Suzuki Vitara ideal snow car, cheap 4x4

winchman

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Its with great sadness that the time has come after a fab five years to part with our 1991 Vitara.
Its fantastic in the snow and a good winter car, its only been used for shows, bad weather and school runs and the odd pay and play day
Its a 1.6 JLX Petrol.
It has both Hard and Soft tops although the soft top has seen better days, we only fit it for the annual trip to Blackpool lights.
The hard top is a top of the range job with Heated Screen, Stainless steel roof rack Aerial bracket, rear work light and front spots.
It has a folding shelf on the inside of the tail gate we use for cooking whilst camping
It has a 1.5" spring lift for extra clearance, rock sliders and sump guard for protection and power steering.
It is always garaged, has an impbiliser, lockable tool box under the bonnet.
It has had a new full clutch about 3000 miles ago and a new battery in the summer.
Tyres all match spare has never been used, rest have done about 2000 miles so are like new, these tyres are a good all rounder quiet on the road but excellent in mud and snow
Its a very capable off roader with a good turning circle, excellent heater, no rust, never got stuck in the 8" snow we had and always started even when it was -18, the best thing is its much smaller than a land rover and very agile
Its cheap to insure as a second car I pay £130 a year Fully Comp with full recovery included for a 2000 mile limit including commuting as I commute in it in bad weather, Road tax is about £200 a year
Now reduced from £1999 to £1500 for quick sale.
Please contact me for more pictures / details
To answer a few questions
Just passed its MOT so now has 12 months MOT.
Tax is until end of March 2012
The steering is power assisted and very light.
It will do 70 on the motorway and has 5 gears
The private plate is included in the sale
It is insured with Pete Best Insurance ask for the 4x4 department
The hard top can be removed in 10 mins.
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It looks great! Our friends had a Grand Vitara (which we nick named Viagra) which we took skiing to the French Alps one year - great fun.

Good luck with the sale.
 
It looks great! Our friends had a Grand Vitara (which we nick named Viagra) which we took skiing to the French Alps one year - great fun.

Good luck with the sale.
Thanks, they are very good off road just add a set of good tyres and away you go. It was a god send in the snow the last two years as I got to work every day and never got stuck. you should be able to see the plate in the pics its H188 VET, its worth a few hundered quid on its own.
 
I meant to ask if they are winter tyres (as now required in Germany) and what make they are.
 
These are the tyres
INSA TURBO SAHARA 215/75 R15 100S TYRE - 15" from Tyre Wizard UK
Much better than general winter tyres, but also perform well on the road and in the summer
They are Insa Turbo Sahara, the spare is a Marix Puma, exactly the same tyre made by two different people, the original design was made by Colway / Greenway tyres and called a Macho, when they went bust there was still big demand as most competition off roaders use them, so these twp companies started making them
 

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