jwayne
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Reged: 04/10/2007
Posts: 13
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almost every where i go i see thiese susuki jimnys buzzing around.
a lot of people seem to use them for shooting. has any one got one, and more importaintly what are they like.
it might be me but they look a bit naff, although they seem to be getting good reviews.
i would be interseted to hear from a fellow shooter on their views.
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Alastair_Balmain
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Reged: 18/08/2006
Posts: 96
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Hi jwayne,
Good to have you on the forum — thanks for taking the time to post.
I actually know of several people who use Suzuki Jimnys (plural Jimnies?) on shoots for the simple reason that they are cheap and Suzuki has got a good track record for producing no-nonsense 4x4s starting way back with its old SJ-series jeeps. (Let's disregard all those lurid pastel Vitaras with fat alloy wheels and "amusing" rhino wheelcovers on the back.)
I think Jimnys look like a pretty good package if all you are after in a second car is a straightforward four-wheel-drive capability in a vehicle which is not terribly big. One chap I know in North Wales loves his Suzuki that he bought about nine months ago. It didn't cost him the earth at all and it's light enough and capable enough to get around quite wet ground he has up there.
Just don't expect the Suzuki to come up to the same standards on-road as it does off-road. Wind and road noise are bad and the speed, handling and refinement are not scintillating.
It is what it is — a cheap, small off-roader. If you wanted something fairly new and inexpensive for just you and a couple of dogs it is worth putting on the list. It'll cause less of a wallet-bashing than a second-hand Land Rover/Jeep Cherokee/Discovery etc.
Put it this way, for the same price as a new quad, you can have a three or four-year-old little 4x4 that has electric windows, a roof, stereo, heater, power-steering and so on.
Personally, I miss our fantastic old F-reg Range Rover. But it was getting a little on the criminally expensive side to fill with petrol every few hundred miles. 
Does anyone else out there have any thoughts on the Jimny?
Alastair.
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Alastair Balmain, Deputy editor, Shooting Times
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jwayne
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Reged: 04/10/2007
Posts: 13
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i have a land rover series 3 i use but, considering a second car. trouble with the landy it takes a lifetime to travel, however it's only done 26k from new so i'll hang on to it.
i was considering a second car and the susuki was the first thing i thought about.
running costs can't be that bad it's a 1.3 and if it's anything similar to it's cousin the sj series it could prove a usefull shooting wagon.
many thanks alastair
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scottx
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Reged: 07/03/2008
Posts: 13
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The running cost's are terrible. My wife just sold hers as it is cheaper to run my volvo t4 than the jimny.
We got between 150-180 miles per tank and the road tax was £215 per year.
Don't get me wrong, it was a great little car but beware they do have higher running costs than you think for a 1.3.
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ROBERT6500
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Reged: 21/09/2007
Posts: 136
Loc: SOMERSET
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My Shogun will have to go soon, it`s a 2800 turbo diesel and only does 22 mpg on a motorway run, all I ever do is put fuel in the damned thing at £1.18p a ltr, not sure what the tax will be next month. The trouble is although its a lovely bit of kit and goes anywhere, if I want to sell it it`s worth peanuts, almost scrap now, when this time last year it was worth about £4,000 - I`m gutted.
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CountryBachelor
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Reged: 12/05/2008
Posts: 7
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Yep, the Jimny is a great litte car.
I've tried one, but haven't yet had time to write up the review for out website.
On the good side, it's cheap to buy, very versatile, and took just about anything I threw at it when it came to riding around the farm (it handled terrain that you'd very rarely cover on a shoot day!).
On the down side, I have to agree that the running costs do seem high for such a little car, and it seems unfair that it's taxed so highly. With regards to the size, once you get guns, cartridges, clothing, wellies, hats, lunch and a dog (probably not two) in the car their isn't much room for anytihng else, so unless your fairly confident that you won't be carrying passengers very often the I'd look for something a little larger.
With regard to the Shogun, I can sypathise entirely. I'm just about to move off of the farm and into a town (girlfriend isn't too keen on being that remote!), so the Shogun is pretty much redundant. Rising fuel costs are hitting the 4x4 market dramatically - that's easy to see from the shift in our car sales, and as a result the prices are dropping out of the used 4x4 market. It's a shame, but that's what happens when the economy is all to pot.
I can't supply used cars (although I do from time to time, but if you're looking for a good price on a new car (purchase, lease, contract hire, personal contract hire) then please feel free to drop me a line.
Regards
Justin Miles
01626 363 339
www.solutions4finance.com
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For great deals on any new car, van, or 4x4 contact www.solutions4finance.com and mention that you're a fellow shot!
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rbn111
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Reged: 25/06/2008
Posts: 11
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Hi what is the jimny in performance say to a freelander 2.0td4 on road and off I must assume the jiminys a bit of a pig on road reason being we have an seventy mile drive to our shooting before we go off road
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belmontcj
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Reged: 27/11/2007
Posts: 38
Loc: Aberdeenshire
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Whilst i may be a touch biased the Jeep Patriot is a fantastic shoot vehicle. Easily over 40mpg and a superb drive system.
In true American fashion hi levels of spec across the range and £170 a year for Browns Tax, sorry, road tax.
Mark
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CptCarling
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Reged: 21/10/2007
Posts: 102
Loc: Isle of Wight
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Well a Freelander is ok if you only want to drive up a kerb now and then.
I'd go for a Isuzu Trooper any day. Very comfortable to drive, very good off road - especially the automatics.
I have a 3.2 V6 on an L plate which cost me under £500. Having said that, the diesel would be better as it will run on chip fat.
We also run a Hilux 2.4 4x4 diesel/chipfat which also cost under £300 as you do need deep pockets to run the trooper all the time, thanks to the cost of petrol at the moment.
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