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160439927408
Mazda 121 shades, 1988 model manual, opposite of MX5
Don't forget to check my other auctions, I have something for everybody!
A very successful real estate agent once told me that lowering the reserve price of something will encourage bidding. Fortunately I didn't listen to him.
Anyway, let me get this clear: The car is actually good despite its colour. It doesn't blow smoke, everything works and it runs very well. What more could you ask for at that price? An iPhone I guess. Despite not taking the real estate agent's advice, I have lowered the starting price of this car by a full one hundred dollars and one cent. Even thrown in a full tank of fuel which should last you about nine years if you never drive the car.
If you thought muscle cars were a thing of the past, think again. This Mazda is probably one of Japan's most formidable street machines. In fact, Subaru were lucky that these little boxes were produced before the first WRX, because it gave Subaru something to strive for.
On first glance you may just think that this is just another Japanese girly car, aimed at practicality and economy. You're right. But what Mazda put into these was a level of technology matched only by Casio calculators from the 1970s.
Not only does this car look sporty and powerful, it also has aerodynamics equivalent to a garden shed, enabling it to reach speeds well beyond 100,000 metres per hour. In fact, with a tail wind these things can go even faster, but a cross wind presents problems, especially after the car ends up on its roof.
Aside from the factory styled aerodynamics, this car is fitted with aftermarket speed dimples, known as 'dents'. Like a golf ball's dimples, the dents allow the 121 to travel even further when hit by a 9 iron.
One of the major problems you will have owning this car is that everyone wants to race you from the traffic lights. Even trucks. I know this because everyone takes off really quickly and when I catch up to them at the next set of lights, they pretend they weren't trying. In this 121, you have to be really careful with the throttle control as too much acceleration is likely to cause wheelspin, whereas anything below 3,000 RPM is likely to cause stalling. Driving in the wet is a real problem as far as traction goes, especially on wet grass or oiled steel plates. This truly is a driver's car (because no passengers are likely to get in it).
Although it appears massive, the exhaust is the original 3cm job. Mazda had to go up a size from the drinking straw used on the Mazda 1000s because of the radical cam timing used in the 121. When they put together the first B13 motor it was a twin cam job, but it was so powerful that the exhaust cam ended up getting blown out the exhaust and the inlet cam often ran away in fear of the pistons. So they stayed with a single cam version and threw out 8 valves in order to lighten the car up even further. The motor produces almost as much power as four high quality split system air conditioners, which when coupled to the advanced five speed transmission and front wheel drive provides enough power to charge a mobile phone.
Mazda tried desperately to dress down the 121, including the fitment of 13” wheels just to take away that guard filling look of the bigger 14” rims. They didn't compromise on width though, this car has tyres as wide as a shopping trolley with a rubber compound to match. Without such huge road hugging bags, this car would not be able to handle the race tuned suspension that it is fitted with, in fact it may even have a small sway bar somewhere. Mazda also kept the bumper bars a different colour to the car, because with such curvy styling some may not have been able to tell where the car started and ended. Ford's Australian Taurus from the mid 90's is a classic example of a car which has no front and no back. The seats in that car can swivel 360° so that it can be driven in either direction. Mazda didn't want the same problem with the 121, so they put a slight angle in the roof of the car where it meets the front windscreen.
To give you some idea of the way this car performs, let me relate a recent road incident I was involved in:
I was traveling along the freeway minding my own business, when suddenly a Mercedes ML63 AMG came up beside me and the middle aged driver nodded at me with his leather jacket and Armani sunnies on. It was on. I was in third gear getting ready for a steep climb up the hill so I thought I'd give the big AMG a head start. Off we went. I planted my foot to the floor and the scenery started to blast past me (admittedly it was painted on the side of a garden supplies pantech). I think I saw the same AMG about an hour later, pulled over outside a cafe with the driver reading the Financial Review and sipping on a soy latte. I blew the horn and accelerated in a cloud of tyre smoke, which may have been attributed to the container of baby powder I had run over.
