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How about the clearance? All other SUV Pikups you can increase the clearance besides the Mahindra only has 200mm clearance while the other brands have standard clearance of about 240-270mm and you can still increase the clearance but the Mahindra you say is such a bargain I also thought so until I found out you cannot increase the clearance not even by 1mm if that is enough you said the great off road tyres you only get road tyres you cannot fit a 1mm larger/off-road or any other tyre to the Mahindra. So if you want to drive on the road great but how can you compare the Mahindra to any other 4x4 off-road vehicle when the most basic things to be a off-road vehicle the Mahindra cannot do. No Clearance no bigger tyres no off-road tyres. That is why I ask how much they paying you or you have no 4x4 - off-road knowledge or experience.

Tenth video tonight and the only one with someone who’s actually got some knowledge

You a real great vehicle tester. How much they paying you?

How long have you been driving the Mahindra? I have owned one for 5 years. Trust me or don't go buy one for off-road and you will be shocked. You cannot increase the clearance and you cannot fit any other tyres not bigger tyres not off-road tyres and if you want a vehicle for off-road you need more clearance and road tyres that are 16 inch that is it you cannot change the tyre for anything.

Yes it is more affordable but if you want a road car great. If you want to go off-road you need more than 200mm of clearance and you need off-road tyres. The problem with Mahindra is you cannot increase the clearance by 1mm and you cannot fit 1mm bigger tyres or off-road or mud or dual/off-road/on-road tyres. The GPS is pre-android that is why it seems weird.

