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Re: No vehicle as of yet.. but lurking!

Post by donkeychomp » Fri Nov 21, 2014 9:19 pm

How about a Vitara? (nudge nudge wink wink)
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Re: No vehicle as of yet.. but lurking!

Post by robwizard » Fri Nov 21, 2014 10:28 pm

Haha your Vitara is cool man! But my heart is yearning for something a bit more angular and older!

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Post by donkeychomp » Fri Nov 21, 2014 11:18 pm

I have that too, but might be a bit more expensive. A blue LJ, 1979.
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Post by robwizard » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:28 am

Alas, a bit too nice for me.. I guess I'm looking for something mid to late 80's and in mediocre aesthetic condition! A Samurai?

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Re: No vehicle as of yet.. but lurking!

Post by Ladaman » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:50 am

A little bit late, but :welcome:

Go Samurai (or SJ), they are awesome off road. Not that I'm biased. ;)

A Vit is probably better on road though.

Depends what you will use it for, is it going to be a daily, or just a toy?

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Re: No vehicle as of yet.. but lurking!

Post by robwizard » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:58 am

Yeah I work with a friend and we share driving so will probably only use it a few times a week so not really bothered about comfort, though I do keep reading that a Vitara is a better option for road use. Despite that being sensible I generally make foolhardy decisions with cars and would rather go with a boxy, gnarly Samurai! Would like to have it capable for offroad use, in case of a zombie apocalypse/The Rapture/Ragnarok etc and also maybe to go green laning..?

But yeah SJ Samurai for me I think! Just got to find one now..

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Post by RickUK » Sat Nov 22, 2014 11:09 am

Love my old LWB Vitara,the V6 engine is as smooth as silk,plenty of grunt when you need it and never got stuck 'yet' but saying that i dont go total off road like some folks do,just mainly use it as a hunting/shooting/fishing/detecting wagon and having the right wagon to get me off ploughed fields.
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Re: No vehicle as of yet.. but lurking!

Post by robwizard » Sat Nov 22, 2014 1:09 pm

Yeah that sounds pretty practical, definitely suitable for zombie apocalypse.. but I just wonder if the marginally sharper corners of a Samurai might be better for smashing through hordes of the living dead? I guess the v6 engine would be a good shout. I'm already thinking that a 1.6 pug diesel engine conversion would be on the cards if/when I do get a Samurai..

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Post by donkeychomp » Sat Nov 22, 2014 10:54 pm

And then watch in amazement as your heavy diesel engine sinks the SJ into the mud and hordes of flesh eating monsters eat you alive...
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Post by Anton » Sun Nov 23, 2014 6:29 am

Yeah, most people who've fitted diesel engines in SJ's have said that the extra weight ruins them...
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