I wasn't going to sell this, but when Brian asked, I reconsidered. I used it mainly for local grocery runs, etc. and as an airport car when I left town. It does not like 110 degree summer days AND a/c on at the same time, even with a custom made 2 row copper and brass radiator. And it does not like hills. There's lots more footage to come on this channel about all of us AZ Montero nerds and our other quirky vehicles - SUBSCRIBE!
Something fun I notice about wheeling on trails and about cruising on the freeway is the wheel track width. When one wheel is in the rut the other wheel is just barely past lane center.
This Pajero Mini looks really proper!! Really happy that Americans getting to experience these JDM goodness, finally 😊😊. Believe me, even though they are tiny, but in small countries like ours, they are pretty mighty just the same. Speed, well, it get their eventually, but the practicality is the main thing in my opinion.
So cool. Keep up the great content! My first Mitsubishi was a 1986 Dodge Raider 5-speed I bought in 1988 while attending community college. Since then, I owned a Mitsubishi Expo LRV, which I also loved and used to buy furniture from thrift stores and fill the first condo I bought. I now have a stable of USDM misfits: 2009 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.4 (4G69), 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer SportBack LS (4G69) and a Suzuki Kizashi 2.4 6MT (J24) and a 2004 Nissan Quest SL 3.5 (VQ35DE). All of these were sales failures whose nameplates disappeared from the US. I love every single one of them!!!
Dear friend I live in Cyprus a small Mediterranean island and we have a lot of these which they were all imported from Japan. Believe me it will make it as long as you have it serviced properly. I am an owner of a Gen 3 pajero 2006 3.2 diesel with more than 200 thousand miles on it an it runs like new. My friend has the same car as yours and it has more than 300 thousand kilometers on it and it still runs fine.
Hello from Japan. This car is really nice, I got rid of it once but I couldn't forget it so I bought a 5MT turbo. If you ever come to Japan, please drive my car!
You should have 100k subscribers JUST FOR ENTHUSIASM! Love it. I had a chance to buy one of these not too long ago but seeing that I already have an 02 Montero, 08 Sequoia, 88 Samurai soft top, 87 samurai in perfect condition Hardtop, 2016 renegade, and an 88 trooper, I felt if I came home with one more 4 x 4 my wife would leave me..
Heck, even my '06 Gen 3 takes a little more revs and throttle than I'm used to after decades of driving American V8s. Stepping up from my Gen 2.5 w/3.5 and 4-speed to the Gen 3 w/ 3.8 and 5-speed was a huge on-road upgrade. I can't fathom what this little thing feels like! LOL.
They are cool! seen a couple here in the NW. any chance for a future video idea. explain what may be causing blinking front tire lights. 4x4 dash lights. im trying to read up on forums on what to check on my 2.5 cheers
Right or left drive actually doesn't matter there technically is no rule at all about where the driver sits! The rule you run into is about importing cars in general. You can only import a car once it is 25 years old or older. So right-hand drive cars are very rare. But they are getting more popular, especially since now we can have 90s cars to import which are reliable enough to last the 25 years.
@@thevictor390 Interesting! I'm from the Philippines, and I always thought our road system was modeled after the U.S., like in other countries they once colonized (for lack of a better word). In contrast, countries that were British colonies seem to have taken after the British/EU road system. Good to know it’s not too strict in the U.S.! In the Philippines, right-hand-drive vehicles-mostly JDMs-have to be cleverly converted to left-hand drive to meet road safety standards.
Yes. Our mail carriers trucks are rhd. Kei vans are popular with neighborhood ice cream vendors because pull over puts the driver near the sidewalk. I love stepping out on the road side instead into traffic.
Hello! I bought my first car recently, a 1999 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport! I'm really excited, it doesn't start now, of course, but I plan on changing that. Anyway, do you know much about them? And what's your opinion of them if you do?
@BrokeWrench The owner told me that the timing belt has just been changed, by a little sketchy mechanic though. The reason it doesn't start is because the crankshaft pulley began to inch closer to the engine, and the smaller belts jumped off. But I will definitely take a look at the timing belt. Thanks for the answer!