That was the closest race I've had in the 121, in fact for a few seconds, I could almost read the rear number plate of the AMG. I learned from that incident that losers should never give winners a head start, so now I just drive off before lights even turn green. Sure, I've caused a few taxis to peel their retreads off trying to avoid me, but the satisfaction of winning the race to the other side of the intersection is worth it.
This 121 isn't just built for speed. It is also built for practicality. The rear seats fold down providing enough room for a stampede of rats to be carried in comfort. You could even fit a fridge in if you could buy one small enough. I've even picked up a few models in the 121, including a ship in a bottle. It doesn't have a towbar purely because scientists haven't come up with a material strong enough to withstand the forces encountered when the clutch is dropped. The car is so powerful that they even had to leave out back doors because they were afraid the car would pull apart at the seams like my last pair of trackie dacks.
Parking is simple in this car. In fact, it is so light that it can be parked on top of a Subaru Liberty if the Subaru is fitted with Rhino racks. Some people even take their 121 into the shopping centre with them and save on putting $2 into an Aldi trolley. Once when I went to Newtown for dinner, there were so few parking spots that I put the 121 on a Marickville bus for only $1.20 and picked it up later.
It has a turbo button which can be handy sometimes, especially when the guy next to you on the Yamaha R1 wants to drag you. It has to be used with caution because depending on your body weight, you could brake the backrest of the seat under acceleration. I liken it to nitrous oxide, but without the reality. It works by having the air conditioning on most of the time, but when you need an added burst of power, just turn it off and away you go. I reckon you pull an extra half a kilowatt out of the beast with the turbo boost feature.
You may also notice that this model is the 'Shades' series. The Shades was Mazda's codename for the Small Hatch And Definitely Enough Speed project, where they attempted to set a world record by mass producing the worlds best selling flat pack car. Ikea would have taken on the Shades project, but the engineers could not make fasteners strong enough to keep all the panels together, so they abandoned that aspect of the project and Mazda produced the 121 from recycled CRT computer monitors instead, maintaining the classic lines.
If you're after that discreet look where nobody notices you, this isn't the car for you. It's like riding a Ducati 998 up to a motocross track when you park this thing somewhere. People will stare, some will even want to touch it, some may be jealous. But like fame, after a while you get used to it (apparently). The best thing I've found for avoiding attention when driving this beast around, is to park next to a car with similar formidable characteristics, like a Daihatsu Charade.
For those interested in the minor details, the car is registered in NSW until next March, almost a year away. For a cat, that would be like having almost seven years worth of rego.
It doesn't have power steering because as you can see from the colour, it was built for only the toughest of drivers.
It is not fuel injected, but still manages to run on the smell of an oily rag; provided the oily rag is left in the fuel tank and covered in 20L of unleaded petrol.
Everything works as it should, even the brakes slow you down.
Mechanically it is fine, there is no rust and the tyres are near new.
With GT Falcons and HK Monaros going for many of thousands of dollars, this may just be your chance to buy on of Japan's true muscle cars before there are less than 4.3 million of them left.Item number: 160439927408
Questions from other members : Mazda 121 shades, 1988 model manual, opposite of MX5.
Question & Answer
Q: Dear Sir I'm a recent arrival to this beautiful country of yours. I came over in a watercraft of less luxury and speed of your 121, bout the same size though. Will you be paying capital gains tax on the profit you are making on this car?, it will pay for my hotel bill. Its actually not a hotel, its a government funded country club, you might have heard of it 'le clube villawooda'. I actually need it to outrun the meathead gorilla personal assistants assigned to me by the club. They are killing me with there love and affection. Will you be able to personally deliver the car and instruct me how to use it, as i think being jap the controls are different to my Jerusalem Donkey named 'Fatima' i had back home. Infact if you are able to prove it can outrun those meatheads with me as a passenger i will give you a bonus 10K. If I am not the winning bidder, may the winners mother be infested by the fleas of a thousand camels. Alla Akbar! Love Moustafa 03-Jun-10
A: I have to warn you that I know a lot about camel toes and trust me, they are better on the sand than a Mazda 121, that's why there are so many of them at the beaches. I can't assist you by driving you away from you 'accommodation', but I do know of a man who races helicopters for a living and he may be able to help for the price of a yellow pencil case. I hope you are the winning bidder so that I can share with you some of your fine food. Thanks you.
