just a few quick questions and sorry if this is something that's already been discussed.
When looking for a jimny I'm hoping to get a 2005/2006 but this means ill have to save up loads in the next 3 months, I have enough to get myself a nice tidy 2000/2004 model but I've been looking inside the jimny more and more lately and I really dislike the dash on the older models :/ not sure why, I think it's just I like the radio bein higher and having round knobs and not straight...

Do you think it's better to save up a bit more to get a newer jimny or just get an old one?

Has anyone got like a new radio system built in their jimnys? Like I am looking at one at the moment where you press "open" and a screen pops out which I thought was cool, anyway of getting that put into the jimny? Thought I'd ask you his as you know best

Also the most important question -

BLACK
RED
OR
BLUE

hahaa, thanks for your time everyone!

Jack

Welcome

BLACK.

Hello, not far away from me.
Black!

Hello I,m from Middlesbrough and you've go red!!!!

I'd say go older like pre 2001 so you get the cheap tax, also why go for a newer motor for your first car? Have something with a few knocks and scrapes already on it so that when you mis judge how far away that shopping trolley or lamp post is damage won't show too much & you can say it was already there. Not suggesting you're a bad driver but everyone thinks they are good at driving because they passed their test, the apprentice at work is a good example of this, he managed to write off his first zuki swift within 24hours & his second zuki swift less than 48hours later. He then spent the next fortnight making a usable one out of the 2.

And I would say green or gold as I have gold, but I do like the green.


Dan

I would say check out insurance first!!

gilburton wrote: I would say check out insurance first!!

£1100 for a year I didn't think that was that bad, for a 1litre is like £800-900 so not much more


I see alot of people like the black! Not many blue lovers like haha,
I'd love a gold but my parents had a golden belingo and look too much like a child's version of that haha.

What's the tax like on the older models anyone know?

Jack

UKDAN wrote: everyone thinks they are good at driving because they passed their test

And I would say green or gold as I have gold, but I do like the green.

Passing the test is easy, learning how to drive is where the real skill comes in

I would also agree with Dan, go for an older model... The tax on my 2000 'Green Machine' is only £123 a year.

Just a quick question how much is the tax on a newer than 01 Jimny ?

My 98 has never missed a beat...

As for the stereo that was the first thing I did before even driving the thing the stereo in the jim is a standard singal DIN size

Also (if you really want a good sound) replace the standard door speakers as my farts have more power then they do!

Oh one last thing.... Your simply going to have to go for red...

You can find all the costings regards tax here for vehicles 2001 onwards. Hope it helps...

carfueldata.dft.gov.uk/new-vehicle-tax.aspx?t=23ude39

My 2008 vvt is £195