Extremely similar to turbo jimny. Main difference is the jimny is solid axle, Pajero mini is ifs. I'm not -as- familiar with the jimny so I don't know if this is different but they made a ton of options and variations for the Pajero mini from year to year. From non turbo automatic to "Big" 1100 cc motors. Google the Pajero mini Pug 😂
I wasn't going to sell this, but when Brian asked, I reconsidered. I used it mainly for local grocery runs, etc. and as an airport car when I left town. It does not like 110 degree summer days AND a/c on at the same time, even with a custom made 2 row copper and brass radiator. And it does not like hills. There's lots more footage to come on this channel about all of us AZ Montero nerds and our other quirky vehicles - SUBSCRIBE!
Something fun I notice about wheeling on trails and about cruising on the freeway is the wheel track width. When one wheel is in the rut the other wheel is just barely past lane center.
Nice little car 😊
It looks like the "pajero pinin" we've got here in France
Have fun driving it home
Thanks for sharing and taking us along
Pretty awesome! I keep eyeing these.
I wasn't expecting to see this content until after you got back from the trip. Haha
This Pajero Mini looks really proper!! Really happy that Americans getting to experience these JDM goodness, finally 😊😊. Believe me, even though they are tiny, but in small countries like ours, they are pretty mighty just the same. Speed, well, it get their eventually, but the practicality is the main thing in my opinion.
So cool. Keep up the great content! My first Mitsubishi was a 1986 Dodge Raider 5-speed I bought in 1988 while attending community college. Since then, I owned a Mitsubishi Expo LRV, which I also loved and used to buy furniture from thrift stores and fill the first condo I bought. I now have a stable of USDM misfits: 2009 Mitsubishi Galant ES 2.4 (4G69), 2004 Mitsubishi Lancer SportBack LS (4G69) and a Suzuki Kizashi 2.4 6MT (J24) and a 2004 Nissan Quest SL 3.5 (VQ35DE). All of these were sales failures whose nameplates disappeared from the US. I love every single one of them!!!
Man ....I am looking forward to seeing this Paj Mini having some fun.
One thing missed on the trunk tour is that UNDER the trunk is yet another lift panel where the jack and lug wrench is stored.
i did end up finding that later! good catch
Yay someone actually really drive it to prove that kei car can be fun too. I own same 1995 Mini VR-2 and 1998 Junior flying pug.
yeah i love this thing!
I drove pajero mini too. We are friends now😄
Dear friend I live in Cyprus a small Mediterranean island and we have a lot of these which they were all imported from Japan. Believe me it will make it as long as you have it serviced properly. I am an owner of a Gen 3 pajero 2006 3.2 diesel with more than 200 thousand miles on it an it runs like new. My friend has the same car as yours and it has more than 300 thousand kilometers on it and it still runs fine.
Hello from Japan. This car is really nice, I got rid of it once but I couldn't forget it so I bought a 5MT turbo. If you ever come to Japan, please drive my car!
Excited for this series!!
You should have 100k subscribers JUST FOR ENTHUSIASM! Love it. I had a chance to buy one of these not too long ago but seeing that I already have an 02 Montero, 08 Sequoia, 88 Samurai soft top, 87 samurai in perfect condition Hardtop, 2016 renegade, and an 88 trooper, I felt if I came home with one more 4 x 4 my wife would leave me..
haha thanks!
It’s so an cute car 👍🏼😂 Greetings Marcel from RuM 😉
That thing is sweet!
I have a mini pajero really nice and reliable
1:30 this is lesss than 5 feet. The Gen 2 Montero is less than 8 feet depending on eqipment.
Wonder if you could pull off hitting some UTV only trails in this. Only a couple inches over the 53" width restrictions 🤔
Heck, even my '06 Gen 3 takes a little more revs and throttle than I'm used to after decades of driving American V8s. Stepping up from my Gen 2.5 w/3.5 and 4-speed to the Gen 3 w/ 3.8 and 5-speed was a huge on-road upgrade. I can't fathom what this little thing feels like! LOL.
