Bought a Pajero.

Johro

Am now the proud owner of a Mk1 Paj.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=70113717#post70113717
Where do I get my badge?:P

urtooky

nice one, I always had a hankering for one of those MK1's

bmw535d

used to have one just like it, expect 19-22 mpg and a lot of fun as you don't give a fcuk about scratching it so you will literally drive it anywhere it can go.

89bhp can be a little under powered, keep the over drive on and the ac off and theres a nack in driving the auto box in them, if you keep your foot welded to the floor it will dit in a high gear as it thinks you are towing, so if you let your foot off for a sec it will change up a gear, then ease it on again avoiding it changing down a gear,hope you know what i mean because of you don't use this method that gear box is a night mare.

Johro

bmw535d wrote: »

used to have one just like it, expect 19-22 mpg and a lot of fun as you don't give a fcuk about scratching it so you will literally drive it anywhere it can go.

89bhp can be a little under powered, keep the over drive on and the ac off and theres a nack in driving the auto box in them, if you keep your foot welded to the floor it will dit in a high gear as it thinks you are towing, so if you let your foot off for a sec it will change up a gear, then ease it on again avoiding it changing down a gear,hope you know what i mean because of you don't use this method that gear box is a night mare.

Know exactly what you mean, been having some practice with that, I keep an eye on the rev counter too, but you pretty much know when it'll kick into higher gear. I wasn't too enthusiastic about the auto gearbox at first but am fast coming round to it, ya get used to it pretty quick, I like the way you can just stop on a hill and it'll hold, and there's something quite relaxed about the auto, you probably know what I mean too. Ya stop, ya go, ya stop, ya go... No handbrake on hills, or switching down when ya gotta slow down or anything.;)
Yeah I wondered about the overdrive alright.
I've been driving it up and down our country lanes (and in and out a few fields and forests:D)for a couple of days without insurance, so today I rang my insurance broker to transfer cover from my vito to the paj. for a week, just so I can do a few things on it until I sort out full cover, and they told me the company I'm with (Zurich) won't insure it because of it's age. :mad: She's an '89.
I argued this is ridiculous, any commercial vehicle like this has to be tested every year and once it's passed it's DOE it is considered roadworthy by the dept. of the environment, so why not Zurich Insurance??
If it's passed it's test there should be no problem surely? It's DOE'd til September.
Anyways, they said Zurich won't consider it, maybe Hibernian would and they'd ring me back. They didn't.
My Vito is with Zurich (formerly Eagle Star) and I need to renew it's policy in february, am thinking about telling them to stick it and look elsewhere.
I would have preferred having both vehicles with the one company though, might have got a cheaper deal. They're both commercially taxed, 'own goods' tax class.
Anyways, hoping to get it sorted soon.

101sean

Insurance companies are muppets. Try AXA but go in to a local office rather than by phone.

Johro

101sean wrote: »

Insurance companies are muppets. Try AXA but go in to a local office rather than by phone.

Yup. Always have been, always will be.