Thread: 4wd vs ATV vs SXS

Originally Posted by timattalon

I am running a 5 door vitara (olser one so the right size for me...) The Jimney and early 2000 vitara range fit well with the role. They will go almost anywhere an ATV will but with a bit more comfort. Not as flash as a newer one but if you compare what 10k will buy in a Ute and a ATV /sxs then look at what 10k will buy you in a jimney or vitara , you get a lot more vehicle for you $$$.....

And the ATV or sxs mean you always have to get back to your car / trailer to get home and if they are gone........Where a 4wd will mean you dont leave it at the road end and you dont have to go out the way you came in.....

With the vitara's etc you get parts ex Repco and Supercheap (or BNT or Napa etc etc) which is much cheaper than dealer parts for the sxs as some bits you either have to get in from overseas or buy from the stealer... Also, generally much simpler to work on the car type 4x4's over sxs as less odd tools required (not based off motorbikes). Seems a bit weird that last one, but generally car type 4x4's don't have very much at all that requires specialist tools until you start ripping engines or transmissions apart.

Originally Posted by No.3

With the vitara's etc you get parts ex Repco and Supercheap (or BNT or Napa etc etc) which is much cheaper than dealer parts for the sxs as some bits you either have to get in from overseas or buy from the stealer... Also, generally much simpler to work on the car type 4x4's over sxs as less odd tools required (not based off motorbikes). Seems a bit weird that last one, but generally car type 4x4's don't have very much at all that requires specialist tools until you start ripping engines or transmissions apart.

Sounds right, isn't that the reason dairy farmers and the like started buying up the old Rav4 etc instead of the SXS?