It's challenging at times.
love your vids. i just purchased a 94 tero and want to pull codes on this thing. What scanner do you use to pull your codes? thanks.
They are cool! seen a couple here in the NW. any chance for a future video idea. explain what may be causing blinking front tire lights. 4x4 dash lights. im trying to read up on forums on what to check on my 2.5 cheers
Solenoid pack, under the air cleaner box is usually it. Pretty cheap on Ebay.
@JohnnyBfromPeoria i'll see if I can find it in the FSM and give it a try. Thank you
Come to Guam, they are EVERYWHERE.
That looks like a fun thing to drive around town. What engine is that? Any Hp/torque numbers?
Engine is the H56A. As I recall, it was rated at 62 hp. I do not remember torque, but it's not much.
4A30 DOHC turbo I4 20V, 64hp and 97 N⋅m
Looking good! I want one. So you can use a right-hand drive vehicle in America?
Yes you can.
@ that’s so good.
Right or left drive actually doesn't matter there technically is no rule at all about where the driver sits! The rule you run into is about importing cars in general. You can only import a car once it is 25 years old or older. So right-hand drive cars are very rare. But they are getting more popular, especially since now we can have 90s cars to import which are reliable enough to last the 25 years.
@@thevictor390
Interesting! I'm from the Philippines, and I always thought our road system was modeled after the U.S., like in other countries they once colonized (for lack of a better word). In contrast, countries that were British colonies seem to have taken after the British/EU road system.
Good to know it’s not too strict in the U.S.! In the Philippines, right-hand-drive vehicles-mostly JDMs-have to be cleverly converted to left-hand drive to meet road safety standards.
Yes.
Our mail carriers trucks are rhd. Kei vans are popular with neighborhood ice cream vendors because pull over puts the driver near the sidewalk. I love stepping out on the road side instead into traffic.
Also can you imagine if the hooptero had those cup holders?
Question, if I wanted to import a diesel (preferably a 4M40) Gen 2/Gen 2.5 Montero (Pajero) from overseas. Will the Chicken Tax apply to it?
In my opinion these small cars makes way more sense than those massive american ships on wheels you guys call trucks. 😅
i agree
Kei is the way🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Indeed WBTF 👍🏽👍🏽😊😊
I thought my Pajero Pinin Venice (2 door short version) was small
Hello! I bought my first car recently, a 1999 Mitsubishi Pajero Sport! I'm really excited, it doesn't start now, of course, but I plan on changing that. Anyway, do you know much about them? And what's your opinion of them if you do?
Get a new timing belt and tensioner for it. Thoae failing are the most common major problems. Most other issues are only annoying or easy to fix
@BrokeWrench The owner told me that the timing belt has just been changed, by a little sketchy mechanic though. The reason it doesn't start is because the crankshaft pulley began to inch closer to the engine, and the smaller belts jumped off. But I will definitely take a look at the timing belt. Thanks for the answer!
That's almost the size of a Suzuki Jimny,I belive it's smaller actually but it's around that size 💬
Jimny
Extremely similar to turbo jimny.
Main difference is the jimny is solid axle, Pajero mini is ifs.
I'm not -as- familiar with the jimny so I don't know if this is different but they made a ton of options and variations for the Pajero mini from year to year. From non turbo automatic to "Big" 1100 cc motors. Google the Pajero mini Pug 😂
You did the open mouth TH-cam thumbnail 😲!
haha it happens to the best of us
Finally!!!
I own a montero two thousand four
I have a 2006 Montero ! Been great so far ! Just had to put alternator and fuel pump since owning it but runs great
Check the oil and add some as needed every week
I'm looking to purchase a raider automatic transmission 4 cl or V8 if you no something hit me up please and thank you
That was fun. Be careful in that tin can. Wear a helmet. Seriously
bro how do fine these cars
I bought it from an importer in VA and had it shipped to me in AZ. Look up kei car importers and I'm sure something will come up.
Lots of Facebook marketplace and Craigslist.
Or you can import them yourself.
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I live 2 hours north, come trailer my 03' ltd home
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Wierd number people. anyways, look I'll give you it aint close to montana.. but it aint massachusetts other side of the country.