I hear many of the comments about value for money and that the Mahindra is tough etc. I would agree but having owned the Mahindra 2.2l turbo they called the flagship D/C 4x4. If you want a vehicle for delivery on the road and you are not going to be driving the vehicle and you are never going to sell it great. The Mahindra has the worst resale value of any other vehicle in South Africa. The Mahindra and this was from brand new one day the radio works the next day it does not. In other words the electronics have problems. I took it in several times to Mahindra they say everything is working but the same problem I finally just accepted it. I am leaving the best for last. As mentioned for delivery on the road with a driver no problem. But I purchased the Mahindra for its off-road capacity. I was told and the way Mahindra market the value as work hard play hard and they compare it to the Toyota or Ford but the Toyota, Ford, Nissan, Isuzu, GWC or whatever it is called if you take any other brand of vehicle to a 4x4 upgrade centre and tell them you would like to increase the clearance? I guarantee you can increase the clearance in any other brand of vehicle plus you can fit larger tyres or just change the tyre from a road to a dual road/off-road or mud tyre. I am no expert but I honestly believe clearance and decent tyres for me are the basics without or let me say with 100% road tyres and around 200mm clearance. Mahindra claim 210mm but lust like manufacturers call their highest speed or 0-100km is may be a little generous. In other words the Suzuki has clearance of about 8.1 inches. Anyone who has any experience off-road would tell you if you are planning to do any type of adventure driving or off-road you would need more than 200mm of clearance. I have watched many videos on CZcams and in most reviews of the Suzuki Jimmy the first thing they do is increase the clearance and fit new tyres. Then that little 4x4 can survive or you can actually go off-road. Otherwise the Suzuki 4x4 is great for a city with limited parking you can park on the pavement etc. But no one who wants to drive off-road and I do not mean a sand road that any 2x4 vehicle can manage at a slow speed. I managed to go further in the old Transkei of some rough dirt roads with stones and bumps with 4 adults in a Toyota corolla entry level then with the brand new Mahindra flagship. OK understand not all 4x4 vehicles have diff-locks excuse spelling and jargon. I guess only the leading 4x4 vehicles have 1 or 2 diff-locks and even some decent 4x4 vehicles only have single diff-locks and some even have automatic diff-lock. But unless the vehicle has a real fantastic automatic diff-lock it I believe can be dangerous if the diff-lock is automatic when the vehicles electronics and components in general are so cheap that as mentioned sometimes the radio works sometimes it does not because when you are driving on a tar road over 60km/h on the highway and the diff locks - it just locks. I thought the vehicle was going to turn over. I understand and dont expect all 4x4 vehicles to have 1 or 2 manual diff-locks but the vehicle can still handle many 4x4 trails and or adventure driving etc. But in hindsight without enough clearance and with 100% on road tyres you are not going to get far. You will also more than likely damage critical components under the vehicle. Even if you take a factory or standard Toyota Hilux or Ford with I guess 260mm of clearance besides an extra fuel filter and extending the air intake or adding a filter plus the drainage thing on the 4x4 diffs or I said I was not an expert actually I am not even a beginner thanks to Mahindra. However I have heard a company I think in Pietermaritzburg in creating or welding steel bull-bars, roll bars and other good-looking extras for Mahindra. I did have the bull-bar fitted and was planning on the other items but I was not looking for a vehicle that looks like it is a off-road 4x4 vehicle. You can have all those items fitted for the driver who is going to delivery items across South Africa like a delivery van but on the road. It may even make a delivery to a small holding that has a dirt road of a few hundred metres to get to the property or delivery point. But this is not a 4x4 that can go off-road. I wish this was not true but I learned the hard way when the sales man saw me coming a mile away. Everything or the reason I wanted the vehicle I told the salesman and whatever I said I wanted to do to the vehicle he told me exactly what I wanted to hear. If you do not believe me or if you just want a delivery vehicle for your driver or maybe you have a boat and you want to tow it and it meets the weight restrictions as long as you never want to launch it from a 4x4 or slippery or off-road location great. If you do not believe me please first go to any 4x4 upgrade centre and ask you if they can lift the vehicle by 1 mm and ask them or go to any tyre place and ask them for off-road, sand or dual off-on road tyres ask them for the same size or 1mm bigger tyres as bigger tyres also increase the clearance. Without the clearance and decent tyres the Mahindra is a joke. I mean as a off-road vehicle! Anyone who buys the Jimny excuse spelling who is wanting to use it off-road will immediately or eventually if they are lucky enough not to have already damaged the vehicle increase the clearance even if its a small amount and will fit if not a bigger tyre a tyre that has a little better grip off-road. The beauty about the Suzuki is you can increase the clearance and you can fit larger /off-road tyres. If you could do the same to the Mahindra I would not be writing this. But no one will tell you this fact. I asked Mahindra and the salesman told me he would increase the clearance by 2-3 inches in his workshop all lies. He said and he charged me for bigger tyres or dual on/off road tyres. He knew very well that if you do anything to the tyres including fitting a tyre that is 1mm bigger or 1mm smaller or a tyre that is not 100% for road use only you lose your 5 year warranty. If the 4x4 centre or Mahindra say yes you can adjust the clearance or increase the clearance and yes you can have off-road or any other type of tyres fitted. Before you purchase the vehicle make sure they put that into the contract subject to increasing the clearance /tyres of the sale is null and void. I hope you do not make the mistake I did and if even 1 person does not have to experience Mahindra's false advertising then I am satisfied. If Google delete my comment understand Mahindra have told them that what I have said is untrue. I ask you them Google to have Mahindra SDA put this in writing that you can increase the clearance and you can fit bigger tyres. It matters not how many bull-bars or fancy spotlights - would you fit a bull-bar to your road car if you would than great. For me being able to drive off-road was the reason I purchased the vehicle based on Mahindra advertising and paid reviews. Claiming it was a vehicle that is similar to the Toyota/Ford D/C 4x4 that is exactly what it is not. I was amazed they only sold 2-4 thousand vehicles a month when Toyota/Ford/Isuzu/+++ sold I cannot remember the figures but it was a lot more I think Toyota Hilux say 20 000 vehicles. I thought wow it must be new as soon as more people realize you can get basically the same vehicle OK a little less comfortable so what the GPS is pre-android so it doesn't work like your phone or it is nothing like an Android or Apple device. I cannot explain if you were alive pre-android then you will understand. But who cares I will just use my phone that was my thinking. But 5 years later is so weird still no one has realized that you can get a vehicle that is almost identical and it cost over R50 000.00 less. I didn't understand then that I was being lied to. I didn't understand that the reason the sales where so low is because you are purchasing a totally different vehicle and even if you willing to spend R500 000.00 on the upgrade you still cannot turn a Mahindra into an off-road vehicle. with respect the the channel I would not be surprised if Mahindra is paying to have their vehicle compared to a Land cruiser. You have to ask yourself on all Mahindra videos why they never test it will off-road tyres or this Mahindra has been upgraded the clearance is 280mm it has perilla 26inch off road tyres. We see this all the time when comparing Cruiser to Hilux or Jeep vs whatever. Please try find a video with an upgraded Mahindra. There is a reason you do not I will let you guess.

