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minus-squareSalvo@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoAs a Jimny owner and driver, you don’t need a giant 4WD, even if you do go OffRoad. I do struggle occasionally when arseholes in giant light-trucks have chewed up the track before me and left huge, impassable ruts.
minus-squareUnfortunateDoorHinge@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 days agoLove the Jimny, yeah sometimes you get to ruts and think “did a Sherman tank just drive through here?”
As a Jimny owner and driver, you don’t need a giant 4WD, even if you do go OffRoad.
I do struggle occasionally when arseholes in giant light-trucks have chewed up the track before me and left huge, impassable ruts.
Love the Jimny, yeah sometimes you get to ruts and think “did a Sherman tank just drive through here?”