Mitsubishi Pajero Pinin

CiniO

Is it a good car?
Any common problems...

How good is the 4x4 drive in that?
I rear that earlier versions had Super select, and later versions have permanent 4x4.
Which one would be better for occasional off-roading?

Any other make vehicles which would be similar with up to 2 litre petrol engine?

koutoubia

Having to dig deep in the memory here.....
I had a Pajero (standard not pinin) and it had the super select.Being able to pop it in and out of 2wd at slow speed great. Brilliant system.
If your going off road I think having the lmited diff (or is it split diff)is essential.
They quick way of telling if it has this is there is an orange sticker in Japenese on one of the door sills.
Very easy to work on bit abused versions have a tendancy to either have the head blown or close to going.From memory the Mistsi engines were notorious for it.
Mine blew the turbo and had a hell of a time trying to get a replacement.Ended up getting the turbo rebuilt.

colm_mcm

I think the main minus point us the direct injection GDI engine and the fuel consumption.

CiniO

colm_mcm wrote: »

I think the main minus point us the direct injection GDI engine and the fuel consumption.

Newer versions were available with 1.8 16v MPI petrol engines, which I read reviews were good and trouble free in comparison to GDI.
They also came with Full Time 4WD which I couldn't find exact reviews if that would be good or bad for off roading.

JohnBoy26

CiniO wrote: »

Is it a good car?
Any common problems...

How good is the 4x4 drive in that?
I rear that earlier versions had Super select, and later versions have permanent 4x4.
Which one would be better for occasional off-roading?

Any other make vehicles which would be similar with up to 2 litre petrol engine?

Honda crv, rav4, Subaru forester.

colm_mcm

I would say the older setup with the super select would be better for off-roading than the newer permanent 4wd as the older one has proper diff licks etc.
the newer one would be better if you wanted grip On-road.

CiniO

colm_mcm wrote: »

I would say the older setup with the super select would be better for off-roading than the newer permanent 4wd as the older one has proper diff licks etc.
the newer one would be better if you wanted grip On-road.

But does it make it completely unsuitable off-road?

What is a principle this full time 4wd works.

F.e. if I'm stopped with both front wheels and rear right wheel on ice, and rear left wheel on dry tarmac, will such full time 4wd be any helpfull, or will just the 3 wheels on ice spin and car won't move?

Sorry for lame question, but I don't know much about 4x4 drives.

colm_mcm

It's a viscous coupling type system. More AWD than 4WD, Also no low range box

No mechanical locking of rear axle or front:rear

bazz26

A Suzuki Jimny might do the job too.

CiniO

I bought one. 2004 with 1.8 MPI and full time 4wd drive.
It's tiny, with almost no boot and tiny space on rear seats, but it's off-road capabilities exceeded my expectations. And it's still on regular road tyres. I'll try to get some off-road tyres later and see where it can go then.

colm_mcm

Stick up some pics of it.

Is this replacing the bravo?

CiniO

colm_mcm wrote: »

Stick up some pics of it.

Is this replacing the bravo?

I'll put up some pics tomorrow.

Bravo is gone now, but Pajero is not really a replacement.
It's a car that I want to use for a while to have some fun. I'll probably take it to Poland within next few months, and do some more off-roading in there and sell it on.
Then I'll need to think of a replacement for a Bravo

CiniO

colm_mcm wrote: »

Stick up some pics of it.

colm_mcm

CiniO wrote: »

CiniO

colm_mcm wrote: »

It is tiny, isn't it :eek:

gctest50

be grand