Q: I've heard from a trusted source that it's not uncommon for women to throw their panties at these vehicles when stopped at traffic lights. Can you confirm this as fact? 03-Jun-10
A: I can confirm that, but panties aren't the only things that have been thrown at it. I was once at a set of lights and someone threw a giraffe at it. I threw a wobbly at them.
Q: I love it. Description, colour and humour to go with it. I'm 6'8" like High Tower in Police Academy but I'm not black. Can you take out the front seat so I can test drive your precious retro Japanese beast? 02-Jun-10
A: No need to take out the front seat, I'll remove the windscreen so that you can stand up and drive like Gilligan did before the Minnow got lost!
Q: Does it float? 02-Jun-10
A: Yes, but you have to put it in a condom first.
Q: Did you ever let this butch brute of a car get lucky with another one? That other one being on vacation from England. I think you must have - you naughty person! Because I have just seen its offspring right here in Halifax UK! Do you know if fly spray will kill it so this one cant breed anymore ? You help would be greatly appreciated as we are in mortal danger of being infected with CCD. (crap car disease) Great ad mate if it were here I'd buy it lol! Giles. 02-Jun-10
A: Thanks Giles. Just try to lure the car close to a venus fly trap if you have one nearby to save on fly spray (wait, they need sunlight to grow, so probably not likely in Halifax). Alternatively you could have it desexed if you take it to a vet and tell them that it's a pink boxer, as long as you pay the bill they won't care. Stay warm and enjoy your two weeks of summer!
Q: You have made my day... I have the exact same car - not in as perfect condition, but still just as incredibly awesome. 02-Jun-10
A: And I thought mine was one of a kind. Oh well, we'll have to share the fame then!
Q: If I fold up my 185cm tall brother, will he fit in this car? Or should he remove the front seat and drive from the back seat instead? 02-Jun-10
A: The better option would be to get a tow bar fitted and put your brother in a trailer and leave the hatch open on the Mazda. He could drive it from the trailer in comfort then.
Q: As a serious collector can you tell me if it has matching numbers? My big concern is any after market intercoolers or suspension modifications. 02-Jun-10
A: Yes, as rare as it may seem it does have matching numbers: The front number plate has the same numbers as the rear number plate. I can't see any intercooler or suspension mods, but there is steering wheel.
Q: I've been reading the item description and Q&A's for such a long time, I have forgotten what colour it is ? If I paid your asking price, would you repaint it purple for me prior to pick up ?? p.s. MUST be metallic paint. p.p.s. I am REALLY excited about this car. Cheers, I look forward to your reply . 01-Jun-10
A: No, I won't paint it purple, but I will let you pick it up in the dark and I should get away with it if you don't read this reply and are therefore none the wiser to my plot. As for the metalic, I'll sprinkle a bit of grinding dust on it and hope for no rain.
Q: Can this car be flat packed and sent to Perth.If so how much for postage and does it come with allen keys and assembly instructions. cheers Phil. 01-Jun-10
A: Actually Perth would be a good spot for this car, it could be used in the mines to cart one piece of coal at a time. If I take it to the post office with a balaclava on, I should get a discount.
Q: You absolutely rock. I want to buy this car just based on the description alone. Sounds like an absolute beast. However, I live in Hong Kong, and I am wondering what the postage will be after you pack it flat in the box. Can you please provide me an estimate, and I will 01-Jun-10
A: I took the car to Ikea today and told them that my pink bookshelf was a disaster and that I wanted it sent to Hong Kong for repair. The kicked me out.
Q: are you able to post this beauty?? 01-Jun-10
A: Only locally, if I send it overseas customs will find all the bugs in it.
Q: I have a modern "bubble" type 121 that I was thinking of selling, so I could go retro in one of these original beauties. Would you recommend the step back in time? 01-Jun-10
A: For certain. Your modern space-age bubble car is probably fitted with a 1.5L engine, which is just asking for trouble. You really need to feel the effects of a headwind so buy my car!
