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SJ or VITARA
andyhubbard:
Thanks guys- looking at a couple of Vitaras at the moment,one hardtop and one soft,i think it will have to be a Vit. as i won't a auto really. Or as a stupid question what are the manuals like on the clutch as i have a dodgy left knee?,regards Andy. Well the soft-top we'll forget about at a grand and 9 years old with high mileage and no service history.
Naughty T:
We had an sj before the vitara and after having experience of both the vitara marginally wins.
The vitara has a bit more comfort,coils which work out easier and cheaper for lifting and looks more modern all while still giving you the same laughs and giggles offroad as the sj,just a shame they didn't build the vit with a similar chasis tol the sj.
Allan has been around sj's for 10 years or more and never seen a rotten chasis yet,both our vitaras have needed chasis work and were a good few years newer than the sj's.
Another bad point about the vitara is that shafts and cv's tend to break quite easily,in 10 months i have gone through 8 shafts,not really a problem for us because we have loads of spares but could be a problem if we had to buy new,i think alot of it was down to my DB tyres being too aggressive,haven't broke anything since changing to camac terras.
The vitara also turns alot more heads but thats maybe because mine is all kitted out and painted PINK lol!!!
Hope this helps in some way.
generation-x:
theres a guy in telford selling a fatboy auto if ur interested
simon
marjan:
No contest, I have had both and had to change to a Vitara for the sake of my 45 year old back!. An SJ is great fun for messing about locally but you definately don't want to drive far in one.
My 16V SWB Vitara is comfy (ish), fast and goes anywhere that the SJ did. One thing that no one else has mentioned is that the Vitara will cost more to insure.
andyhubbard:
Hi Marjan thanks for that,can i ask a questio and that is i know theres not a lot of room behind the seats but could a jack russell and a small border collie fit in?,regards Andy.
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