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Suzuki Jimny

liam.mccaffrey - 16/3/10 at 11:21 AM

Be warned, the alleged ease with which these things can be flipped over is very true!!

Mum was borrowing my brothers at the week end, she came round a corner at less than 10 mph and the rear outside wheel caught some ice. This pointed the the car toward the stone wall on the inside which she then hit rather slowly.

It seems that the front of the chassis rail dug into the wall and transferred all the energy into flipping the car which was already going sideways.

She and other witnesses have stated that it was unbelievable how quickly it flipped onto its side and at such a slow speed.

She is absolutely fine a bit shaken though.

Anyone have any ideas what we could do with a perfectly good suzuki jimny? Its too damaged to repair and with no insurance involved (third party only) the brain is sparking!!!!

[Edited on 16/3/10 by liam.mccaffrey]

blakep82 - 16/3/10 at 11:34 AM

the crusher's too good for them

hmm, engine gearbox and diffs ok? some sort of lightweight off roader?

liam.mccaffrey - 16/3/10 at 11:39 AM

the top gear test drive review say something like
"they have as much charm as Hannibal Lecter in a bad mood"

blakep82 - 16/3/10 at 11:44 AM

i think the real question is, why does your brother have one?! is he a er, confirmed batchelor
i'm joking!

boggle - 16/3/10 at 11:53 AM

the jimny is an under estimated off roader...

fitted with lockers and winches it will go places a landy wont....

but they are crap on the ice....

have a look for the granite bashers on the web.....

bikenuts - 16/3/10 at 12:02 PM

How about something like this?

http://www.ncfblitz.co.uk/page6.html

He used to do an SJ based one too

[Edited on 16/3/10 by bikenuts]

Humbug - 16/3/10 at 12:04 PM

Jago Geep bodywork on top instead of the metal? It would keep all the good bits (4x4 drive, etc.) and reduce the bad bit (top-heaviness)

02GF74 - 16/3/10 at 12:05 PM

quote:
Originally posted by liam.mccaffrey

she came round a corner at less than 10 mph and the rear outside wheel caught some ice. This pointed the the car toward the stone wall on the inside which she then hit rather slowly.

It seems that the front of the chassis rail dug into the wall and transferred all the energy into flipping the car which was already going sideways.

can't imagine it but how many other cars wood have done the same?

MikeRJ - 16/3/10 at 12:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
can't imagine it but how many other cars wood have done the same?

Probably any of the small 4x4s, Daihatsu Terios etc.

The Jimny hasn't got a reputation for falling over anyway, it was the older Samurai that could be unstable in emergency manoeuvres, but you still have to try quite hard to roll them on the road.

trextr7monkey - 16/3/10 at 01:53 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Humbug
Jago Geep bodywork on top instead of the metal? It would keep all the good bits (4x4 drive, etc.) and reduce the bad bit (top-heaviness)

+1 would make a cracking vehicle, it is the new SJ

daughter has one which she has managed to keep up right. I will pass on this info and try not to panic her

Correct me if I'm mistaken but my impression was that for a lot of the off road guys turning the car over or on its side is a fairly regular experience as a result of trying too hard?

Have heard of other short wheel base cars flipping if reversed on full lock at speed

Ps if it had a decent aerial fitted how much ?

MikeRJ - 16/3/10 at 03:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by trextr7monkey
Correct me if I'm mistaken but my impression was that for a lot of the off road guys turning the car over or on its side is a fairly regular experience as a result of trying too hard?

They do very often tip them over, which is why they have big external cages fitted. It's usually at very low speeds and high angles of lean though, so things tend to happen fairly slowly.

blakep82 - 16/3/10 at 04:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by MikeRJ

quote:
Originally posted by trextr7monkey
Correct me if I'm mistaken but my impression was that for a lot of the off road guys turning the car over or on its side is a fairly regular experience as a result of trying too hard?

They do very often tip them over, which is why they have big external cages fitted. It's usually at very low speeds and high angles of lean though, so things tend to happen fairly slowly.

but you don't expect it to happen on the road, going slowly round a corner

ghuncha - 16/3/10 at 06:16 PM

how about this
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MikeRJ - 16/3/10 at 06:21 PM

quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
but you don't expect it to happen on the road, going slowly round a corner

It doesn't happen (have a look at the link I posted above). The OP's wife slid on ice and wedged the front of the car into a wall, that's a bit different to simply rolling it through hard cornering.

dogwood - 16/3/10 at 08:47 PM

Never had any instability probs with mine...
And I spend most of my time driving it like I stole it...

trextr7monkey - 16/3/10 at 09:05 PM

There's an unregistered Jago on e bay at mo for about Ł200 if you took the body and sold off Ford bits -struts , loom , axle, tank you'd get the body for free which isn't a bad place to start from. You'd also have a spare ladder chassis
Talk to Coozer who is on with an SJ "locost" Jago conversion

David Jenkins - 16/3/10 at 10:33 PM

When the Jimny first came out they had a reputation for falling over. Suzuki strongly denied that the car had a problem, and got all uppity if anyone suggested otherwise.

A year later and a new model came out... with nice big wheel arches and a significantly wider track!

morcus - 17/3/10 at 02:08 AM

Put a Mini Shell on it and make a mini monster truck, I saw one on Classic Car Club and I'm sure they said it was a Jimny underneath.

MikeRJ - 17/3/10 at 01:12 PM

quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
When the Jimny first came out they had a reputation for falling over.

That was the Samuari.

David Jenkins - 17/3/10 at 01:28 PM

You sure? They're all the same to me...