Q: You're great! Shame I don't need a Mazda bomb. 01-Jun-10
A: Yes you do. I was in the shower the other night and thought the same about the soap until I got out and still had a texta beard.
Q: Are you David Thorne? PS Very funny. Good luck. 01-Jun-10
A: No, I've been asked that before and had to google him. He's the one that sends himself emails isn't he? Thanks for the support. Cheers.
Q: Do you realise that you really ARE very funny? I hope so. Because you are. Get a gig doing standup. More chance of making a quid than selling this sorry little vehicle. Good luck! 01-Jun-10
A: Sorry little vehicle, now that's not very nice. Just think that you could take the bonnet off, fill the engine bay with potting mix and grow strawberries in it. Lovely. Thanks for your support and let me know if you want to be my manager.
Q: Have you considered a career in stand up comedy? Clearly that tosser who said you are not funny, has an issue...Nice car BTW. I would buy it just because of the smile you put on my dial. 01-Jun-10
A: Thanks Shoonsta. He or she must be a real fun person to be around, unlike us!
Q: Hi, would you be interested in swapping this sports car for a drawing of a spider I have done (valued at $1500)? Thanks 01-Jun-10
A: How many legs does it have?
Q: do you realise you aren't as funny as you like to think you are? 01-Jun-10
A: It's good that you have an opinion, just a shame that it differs from 98% of the other 15,430 people that enjoyed it. But thanks, I didn't realise so I'll keep it in mind. Thankfully the world keeps turning because of poeple like you!
Q: If you want you can race me for slips in my Subaru Sherpa 750cc. 31-May-10
A: I've seen what thoss Subarus are capable of. One actually managed to get out of second gear on a flat road once. But nonetheless, I will race you for slips as my peticoat is worn out.
Q: hey, is it possible to come have a look?
31-May-10
A: Yes, of course. Let me know when you would like to. I'll even let you open the doors and take it for a drive.
Q: Hi there, I am trying to decide whether to buy your car or an ornamental lamp at the same price. Can you guarantee the chick magnet status of this car? 31-May-10
A: I'm absolutely certain that if you put this thing beside your bed rather than a silly ornamental lamp, you will have much more success with the ladies. You don't even have to plug the Mazda in.
Q:Hi there, What is the 1/4 mile time for this beast? 31-May-10
A: About an hour, plus adding a bit here and there for some stop, revive and survive.
Q: So, what you are saying is this car has less capacity than a large carton of milk ? 31-May-10
A:Yes, especially those 800 litre cartons.
[B]Suzuki Vitara soft top, 1990 model automatic, 4WD yeah
For those that may be considering buying this car, please remember that it is old and has done a few k's. The only major issue is the driver's side window winder mechanism, but who really cares when the roof can come off. There is no rust in it, but there is some clear peeling off the bonnet on the left hand side, and some from the right hand guard. There is an oil leak from the distributor, but this is common on these motors. It hasn't been de-greased or filled with stop leak, it is a very honest bomb.
I know there are only a couple of photos of this beautiful car at the moment, but consider it the sealed section of the automotive market!
This nice little car is a little bit like an egg: hard on the outside, but soft below the surface.
On the outside, it looks like a serious 4WD, with big tyres, a bull bar and even a tow bar. But on the inside it's a 1.6L four cylinder automatic with air conditioning. Getting into this car for the first time is a bit like watching that vital scene from 'The Crying Game': You thought the car was just the right ticket, until you found out what was beneath the clothes.
It's not like I have anything against automatics. I even have a copy of REM's 'Automatic for the People'. I just think that any automatic transmission that isn't coupled to a V8 or larger should be treated with suspicion. I know they have come a long way from the miserly two speeds of the '60s, but tiny motors and heavy cars really don't suit a slush box.
I don't like being told what to do, and when some aluminium cased box of gears and friction plates tells me that it's time to change up, I really get ****ed off. I will decide when it's time to change gears and sometimes I'm right. So the old smarty-pants automatic transmission isn't my best friend, and for that reason I can no longer keep the Vitara.
