Thinking of buying a diesel Jimny-a few questions

Adam32 wrote:

nick40 wrote: Good Luck driving a Jimny to Poland, by the time you get there (allow twice as long as you would in your current Car) you will feel like you have been on a trip with Phileas Fogg

Is it really that bad! I once met a guy who drove from UK to Angola in a Jimny

Could he still walk???

11/60 wrote: Poland by jimny would be fine in a nice un modified, road tyred version with the air conditioning on and a terry pratchett audio book on the stereo. It would however be painfully long in a lifted, simex tyred, whistling roof racked quarry basher. It's horses for courses, you have to decide what is most important and most likely to happen most often and set up accordingly.

Personally I wouldn't go more than 20 miles in one, great round town, great off road, no room for anything, no leg room, crap seats and awful on a motorway. If you want to "set up" for a trip to Poland part ex the Jimny for a normal car with real seats and slightly bigger than a smartcar.

Adam32 wrote: 4) Any idea where you think the best place would be to get a diesel Jimny? Spain, Germany, Italy?

Are they available from Japan??

nick40 wrote:

11/60 wrote: Poland by jimny would be fine in a nice un modified, road tyred version with the air conditioning on and a terry pratchett audio book on the stereo. It would however be painfully long in a lifted, simex tyred, whistling roof racked quarry basher. It's horses for courses, you have to decide what is most important and most likely to happen most often and set up accordingly.

Personally I wouldn't go more than 20 miles in one, great round town, great off road, no room for anything, no leg room, crap seats and awful on a motorway. If you want to "set up" for a trip to Poland part ex the Jimny for a normal car with real seats and slightly bigger than a smartcar.

What sort of Jimny were you driving? I done a 14 hour round trip a few months ago in mine and I preferred it over my Dads 2014 Mitsubishi Triton and Brothers 2015 Nissan Navara (Both have horrible seats that start to hurt my back after a couple of hours) Tackled the steep hills no worries and even passing people.
Couldnt fault it really, unless you have more than 2 people theres a fair chunk of space with seats down

helijohn wrote:
Are they available from Japan??

Did not think they would be available in Japan, as most things seem to be petrol there. Although if they were it would make things easier in terms of right hand drive. The ones I have seen so far have been in Germany but seem to go for a lot more than the petrol ones over here.

On another note, if I were to import a Jimny from Germany, am I right in thinking there would not be too much involved with converting it to RHD? Do I just need another steering rack, dash and extend wiring loom, reposition master cycinder etc? Seems easy enough for parts as there seems to be plenty on Ebay. Any thoughts?