This is something knew I like what U doing inform what they busy with thanks alot can't wait for Saturday I know they will give it there best🏉🏉🇿🇦

I had to watch this video on mute.🤐 The narrator has the personality of a plank.🤦‍♂️ He forgot to mention that the sky is blue and the grass is green.😂

Jesse is like a high-tensile human spring. He could be a pro-fencer or a boxer. These are huge men. Perhaps it is because of a very carnivorous diet!🦁 God bless you all 👍🏴‍☠☘

Really showing your racism in this vid mate, dissapointing

Better keep Eben as very unofficial crappie cappie, because we lost by 50 points when Eben actually captained the Boks at North Harbour. Great player, but Siya is the boss man!

“Might’ve skipped leg day though” 🏃🏾‍♀️🤣haibo

Really enjoyed the commentary, just subscribed 👌

Seems like you’re stuck in the past with that hint of tokenism. Every one of those players regardless of colour has proven themselves.

I just subscribed. Keep up the good work. ✊️🇿🇦🔥

Unofficial Captain? Taking away my subscription here...

Wheres rassie?

Manie just there for the show.

"Okes are warming up stukkend here"......😂😂😂😂classic!

Siya the face of the team? Eben the unofficial captain? Are you mad? What is Siya, chopped liver? Such unnecessary undeserved disrespect. Such a lie. The man commands respect and admiration as a leader, captain, player and as a human being. You on the other hand with such a low blow comments command none.

Kolisi is the Captain

Rather shut up if you're going to undermine the captain.

So Moody is in for Arendse......

“Oaks are warming up stukkend here”😂

bullshit commentary and disrepectfull to the captain sounding like a troll hope you get univited to these trainings

Siya is the face and Eben the captain? The Comment sounds sour a tad.

Siya is just the face of the team? Token black you mean?

"Arguably the best hooker in the world" - I think him and my mom are tied

Another bok win yes

"Eben the unofficial captain of the team"...not so, invalid & inaccurate...better said, hes one of the senior leaders😊

See you changed your thoughts about it..."maybe he didn't miss leg day.." Obviously not!😊

Bokke win with a bonus point this time round 👌🙌

THEY WILL BE EMULATING THE ABS TO SOME DEGREE

Bra you are the only guy that does commentary with these training videos awesome man i like it

10:52 - 10:58

i totally agree also ive had zero problems not even suspension heaps of power amazing engine very comfortable must be a manual and 2.5 petrol is best i love it ill have this car for life

If I'm not mistaken, i think you can fold the seats even more for easier access to the third row.

By far not the most dangerous suburb of Cape Town though!

Great review thanks! I'm looking at buying a used 2nd gen X-Trail right now but my budget isn't huge. There are many available but not many that haven't already done a couple hundred thousand ks. Also, if it can survive the back roads of Africa so well I have hope for it in Australia. 😂

How I miss my hometown! Lived there for 30years.. good and bad people there! Pls get u a naviBuddy next time lol. U were close to the m5, that was the easy way out!

Hi guys I am interested for purchase vehicle so please send me details

Ons die regte diere wat so ons self moet toehok...nee fok man..ja hier in die area die hele gauteng hok hulsef toe,,ek maar net anders,kom kyk self ek in my huis nou al 34 jaar geen buglars of burglar doors nie maar Tresspass net dan gaan die kak spat.

The coolest speaking guy ever 🤓😄 American like relaxed chat' with a South African accent. .. & a glass of Henessy around 😂. Cool review though 💯🔥

Looks like a nice trail, also in prime craft beer country ;-)

That's an incredible collection.

Great stories of adventure, and what a pub!

Awesome stuff. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks bruh, hope you lekker.. Why do these guys not ask Siya many questions? Aussies don't understand English?

Do we need a lift kit or rim replacement or just keep the original rims for these tires? Thanks

Electricity Intallation was around 2007