This car has been stranded on a farm for the last six months, milking cows, collecting the mail and talking about the weather – all those important farm jobs. As a result, it's pretty dirty and would not make it through even the first episode of 'Farmer Wants a Wife'. In fact it's so dirty that I've been too lazy to clean it, hence only some outside shots of the beast.
I have driven this thing on at least four 400 Km round trips and it hasn't missed a beat. Despite that, I'm not going to publicly say that the car is reliable and will never let you down, because I simply can't predict the future or guarantee that one of the 1,258 moving parts within the car won't actually fail. But it really hasn't let me down. When you think about it, the car is about as simple as a slice of bread. There is no fuel injection, so therefore no chance of the 20 or so sensors related to EFI failing on you in the middle of nowhere. The only slight reliability issue with this car is that it can't be clutch started. Even if you put a clutch pedal in it, it still can't be clutch started because it's a stinken automatic. And when you have as many flat batteries lying around the house as I do, the last thing you need is a machine which requires a charged one.
All that said, this is a great starting point for someone who wants to own a 4WD, but only has one leg, or can only drive an automatic. It has a few faults, but nothing that you can't turn a blind eye to. The driver's window winder and its associated mechanism is missing, but the window remains up. This could be a problem if the roof doesn't come off, but on this Vitara the roof can be taken off in a matter of minutes, or hours if you're hopeless at taking things apart. The thing around the gear shift that tells you what position the gear lever is in is also missing, but unless you're a woman, you don't need to look at the gear shift every time you move it. It doesn't have a stereo any more, because some loser stole it.
I have to say that driving this car is relaxing. I don't think it's the automatic that does it, nor do I think that it's due to the carbon monoxide entering the cabin through the hole in the rear of the soft top. I think it's relaxing because you know you will never win a race. If you've driven the manual version, which is about as exciting as going to the dentist and being told you need an injection, then you can liken this to root canal therapy. The only thing this Vitara saves you from is RSI in the left arm because you can just leave it in drive for a week if you need to go anywhere.
Aside from my brutal honesty in describing this car, it really is a good buy and if I had a driveway which fitted more than five cars, I'd keep it. With the 15” rims that it has on it, tyres are cheap. You can even make your own tyres out of icing sugar and turps, but they don't last long.
Just how good these things are as 4WDs may be a little hard to believe, but with a bit of your imagination and all of mine, let me give you an example:
One day, I took this thing for a quiet drive down the road. I had intended on taking it for a noisy drive, but without a stereo or any form of engine capacity, I was already on an uphill battle.
I rounded a bend and there was a guy standing there, with a moustache and short denim shorts. He waved me down and told me that he had accidentally driven his BMW 318i over the edge of the road and that his partner Nigel was trapped. Episodes of Skippy flashed through my mind and I immediately pictured the car catching on fire and the resulting scrub fire wiping out ranger headquarters. I sprang into action and pulled out the three packets of Oral B dental floss which I had earlier purchased on special from Coles.
Remembering an episode of Man V Wild, I started braiding the dental floss but after a few seconds ended up with a birds nest tangle. I decided to throw the dental floss away and use the snatch straps instead. I scaled down the embankment and came across Nigel, trapped in the passenger's side of the car by his Gucci sunglasses. I told him that everything was going to be okay, and that my Vitara was here to help. I tethered the cheap snatch strap to the BMW and scaled the two metre cliff to the roadway. I put the Vitara into emergency ultra low range every single wheel drive and without the slightest hesitation, the bull bar pulled off the Vitara. I then attached the strap to a more solid part of the car and found that the windscreen wiper was more than enough to pull the BMW from the scrub.
Gavin and Nigel were over the moon and both wanted to buy the Vitara from me. However not having the rego papers with me stopped me from making a rash decision.
So the car is not just your average 4WD. It is a Fanta in Red Bull's clothing. If you've never owned a hair dryer without a hot setting, or never owned a VCR without fast forward, then this is the car for you. Buy something that scares you, maybe.
