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A jimny competior

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12 Mar 2021 17:31 #233682 by Roy

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Spotted a pic of the new Lada Niva, could be a rival to our beloved Jimny, £14000 plus vat.

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12 Mar 2021 17:38 #233683 by Lambert

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I love those. A mate had one years ago and never would sell it me despite my best efforts.

Temeraire (2018 quasar grey automatic)
One of the last 200ish of the gen3s, probably.
ADOS Attention Deficit Ooooh Shiny!

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12 Mar 2021 17:44 #233684 by Scimike

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Always liked them, a real alternative especially as the new Jimny has become overpriced . It's also got a 1.7 engine, could be a good caravan tug and a viable alternative if my Jimny rots out. Hope it actually happens.

Yokohama Geolanders, Sony head unit, NAUTILUS Air Horn, DRL conversion, Rear cargo space, Elvis Bobblehead, transfer Guard, Indian hanging Elephant, Koni Heavy track dampers, Custom SS exhaust, Voodoo Doll, Adventure Rack with LED ight bar, vintage ERIBA caravan usually attached (yes it's slow)

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12 Mar 2021 18:07 #233685 by Groundworker

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Trialled against a few in the eighties/nineties. Very capable but couldn't go near water, conked out straight away. One guy boasted how he'd solved it by fixing a Tesco carrier bag around the distributor, into the water and it died, dragged it out and carrier bag had come off and gone over the air intake. Genius!

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12 Mar 2021 18:30 #233687 by Scimike

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Marigold rubber glove and silicon grease is much better than a Tesco bag, apparently

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12 Mar 2021 20:16 #233691 by Groundworker

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Not as funny though, made us all laugh...

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12 Mar 2021 22:59 #233695 by Busta

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I'd love one just becuase of what it is, but it has less power and a lower towing capacity than a Jimny so it's a no from me.

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13 Mar 2021 03:18 #233698 by Lambert

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I was looking at that on the importers website and it only mentions unbraked towing between 300 and 600 kg which I thought was for the 3 door and 5 door variant? Do you know what it is with brakes?

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13 Mar 2021 08:21 #233699 by Dan

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The mechanic I went to where I used to live had one in to work on. He was not complimentary about it.

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13 Mar 2021 08:22 #233700 by Scimike

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It's difficult to be 100% sure, certainly the older vehicle was 1000kg braked. The present one appears to be more. I have seen (just quoting the internet) - 2016 on --- unbraked towing capacity of 400 kg and a braked towing capacity of 1490 kg.
Even 1000kg is OK for me as my caravan is only 850kg and it's ok on the back of my 1.3 Suzuki which has similar BHP.

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