Thinking of replacing the Jimny with a Panda 4x4.

distantcamera wrote: What Car 2012 Reliability survey: The Jeep doesn't do too well!

Alas, a new Jimny would solve none of my problems, otherwise I'd keep my Jimny.

I should post this picture on northwest 4x4..... Land rover very bottom hahahaha!!!

Isn't the panda 4x4 just a Suzuki sx4 though?!

Love the Wolseley JivingDaddy. I still have the first car that my Dad ever bought, a 1946 Morris 8 Series E. I did it up at the beginning of 2012, did the following work. New rings pistons and re-ground crankshaft and bearings, combined 3 gearboxes to make one good one, new tailshaft, new crown and pinion 3.9 diff, made 2 new axles, honed and overhauled the Armstrong shockers, rivetted in new brake linings and chamferred them, new rubbers in the master and wheel cylinders, new kingpins and had a chap make up electronic ignition for the 6 volt system. Still the original paint and interior but that will be done over summer. Between Dad and I we have had the car 77 years.

Basketcase wrote: Isn't the panda 4x4 just a Suzuki sx4 though?!

No, though there is a Fiat version of the SX4 as Fiat and Suzuki produced them together. Initially I fancied an SX4 but the fuel economy for the 4x4 versions is little better than the Jimny.

Wow Zook, I am totally impressed. That car's older than me and is certainly in better condition.

I definitely need new rings and pistons. I'm daren't even think of the state of my crankshaft. :S

distantcamera wrote:

JivingDaddy wrote: That is known as character building.

And the reason I can blame my parents for my unpleasant character!

Recycling is not a modern idea.

Don't get me started on recycling!

OK. I won't!!

distantcamera wrote: The problem with the good old cars with simple carbs that you could strip down and rebuild the engine yourself using basic tools was that to use them to get to work during the week you HAD to strip down and rebuild the engine every bloody weekend.

Yes, in The Olden Days when everything was better,

1) you had to keep the car in a garage or it would never start in the Winter (Nowadays people have made their garage into a spare room)
2) Everyone had a battery charger and used it regularly.
3) Quite true, Saturday morning was always spent car fettling, adjusting the points, changing the brake pads, welding flitch panels, undersealing hardboard over the holes in the floor, repairing sills with scrunched up polythene bags and bodyfiller (newspaper was only for shady car dealers)

Those were the days....