Questions from other members : Suzuki Vitara soft top, 1990 model automatic, 4WD yeah
Question & Answer Answered On
Q: Are you married? 30-May-10
A: With a username starting with john I am worried why you ask!
Q: You said you won't take coffee but chicken will do.I'll give you a whole living free range chookfrom my farm and i'll even but you a value meal from KFC and instead of soft drink or coffee you can change it to tea. 30-May-10
A: Now you've got me interested. I'm having a cup of oleander tea at the moment, I'll get back to you.
Q: Hi, Just want to buy the novel! Will there be a part two? Thanks 29-May-10
A: If it doesn't sell this time around, I'll add a few more chapters!
Q: How strong does the wife need to be to steer it? She suffers with a sore wrist, and may not be able to drag it around corners. Would this climb Mt Druitt? I am in Central West NSW and would need to get over the Blue Mountains to get home. Has the poor old Suki suffered at the hands of a mad golfer at any stage with those icey golfballs from the heavens? Or any dents for that matter? 29-May-10
A: It is very easy to steer. Horses don't have steering wheels and you can steer them. Although Mt Druitt is the highest mountain in the Sydney basin, and 3m, it would probably climb it without a worry. It can do 110km/h up Mooney Mooney bridge, so it should make it over the mountains easy, and with enough speed may even jump Lithgow. No dents, just some clear peeling off in places.
Q: Will you trade the vitara for a cup of coffee? Its good coffee. 29-May-10
A: I'm off the coffee at the moment, but a piece of chicken would have interested me.
Q: Hi,just a couple of questions, Is it a jlx? does it have power steer? And in the photo the rear window of the soft top, is that a broken zipper or is it torn? Thanks Patrick Great ad. 28-May-10
A: No, it's not the JLX, so no power steering, but it has got air conditioning. The rear window has not only come away from the stitching, it is also broken. You would either need a new rear plastic or a new soft top. Thanks.
Q: Hi there...great post! How many Km's are there on the little beast? 28-May-10
A: Neary 300,000. But that's nothing compared to the space shuttle.
Q: my dear grand master bigshot will you be relisting yamaha trike of death shirts in the near future? i wanna join the cult i mean club. 28-May-10
A: I'll see if I can dig up the ad. Wearing them really makes people stare to the point where this one guy got an eye cramp and has neve recovered.
Q: Love this car! wish it wasnt for sale right now tho as I dont have the money for a couple months.. dad wont buy it for me!! 27-May-10
A: Your dad is nasty. There will be others though, so hang in there.
Q: Hi, I like the look of the car but also hate automatics (even though I'm female!). I loved reading your listing and read your others as well just for pure entertainment. I live in the lower blue mountains and want to be able to drive up all the big hills and dirt roads (including my driveway), and my current Hyundai exel 5sp hatch is starting to die. So would this suzuki be much better? Oh and if you are single - would you like a date? (not the food variety) :p 27-May-10
A: Lower Blue Mountains, lovely place. This thing would be great for all of that and being an automatic you wouldn't be burning the clutch out every time you drove up your driveway. So your Hyundai is starting to die, must be over a year old then. If I was single, I'd absolutely take you up on a date, but what if I'm hideously ugly!
Q: Hi there, I just got my p's a few months ago and just recently bought a sheetbox of a car coz that's all i can afford, anyway my sheetbox just died and i am lookin for a new sheetbox. ur car is just what im lookin for, me being short and need a cushion on the seat to see the road, i was wondering, would u sell it to me for $1,500? that is if the car doesnt die on me on the way home from sydney to central coast! It doesnt hurt asking ... right? thanks mate!! U always make me laugh...(: 27-May-10
A: If you are the only bidder you could drive it away for a dollar less! I just drove it from Karuah to Sydney last week, which is even further than a trip to the coast and it didn't even get close to blowing up.
