Pajero Evo as a daily driver...

[ddpunter]

Help, talk me out of it, it's a stupid idea.... But I want one...argghhh

[The Big G]

I can’t as it’s a thought that’s been going round in my head recently too!!

Just keep on thinking about rust, rust, and yet more rust as a reason not to. That, along with my wife telling me no more cars

[Bill]

Assuming you don't commute across central London I think it's a great idea.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-c...

[numtumfutunch]

I used to regularly see one around Barons Court so you wont be the first

Go for it

[Roboticarm]

It's a "once in a lifetime car" if you can afford it, get it done !

[MDL111]

I wanted one of those as winter daily and snowboarding car
They are so cool - nearly bought one to have it shipped from the UK to Munich but bottled it in the end
Now back in my head - argh

[Dave Hedgehog]

looks bonker, love it

https://www.pistonheads.com/features/ph-features-h...

interesting to see the huge price range on these now 10-33k

[BIRMA]

I ran one for about 2 years nearly a record for me, but I liked it so much I didn't change it after a year which is my usual habit.
I put Pirelli Scorpion Zero tyres on it which are really road tyres as this vehicle was designed to fly over sand dunes at silly speeds in the Paris Dakar (of which I'm a big fan when these were entered, check out the Youtube content from 1998/99 to see these homologation models at home in the desert) not to be a mud plugger.
Comfort was excellent for a SWB, it did drink but it made you smile at traffic lights when in the day it surprised many a car.
Being a typical high quality bit of Japanese kit I didn't have any reservations about mechanical failures.
Obligatory photo of mine I'd buy another if the price was right.

[mickeyredeyes]

I am so glad you didn't post this a month ago, I may have joined you. Miss my Pajero LWD.

[drgoatboy]

If its anything like the more modern Pajeros I wouldn't personally. Get transported about in them quite regularly at work, terrible build quality, awful ride, really uncomfortable seats, surprisingly small inside. Hateful things!

But they are not Evo's and are all relatively modern, so maybe the 90s ones were a lot better, and they are super cool so maybe you can forgive all the above

[MDMA .]

Always liked them. I'd have one, but would have to be 10-12k max. The likes of 4starclassics trying to sell for 18k is just stupid (IMO).

[ddpunter]

Thanks for the replies guys. It hasn't really helped put me off though:-)
Shame about thoughts on 4* pricing, they are quite close by, and I was half tempted by the low mileage one, even though I know it's priced high....
Goddamnit:-)

[Edible Roadkill]

Boy at work has one runs it as his only car.

Do it if it doesn’t work out do something different !

[BIRMA]

ddpunter said:

Thanks for the replies guys. It hasn't really helped put me off though:-)
Shame about thoughts on 4* pricing, they are quite close by, and I was half tempted by the low mileage one, even though I know it's priced high....
Goddamnit:-)

I saw those two for sale and yes the silver one is nice. To put things into perspective mine was a grade 4 import, 100k kilometres on the speedo and I paid £7K for it but that was quite a few years ago.
Might be worth checking out Goo-Net (they have changed their name) or similar Japanese auction sites then ask someone like Torque GT who can import it for you to see what they work out cost wise. £18K is a lot of money for one and as much as I liked the vehicle I couldn't bring myself to pay that.

There is a very rare manual one for sale that looks well sorted in the Autotrader. Checked Goo-Net not many Evo's for sale in Japan they're probably all over here!

Edited by BIRMA on Sunday 11th August 16:03

Edited by BIRMA on Sunday 11th August 16:50

[MDMA .]

https://www.thecarwarehouse.co.uk/vehicle/703/mits...