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Miniature 4x4 lovers..

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Created by Mrknownothing > 9 months ago, 17 Jun 2019
Mrknownothing
QLD, 147 posts
17 Jun 2019 6:13PM
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Anyone familiar with the little Suzuki 4x4s?

Looking at possibly a early Jimny or Vitara. Main focus will be chasing gutters up the beach.

Am I pushing things with a budget of around $5000? Want something that is not going to leave me stranded up the beach though..

Yay, nay?

Sandfoot
VIC, 566 posts
17 Jun 2019 7:15PM
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Mrknownothing said..
Anyone familiar with the little Suzuki 4x4s?

Looking at possibly a early Jimny or Vitara. Main focus will be chasing gutters up the beach.

Am I pushing things with a budget of around $5000? Want something that is not going to leave me stranded up the beach though..

Yay, nay?


The Jimny was a **** car with a **** name, I liked the Vitara, you could take the roof off. Most suzuki owners swear buy em. Sketchy on the bitumen.

sn
WA, 2775 posts
17 Jun 2019 6:05PM
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any zook that doesn't have a cloud of Castrol R fumes following it, is too advanced for the Aussie market

Stuthepirate
SA, 3589 posts
17 Jun 2019 8:19PM
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The early 90's Sierras were weapons off road.
Power to Weight was awesome. Could get some good sized tyres under them with a small lift too.
$5000 well with in budget for a good one

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/raymond-terrace/cars-vans-utes/suzuki-sierra-wide-track/1220601077

Mark _australia
WA, 22090 posts
17 Jun 2019 8:21PM
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^^Yep get a early 90's sierra and put a Suzuki GTi motor in it

Will embarrass a LOT of Pootrol and Lamcrooser folks.

Well, almost all of them......

theDoctor
NSW, 5765 posts
17 Jun 2019 11:29PM
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Serious fishos round here have them for crossing mud flats between tides. Then the serious too much money fishos have those Yamaha rhino side by side atv things that they have to put on a trailer and tow around.
I bought my zook for the price of the atvs trailer (almost). Goes everywhere uncomfortably and buzzes like it needs an extra gear on the highway.

Sandfoot
VIC, 566 posts
18 Jun 2019 5:51AM
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Mark _australia said..
^^Yep get a early 90's sierra and put a Suzuki GTi motor in it

Will embarrass a LOT of Pootrol and Lamcrooser folks.

Well, almost all of them......


Dad had the long wheel base Sierra, would float over the deep soft sand that the big 4s would get stuck in. Don't worry about having an accident on the road, it's the last thing you will remember

cammd
QLD, 3469 posts
18 Jun 2019 7:23AM
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I had a two stroke LJ50 back in my youth, everyone used to call me cameronennennennnenn

Ian K
WA, 4039 posts
18 Jun 2019 8:16AM
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Miniature 4X4s! That's going against the grain. To get around town with impunity these days, (and maybe do a little fishing) you'll need the Toyota Tundra.
www.drive.com.au/news/toyota-australia-chasing-tundra-and-tacoma-to-tackle-american-challengers-121663.html?trackLink=SMH3&utm_campaign=tile-4&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=smh





Tonz
509 posts
18 Jun 2019 8:54AM
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and some dipstick mother would try parking that to pick the little darlings up from school. immagine her trying to reverse it.

GreenPat
QLD, 4083 posts
18 Jun 2019 10:59AM
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I learnt to drive in the Suzuki LJ50, that thing was a weapon!

myusernam
QLD, 6085 posts
18 Jun 2019 11:45AM
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how do the 2 stroke suzukis work? do you have to add oil as you fill like a mower?

cammd
QLD, 3469 posts
18 Jun 2019 12:12PM
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myusernam said..
how do the 2 stroke suzukis work? do you have to add oil as you fill like a mower?


oil injection, they have a separate tank, more than once I had service station attendants run out and tell me I couldn't use outboard oil in a car.

Blew a motor in mine once so purchased a s/h motor imported from Japan, wasn't sure how good the oil pump worked after I fitted it so I pre mixed the first tank. The pump was working fine so it got double the oil and I drove around town with a cloud of blue smoke following behind for a few days.

evlPanda
NSW, 9202 posts
18 Jun 2019 12:56PM
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Ian K said..




This is a good choice for school pickups, blocking other drivers' views when backing out of driveways, dominating car parks, and annoying other drivers in general. [thumbs up]

HotBodMon
NSW, 573 posts
18 Jun 2019 1:28PM
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jimny even has a sleeper kit
www.cars.co.za/motoring_news/sleeper-kit-for-suzuki-jimny/46080/

cauncy
WA, 8407 posts
18 Jun 2019 12:54PM
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Daihatsu rocky and terios
great little bus for beach

THE PIN PULLER
WA, 465 posts
20 Jun 2019 8:20PM
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Get a Bundi !!!

Crusoe
QLD, 1192 posts
21 Jun 2019 6:07AM
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4x4 are great at T intersections when trying to turn left and some "me first" 4x4 driver pulls up alongside you and blocks your view, even thought they could have seen just as well if the had of stopped 2 meters shorter and allowed you full vision of all oncoming traffic.

Skid
QLD, 1499 posts
21 Jun 2019 3:22PM
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Judging from the thread title, is this what you are looking for?


Tonz
509 posts
21 Jun 2019 3:42PM
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what the fourby or the tits?



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