Insuring it with an aftermarket turbo kit would be expensive tooThe new wagon type is surely nice but a bit overpriced for a small underpowered 1.6L. I think you're paying for the cult like image.
If I bought one it would need to have a turbo kit installed on it.
No one needs to know but yourself, and keep the old exhaust.Insuring it with an aftermarket turbo kit would be expensive too
You rarely overtake anyone in a Jimny but it sure beats walking. I have grown to like that odd little car.
The kits are fairly cheap and pretty much just a bolt up.
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In race trim on slicks...
Purchased mine, a 2012 with 70,000km, a few years back for $12k as something small for my daughter to learn to drive in, they're asking around $25k for them now. Quite a capable off-road vehicle that goes to the same spots as mates with bigger 4WD's.You get fined in QLD for aftermarket lights as most of them don't meet Australian standards.
Have you seen the price of the new Jimnys ?
The old ones must be like gold, they go up in value as they get older.
Yebbut, a crash and insurance claim and I could all be null and void real quick. I can just kick it a bit more solidly in guts when more power is needed and conserve momentum like an SS ride. I have the Mazda for turbo vavoom anyhow.No one needs to know but yourself, and keep the old exhaust.
I only need a bit of extra power for the hills, my days of being Fangio are done for.
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Just like ours but we have it in white. Ours was the same price from the same time too. They have their niggles but also a lot of good points.
They have to prove over speeding was a contributing factor.
Might want to check your policy on that. Most say any unlisted (or illegal) mods will void the policy. The specifics on the driving/incident will have little effect on the outcome if that's the case, it's just the first time the insurer will check if the vehicle complies with what the policy holder has stated when raising the policy.
1.5L in the current models. The 1.6L was older Vitaras.
The problem lies in the definition of Mods - I have had insurers deny me as the vehicle had headers on it and I have had insurers perfectly fine with ecu remaps (as long as it’s the factory ecu connected) and others consider the remap a mod - The other problem is 99 out of 100 people that do mods have no issue with claims but every 1 out of 100 does
Oh yes, I forgot they were a 1.5, I keep on thinking about the old Vitara motors.
I've seen brand new cars installed with accessories and parts at dealerships that aren't compliant, then others leaking oil and coolant.
AS long as your not in an electric car either, as a friend worked in the only 'certified' panel repair shop in Sydney when they were first out and the footage was still in the car from the crash, people dont swear as much as I thought they would when having a crash.
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It doesn't have a solid roof. Nor a windscreen for that matter.
I don’t see the problem
Makes it hard to hear the radio! Plus it's not always warm and dry here, and even if it was I can't always get around looking like The Stig.I don’t see the problem
Ready to race again!
Wait for the no doubt faster rear tailshaft to turn up and get installed.
