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Would a Jimny be good for me?
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Does a Jimny sound like it would suit me?
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You will get another two points if you have no very large space requirements or need it to be very comfortable on-road.
Good luck buying a Jimny!
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MPG is around 30 for a fairly standard one, modified to hell will be nearer 12mpg (like mine ).
Road comfort is poor, but if you still have the yeti then use that for longer trips and the Jimny as a hack to run about in.
Bin off the back seats and it turns into a little van. Jimnys always make people smile so its defo got the fun factor.
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gman88667733 wrote: I am looking at getting a Jimny.
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Have you been looking at anything else. You say you have a Yeti, did you want that to do the rough work when you bought it? What is fairly cheap - cheap to buy, cheap to run. Ground clearance motors to me seem to be getting harder to find these days.
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We also have a Kia Sorento that would be for longer trips.
The Yeti currently gives me 35mpg in this decent weather and was about 30 in the winter. I don't mind too much if it isn't the most comfortable thing to be in as most of my driving is pottering around.
I originally bought a 4x4 Yeti which ended up giving me no end of issues and so I swapped it in for a 2wd 1.2L petrol DSG one. In hindsight, changing to a 2wd automatic was a mistake as it is awful at slow speeds. In an ideal world, I'd want something a bit more plush inside and a bit more engaging to drive, but I wouldn't even know where to start. I stand to lose a good few thousand when selling the Yeti, so i'd need to buy something cheaper probably. I would also have loved to get another deisel as I liked the driving characteristics, but my mileage would wreck a DPF. This brings me to the Jimny. I don't fit in a stock one as my legs are too long, but I think with the seat extender plates, I may just fit.
I don't know whether 4wd is necessary, but my current Yeti slides around a lot on the grass and the tracking going up out of the property.
Any advice would be appreciated.
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It will be big enough and comfortable enough for your size and will do all you want it to do.
You just need to find one without a rusty rear chassis and maintain it.
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I don't want to spend more than £5k really.
Is a Jimny my best bet?
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If there are any for sale locally see if they'll let you take it down where you have to go and also see what its like on your commute.
Make sure it's a dry day as I don't think they would like you taking a shiny clean car off the forecourt and getting it dirty.
They are not the most comfortable but certainly better than an old leaf spring landrover.
If you are happy pottering along at 50/60 it will be no problem and you'll get good mpg assuming no big wheels/tyres and other offroad mods have been done.
They will shift on motorways but they are low geared so fuel consumption will take a hit.
Only other downside is road tax as they are fairly high up the emissions table.
There is no doubt it will fulfill your needs but will YOU like it? They certainly handle well in the snow etc. but you can't drive it on the road in 4wd if it's just wet or in the dry. It's gravel/ice/snow/offroad only.
I started off high and worked my way down ever since
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After that you can decide on budget etc.
Possibly if you put your general location someone on here might show you what they are like?
I started off high and worked my way down ever since
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Older examples seem to be few and far between right now, around here.
I want an older one that I don't care about scratching or denting, my current car is getting very scratched from the overgrown bushes or branches around my house
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