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I have had a few SJ, as I did like them as they were cheap fun off roading. They rolled, as a girlfriend who was driving found out, as she went too fast in to a bend. Off road tyres at a low pressure...
The SJ were cheap and the off roaders would stick vauxhall astra diesel engine in them and a friend had a 1.7turbo xud mated to the vitara gearbox. The lift kits made the track wider so that helped with the stability.
The mk1 panda was the best 4x4 imo.
When doing off road days in the past, off road tyres make a hell of a difference. But on the road they really do increase road noise to headache proportions.
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The jacked up Jimney a few pages back won't end well. Seems the Americans have forgotten the issues they induced onto the LJ and SJ series.
My first car was an LJ80 hardtop, 993cc about 35mpg, big fuck off tyres and a nightmare to insure...
Because the yanks couldn't grasp the short wheelbase, narrow track and high center of gravity does not go round corners well at speed.
Many accidents and death and sue Suzuki and ramp up insurance costs for sensible people in other countries followed.
When trying to get cover on mine the broker was getting limited as no one would touch them as they where the ones that just roll over.
Had mine up on two wheels many times. Did lots of offroading with landies and Range rovers where the compact size of the LJ had many advantages and could drive round stuck larger vehicles. Was cramped in the back, managed to get 6 adults in total in mine (4 in back) with shotguns and no one shot a hole in the roof and it didn't fall over.
After seeing that jacked up blackbison thing i suspect history will repeat itself. Very capable little vehicles if driven within there limits and you understand COG and rollover limits. The LJ's never had the inclinometers fitted i assume they got fitted to later models as a get out clause for user error.