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To me rotten in this context is when either it is beyond your skill set and tool collection if you diy or it is going to cost more than half it's market value for a garage to do the necessary work. In other words it is entirely subjective and personal when a car is beyond being saved.
Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
Bellerophon (2024 grello van daily
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!
It really depends on what you can do yourself yes. My Jimny has alot of rust, but it's good enough for 2-4 years atleast. So im thinking the new parts im putting on it can be moved over to a new chassis when the jimny i have now has been defeated by rust!
Very vague question here but how do you approach modifying your Jimnys from a financial point of view? How do you know when you've crossed the line between improving a trusty old Jimny to just throwing your money into a black hole? Do you have any clear rules on how to judge whether a project makes financial sense or not?
I have a 2004 Jimny with the expected surface rust underneath and a couple of small niggles, but it's generally been very reliable over the 2 years I've owned it and it's only done 67,000 miles. I've put a fair bit of money into it with various modifications and although I had been thinking about suspension spacers, after doing a lot of deep thinking I've taken the plunge and ordered a trailmaster 2" lift kit (hasn't arrived yet). I just keep thinking about whether I'm better off saving for a newer model or continuing to improve my current vehicle. I'd hate to fit the new lift kit and then have something catastrophic happen, but on the other hand there's a good chance that my current Jimny has a lot of life left in her if I treat her right.
I'd really like to hear about people's experience with this. Both with building up old Jimny's and the reasons why people have bought newer ones.
Many thanks!
How very dare you call my car a black hole!
It's a money pit thank you very much! :dry:
Actually I think everyone got it right when they said, If you can do the work yourself it's not too spendy.......unless you start wanting specific expensive items or get serious and want to compete.
The thing with Jimnys is that they have remained similar and very much the same through to the last ones. This means any modifications can be transferred to a newer one as yours rots too much. Suspension lifts etc are the expensive bits and they don't change.
So if you share that view and transfer it all across to newer Jimnys you cannot lose.
Kirkynut
The underdog often starts the fight, and occasionally the upper dog deserves to win - Edgar Watson Howe.
furo wrote: When would you class a Jimny as "rotten" Busta? If it needed welding or major engine problems?
Rotten as in rusty, requiring a substantial amount of welding. Some people love welding up cars. I do lots of welding but I hate welding cars. If it's just a boot floor or 1 body mount and the rest is sound then it's worth fixing, but any more and I'd call it quits.
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