Loss of an old friend….

[Foxyboy43]

Well, it has happened….
My original Jimny has gone. She was already seven and had 40,000 on the clock when she came to me thirteen years ago. She served me faultlessly all that time literally up hill and dale with the exception of that time when inexplicably the rear half of the exhaust decided to depart just as I was taking a very tight corner on a narrow country road - a corner that is now known as Muffler Bend. She has outlived three of my dogs and provided me with some great memories but as is the case with so many love affairs I knew it would someday end and indeed end it has….

Yes I know she was small but she always pulled well above her weight


However a Foxyboy bodged additional shelf where the rear seats used to reside effectively doubled the usable space

Though at times this did cause a little confusion when it came to home time…

In the last year and recognising that at twenty she was getting on and perhaps would benefit from having a companion I got her a wee friend…

But I felt the end was inevitable and so indeed it was…
Now “Young Red” sits alone in our driveway, her older companion has been sold - at half the price I paid for her thirteen years ago and with a mere 137,000 miles on the clock. Both she and we will miss her.

Thanks old girl….

 

[tarponhead]

Very nice. What next? I guess nothing is quite in that class…Suzuki SJ410?

 

[Foxyboy43]

Very nice. What next? I guess nothing is quite in that class…Suzuki SJ410?

Aye - the younger red mistress has softened the blow a tad but I do miss the old girl rolling round corners, drifting sideways on motorways every time a lorry went past, throaty roar (aye right) at high (ish) speeds - on the very odd occasion “high” was applicable…..
In short she had class, obviously Third or maybe even Steerage Class but class she had and character to boot - a sentiment not necessarily shared by the sainted Lady FB who quite frequently alluded to her using words like “dead”, “driving” and “seen” but not necessarily in that order. Still, every cloud…..
After an appropriate period of mourning I will look at replacements - a pal has a 2012 Mishybootshu or something on offer at silly money (actually less than I got for the Jimny) - more of a crossover (whatever that is) but 4wd and perhaps more comfortable for these increasingly old bones? I will keep the young red lady of course - you just never know when you might need her….

 

[Mungo]

Very nice. What next? I guess nothing is quite in that class…Suzuki SJ410?

Can you still find them??

Finest field vehicle there ever was.

 

[Jagare]

Twenty years is good service. I've just bought a 2023 Jimny. I'm in the process of of pimping my ride. Its going to have a suspension lift kit fitted next Thursday and the bigger tyres have arrived. It will be a hunting truck fitting for my social status.
Sadly at my age I don't see me getting twenty years service out of it.

 

[shakey jake]

Your last photo has your number plate shown mate

 

[Foxyboy43]

Your last photo has your number plate shown mate

Thanks but no longer mine….

 

[Rhodesianjess]

Can you still find them??

Finest field vehicle there ever was.

I pulled a Mitsubishi Shogun out of mud with the original little Rhino jobby,boy was that an embarrassment to the Shogun owner

 

[markj1]

That's impressive!

Not 4x4, but we had a Toyota Previa that we bought new in the mid-nineties and ran for 20+ years, amazing reliability, and massive internal space. The phrase 'they don't build them like that any more' never rang truer.

 

[Mungo]

I pulled a Mitsubishi Shogun out of mud with the original little Rhino jobby,boy was that an embarrassment to the Shogun owner

I loved the fact that you could usually get one down a hippo path, and if you got stuck, it usually only needed 2-3 people to rock them out.

Has both the original 4 speed and the later 5 speed. Marvellous things.

 

[Foxyboy43]

I pulled a Mitsubishi Shogun out of mud with the original little Rhino jobby,boy was that an embarrassment to the Shogun owner

Yep and I pulled my pal’s Navara out of a hole - twice!
I can still smell the clutch….

 

[Tinki]

Well, it has happened….
My original Jimny has gone. She was already seven and had 40,000 on the clock when she came to me thirteen years ago. She served me faultlessly all that time literally up hill and dale with the exception of that time when inexplicably the rear half of the exhaust decided to depart just as I was taking a very tight corner on a narrow country road - a corner that is now known as Muffler Bend. She has outlived three of my dogs and provided me with some great memories but as is the case with so many love affairs I knew it would someday end and indeed end it has….
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Yes I know she was small but she always pulled well above her weight
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However a Foxyboy bodged additional shelf where the rear seats used to reside effectively doubled the usable space
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Though at times this did cause a little confusion when it came to home time…
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In the last year and recognising that at twenty she was getting on and perhaps would benefit from having a companion I got her a wee friend…
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But I felt the end was inevitable and so indeed it was…
Now “Young Red” sits alone in our driveway, her older companion has been sold - at half the price I paid for her thirteen years ago and with a mere 137,000 miles on the clock. Both she and we will miss her.
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Thanks old girl….

Sorry for the loss of the old girl my friend . The queen is dead , long live the queen see you soon friend !

 

[Foxyboy43]

Sorry for the loss of the old girl my friend . The queen is dead , long live the queen see you soon friend !

Looking forward to it Y! Still have the red pretender which will fit in to yours as a spare…..

 

[Siggy]

Still miss my old Jimny - sold it to a friend who subsequently sold it to a mutual acquaintance, who has sold it on but I still see it around occasionally. Great bit of kit except on motorways…toying with getting a new body one if my work van packs up.
Wasn’t a huge amount of room for the dog though.

 

[HonestJohn]

Just replace it with a UMM.

Awesome wee shjistermobiles!

 

[Smellydog]

"muffler corner", I remember my back box coming off when we were rabbiting one night!

 

[Foxyboy43]

"muffler corner", I remember my back box coming off when we were rabbiting one night!

It was rather strange being overtaken by a skidding half exhaust - took a minute to process it before the roar kicked in. It shot through a handy gate and into the field - if anyone had been on the corner it would have been like a skittles game!
All the neighbours knew I had been out that night….

 

[Cyres]

I know the feeling all to well. Heart breaking when my V6 auto Vitara went to the scrap yard. All it needed was a good welder to fix the chassis.
Still the best 4x4.
D

It was rather strange being overtaken by a skidding half exhaust - took a minute to process it before the roar kicked in. It shot through a handy gate and into the field - if anyone had been on the corner it would have been like a skittles game!
All the neighbours knew I had been out that night….

 

[User00056]

It was rather strange being overtaken by a skidding half exhaust

Being overtaken by your own rear wheel will get your attention also. Although I concede it was probably slightly more disconcerting for the chap on the moped who was just pulling up to the junction when my Terranos wheel zipped across his nose

 

[Foxyboy43]

Being overtaken by your own rear wheel will get your attention also. Although I concede it was probably slightly more disconcerting for the chap on the moped who was just pulling up to the junction when my Terranos wheel zipped across his nose

Wow!