Q: Mate i would love to buy your vitara, had it come on the market 1 week earlier i would have snapped it up, but i just bought one a few days ago, sorry. I seriously think you are short changing yourself here, I mean, how could you let it go for such a steal? being an auto aswell, would surely be worth double what you are asking!! Go check out tuff truck dot com dot au and see what took out this years tuffest 4wd....yes a 1.6l auto vitara! so keep this, arm yourself with a welder and some big wheels, and you are on the road to financial freedom my friend! 26-May-10
A: Honestly, if I had the spare time I would fit it with tracks and race tanks. I know they are a great 4WD and it is cheap I think. Thanks.
Q: Hey matey, I was wondering if you would let me write a book about that great story you shared with us if i purchase your vehicle? 25-May-10
A: Of course, as long as I get a mention. You could add the Yamaha Trike of Death as the feature story!
Q: Hi, You're hilarious. How many kilometers has the car done? 23-May-10
A: It has done about 290,000 kilometres, which isn't much when you consider that it's only about 145 return trips from Sydney to Brisbane. Then again, that is a lot of driving isn't it.
Q: Hi, I bet you are a retired college professor who is bored to death, so you decide to write this thesis for entertainment? You really don’t want to sell it do you? Bigbadkoz 22-May-10
A: No, I'm not. If I was a college professor I would probably have a cardigan and be driving a Saab. I do want to sell them all, trust me!
Q: I loved your post! i also have an automatic vitara, fule injected tho. its a great cruising car. i dont suppose you know were i can get a spare gearbox? 22-May-10
A: Buy my Vitara, it has a spare transmission in it, although once you take it out you'll have to leave a hole in the floor to convert it to a Flinstone Vitara! Seriously, you're better off buying a whole wreck or something you can test drive, rather than picking up another worn out tranny (transmission, not worn out man trying to be a woman) from a wrecker.
Q: I almost want to give you your asking price purely for the entertainment I received from reading this description. Just brilliant. 21-May-10
A: Thanks for that. If someone else gives me the money and doesn't want the Vitara, I'll donate it to you! Have a great night.
Q: does it come with the dental floss that got in a tangle when you were trying to recover the other car 21-May-10
A: I think I put it back in the bag with some of the other recovery gear, like the hair brush.
Q: hi there, just wondering if the suzuki came out factory with emergency ultra low range every single wheel drive or if it was an optional extra? also the windscreen wipers sounds super awesome having the ablity to snatch out a BMW, could they be melted down into a patrol? i also would like to use the buzz box as a tow vehicle for my 34 ton trailer, would it be able to move the trailer? also with making my own tyres wat would happen if i also added a dash of bi-carb soda and a dash of salt? 21-May-10
A: I don't know if all of them came out with emergency ultra low range every single wheel drive, but this one has it. In fact, the last one I had I took back to Japan because without LSD front and back, it was only ever a two wheel drive. If you melt both wipers down you may be able to get a short wheelbase model out of them, hope that will do. It will tow a 34 ton trailer without a problem, provided that it's backwards down a hill. With the tyres, it all comes down to the amounts. I've added corn flour once but too much made them to soft for wet weather. You might be onto something with the salt or bi-carb, but stay away from chlorine.
Q: hi my name is mitch will the car drive on the sand with out a chain attached to the patrol in front? 21-May-10
A: Yes it will, but it will need to be towing a Patrol just to slow it down to a safe speed. The Suzuki is so light that it doesn't even leave footprints in the sand, just tyre tracks.
THis blokes a classic!
Better than the other end of the scale, i.e:
4 wheels and tyres. no info
Q;What are the wheels
What are the tyres
Where are you
How much? ad nauseaum
LOL
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I'm in the study area of the uni library at the moment crying with laughter - this made me lose it;
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Winters in France can be bitterly cold, but never as cold as the interior of this car in winter. You see, the heater doesn’t work, so you are only left with the air conditioner which keeps you cool in summer, but bloody freezing in winter. Why doesn’t the heater work? I imagine you asking. Simple; in their French wisdom, they apparently used a croissant as a heater core rather than going for that mainstream use of aluminium or copper. And we all know that due to French cars running hot chocolate as coolant, it doesn’t take long before the croissant gets soggy and falls apart.