Pajero Mini-comments Please

[miniace]

Please post comments about the Pajero Mini.Im about to buy one.Its a 1996 model,late regd (2000) GH series and 1000cc.

[dinosh]

  miniace said:

Please post comments about the Pajero Mini.Im about to buy one.Its a 1996 model,late regd (2000) GH series and 1000cc.

For that money isn't it better to go for a car but it looks nice for a small second vehicle!

A 1000cc engine will be horrible if you are to pull with 4 people in it. btw is it a turbo?

[miniace]

Its normally aspirated.Price is 1.16M.

About the 1000cc issue,mind you that has massive pulling power and 4WD too.Good engine performance.Sounds economical on fuel too.Need to know about the availability of spares.

One last thing,The regd book says "bought from auction" where Brand New or Recon is indicated.guess this is bought from customs auction.Any idea about this??

[dinosh]

  miniace said:

Its normally aspirated.Price is 1.16M.

About the 1000cc issue,mind you that has massive pulling power and 4WD too.Good engine performance.Sounds economical on fuel too.Need to know about the availability of spares.

One last thing,The regd book says "bought from auction" where Brand New or Recon is indicated.guess this is bought from customs auction.Any idea about this??

If you are happy with its performance, thats all what's needed. Since this model is not common here parts

may not be available widely, specially the body parts. Better if you could contact J*pan Lan*a or any other

spare part dealer & check.

Hola & my brother checked the new Pajero mini with a turbo engine & the Jimmy few months ago, i can't remember the prices now.

[miniace]

  dinosh said:

If you are happy with its performance, thats all what's needed. Since this model is not common here parts

may not be available widely, specially the body parts. Better if you could contact J*pan Lan*a or any other

spare part dealer & check.

Hola & my brother checked the new Pajero mini with a turbo engine & the Jimmy few months ago, i can't remember the prices now.

Thanks bro for the info provided.Didnt know Hola checked one.will contact him.thanks again for the quick reply.

[milindu]

  miniace said:

One last thing,The regd book says "bought from auction" where Brand New or Recon is indicated.guess this is bought from customs auction.Any idea about this??

Pajero Mini is not bad. Engine is enough since the vehicle is light and small. If the vehicle was well maintained there shouldn't be any major problems.

Since the vehicle is light, the ride is a bit hard/bumpy. You really feel it.

Bought from Auct. means that it has been bought from the Customs Auctions hence the newer registration.

Look for rust since it might have been lying in port with the sea breeze.

Check Delkanda for parts.

[SHAI]

  milindu said:

Pajero Mini is not bad. Engine is enough since the vehicle is light and small. If the vehicle was well maintained there shouldn't be any major problems.

Since the vehicle is light, the ride is a bit hard/bumpy. You really feel it.

Bought from Auct. means that it has been bought from the Customs Auctions hence the newer registration.

Look for rust since it might have been lying in port with the sea breeze.

Check Delkanda for parts.

I agree. The engine although small has adequate pulling power. Drove one with three other guys

in the car and it was fine. ( Adequate anyway )

The owner of it ( Also a GH plate ) swears by the fuel efficiency. ( 11 - 13 per km )

[miniace]

Thanks Milindu,Shai!

You are correct about the bumpy ride.Need to replace the shocks.No corrosion spotted.Im commited to buy now

[SHAI]

  miniace said:

Thanks Milindu,Shai!

You are correct about the bumpy ride.Need to replace the shocks.No corrosion spotted.Im commited to buy now

All the best machan. Pls post some pics once you get it.

[nira74]

  miniace said:

Thanks Milindu,Shai!

You are correct about the bumpy ride.Need to replace the shocks.No corrosion spotted.Im commited to buy now

Check the prices of spares first........ a friend of mine had to replace shocks and sold the car instead of buying the shocks when he got to know the price of spares.......

Otherwise the normally aspirated engine should last longer than the turbo.

[Kim]

please post pics.. once you buy it! and how much u say this is?

[Supra_Natural]

  nira74 said:

Check the prices of spares first........ a friend of mine had to replace shocks and sold the car instead of buying the shocks when he got to know the price of spares.......

Otherwise the normally aspirated engine should last longer than the turbo.

must have been an Extreme figure then..... what was the car?

[miniace]

Thanks everybody for the quick response with comments.Yes I paid the advance and confirmed the buy.Price down to 1.15M (after lengthy bargaining) .Will post the pics soon after closing the deal.

[HardHat]

Bro r u talking abt a Pajero io?

[miniace]

  HardHat said:

Bro r u talking abt a Pajero io?

No machan..the model before IO.Not the GDi mode.This is called Pajero junior too.

[Hola]

  miniace said:

Please post comments about the Pajero Mini.Im about to buy one.Its a 1996 model,late regd (2000) GH series and 1000cc.

Hey look whos moneyd these days! Yes, i had the hots for one too sometime.

http://forum.autolanka.com/index.php?showtopic=2097

[miniace]

Since my inventory is minus the March K11 and wife's Mini 1000cc, there are plenty of space for another car or two ...I somehow missed that topic Hola.

[HardHat]

  Quote

No machan..the model before IO.Not the GDi mode.This is called Pajero junior too.

OK cool. If it was the io then I was going to give some negative comments. Glad it is not an io.

[nira74]

  Supra_Natural said:

must have been an Extreme figure then..... what was the car?

It was a Pajero Mini... which he had bought Unreg.... agents quoted him over 25k per corner for the shocks and parts weren't available outside.... he took it as sign of things to come so decided to go for a Nissan with a little more space instead....

[miniace]

  HardHat said:

OK cool. If it was the io then I was going to give some negative comments. Glad it is not an io.

GDis are proved a failure here now.Especially for SL users as Sulpher percentage in Gasoline is high here.

[HardHat]

yeah and have you ever tried sitting in the back seat of a GDi / io?

you shouldn't bother if you are taller than 4'1"

and I beleive it's got one of the worst safety records

[The Don]

Pity about the GDI's in SL though, I have heard good things about the technology in a fuel efficiency point of view, but I guess it just doesn't go with whats available in SL.

[miniace]

  The Don said:

Pity about the GDI's in SL though, I have heard good things about the technology in a fuel efficiency point of view, but I guess it just doesn't go with whats available in SL.

Yes thats the sad part of it. Beggers cant be choosers...sad part of being in third world!

[Devinda_Z]

  miniace said:

Since my inventory is minus the March K11 and wife's Mini 1000cc, there are plenty of space for another car or two

hmmmm how abt a Black 2dr Cult classic from Nissan with a 3L engine

  miniace said:

GDis are proved a failure here now.Especially for SL users as Sulpher percentage in Gasoline is high here.

those GDI's were made to run on 98 - 101 Ocatne super unleaded in Japan

out here é fuel pump has a lifespan of 150,000km's at best - said to be costly to repair so watch out...

[The Don]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_direct_injection

Interesting, GDi is slowly becoming mainstream technology with a lot of companies adopting it and integrating it to their own engines.