Looking for a G

Hi Same here, had them all but a pinnie The g wagon does it all well and is comfy, you just need to go through it all first I would sell mine but I would only want another They are very well built and the diff locks are a bonus People will shoot me down in flames for this On the strata florida and rocks etc they are in a league of their own and good in mud Mud is not their best quality Mine has mud tyres on.One time climbing a farm track it had all diff locks in and only just made it The farmers landrover 90 pisses up the bank The g made it up but I was unsure at the time. If I put it in 3rd and thrashed up there would be no problem When I got up the fields the farmer was shocked Why I asked as you flew up there He has arb lockers front and back but the 90 looks so standard I never thought Another comment was that if I needed pulling out his 90 would not do it and a tractor was needed so perhaps g wagons are perfect all round Its just clay type mud and the weight of the g wagon wants to bury itself Thinner tyres to bite in might help but I would not have any other vehicle again G wagons do it all well and I think you would love one Sad to say but the only vehicle I would ever miss is my g wagon and I have had pretty much all cars and 4x4 The only car I would love is a Mercedes c63 but its the fuel. Not as good as m3 but brute power was very good fun and a lovely car to drive. We wont be off roading that thing though G

Hello Steve,

By any chance were you the Pinz that took a group of G around SP a few years back?

Out of the choices you have given I would recommend/suggest the G 300. While on paper the 400 will tick all the boxes, it is difficult to get both parts and servicing here in the UK, mainly because the diesel 400 V8 is not supported by MBUK.

For simplicity I would think a nice 460 or if you can find one the 461, though the 463's are excellent off roadsers. If you wanted more power - then maybe consider an engine swap with a 606,606A - though I would research this VERY carefully as only a handful of people can do this properly.

If you have considered the 400 - I would point out the fact that the 500 is possibly one of the best all round G's especially in a 2000, 2001 guise - though I would be expected to say that! :)

The SWB models are better at the off road stuff if that is all you want to do in your G, but the LWB are more practical.

HTH
Spider1V

The 400 will do 26 MPG Engine parts and spares not a problem in UK. The 300GD that you want to look at has the OM603, which I think is a great engine that does not rely on any electronics. Compared to the Pinz, the 300GD probably will not feel underpowered, but you ought to also try a G400 for comparison.

Correct Adrian, parts supply and back up for the G400CDI is no issue...at all It was probably actually the most common model built, maybe more than the V8 500's etc...certainly more than 10,000 of them, not many other models got near that, other than the Wolf models but I reckon even more 400's out there than that...used parts supply in Europe is excellent! I think what Spider was saying is that the UK dealers have little knowledge of the G in general, the G400CDI in particular is quite rare in the UK in LHD only and the dealers see even less of them than normal and with the increased complexity and tight working space they will shy away even more when confronted with a 400 with issues... that's our experience anyway....

the guys in graz have 3 of them 1 only just run in 200k and the other 2 have over 500k they all run like a swiss watch