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Suzukis in the Media

Post by Rabid Rhino » Thu May 12, 2016 1:34 am

First off... Top Gear USA Series 5 Episode 1. Vitara on the Rubicon. They really map it out nicely.

Total Offroad seem to have a couple of decent looking Suzuki articles in March and April 2016
Anyone got the low down on the vehicles ?
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Post by dan00001 » Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:29 am

Wheeler dealers did a good episode on a Suzuki sj, they didn't make any money out of it, but it was fun to watch!
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Post by Jordi » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:34 am

dan00001 wrote:Wheeler dealers did a good episode on a Suzuki sj, they didn't make any money out of it, but it was fun to watch!
Some people may disagree with that. Never even got an MOT on it.
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Post by zook123 » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:38 am

Yeah, that one on Wheeler Dealers, was just a mess from the start, you could see when he was putting in the "Roll Cage" all the rot around the areas, could have taken him a hour to patch up and would have passed the MOT.

From what I have heard, it did make it back on the road, and is currently parked up at some Offroad Site in the UK!
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Post by zook123 » Fri Jul 22, 2016 8:40 am

Talking of Top Gear USA, have you seen the Samuari on there, they try and find the worlds most dangerous car

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Or my favourite, the Bolivia special!

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Post by r-nottz » Fri Jul 22, 2016 9:02 am

The bloke who bought it used it for a few months then sold it on to someone who made it road legal then eventually it had a 1.5 Isuzu /Vauxhall diesel engine put in it as far as I know. It was on ebay about 2 years ago
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Post by ScottieJ » Fri Jul 22, 2016 12:05 pm

wheeler dealers..........good episode? i'm not convinced, those two guys on there are idiots :lol:
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Post by zook123 » Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:37 pm

ScottieJ wrote:wheeler dealers..........good episode? i'm not convinced, those two guys on there are idiots :lol:
Have you seen the more recent series, seams to have really kicked it up a gear, and it's actually quite convincing now!
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Post by ScottieJ » Fri Jul 22, 2016 1:39 pm

zook123 wrote:
ScottieJ wrote:wheeler dealers..........good episode? i'm not convinced, those two guys on there are idiots :lol:
Have you seen the more recent series, seams to have really kicked it up a gear, and it's actually quite convincing now!
If it still has those two idiots in it i'm not interested :lol:
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Post by r-nottz » Fri Jul 22, 2016 2:08 pm

That ed china is a genuinely nice guy, hes a really good mechanic too but that show just makes him look clueless because there trying to advertise the fact you can fix your own car up yourself as a diy mechanic.

He does all the top gear cars for them, the jag with the metro on its roof etc
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