INFO
Manufacturer
Daihatsu
Model
Hijet
Origin
Japan
Year
1996
Edition
Full window bus
QUESTIONS
Because I (Julia) saw a suzuky carry and thought it looked funny and I also always wanted a car in which I can sleep that’s not too big to get everywhere - Jonas just went with it 😅
The cutlery box inside the tailgate
To use the tiny space effitiently while also being able to sleep in the van comfortably with two people
We adjusted everything we didn’t like so there‘s not really anything that we would do differently except doing it properly from the beginning
Poland, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg
Blown cylinder head gasket 😅
That you can sleep and live so comfortably in such a tiny space and that it doesn’t take a lot of space to see beautiful places - and also that you meet so many likeminded people from so many different places
The colour matches the mazda colour ‚blue print‘ Our brake lines broke once at the TÜV after we passed the brake test - of course we didn’t get TÜV after they saw the brake lines were gone We bought Gilbert in 2016 even before Körmi bought hers
Spain
Don’t buy a Porter or Hijet thinking that it’s a car that just runs - it needs a lot of maintanance
An Endoscope to look into the cylinders
When I had Corona I needed to go to the test station and didn’t see that the tent next to the container wasn‘t high enough for Gilbert so I ran into it
Quesadillas with Guacamole
TECH
Power
48 hp
Fuel
Petrol
Consumption
7 l/100km
Top speed
115 km/h
CONVERSION
Purchase price
1,650 €
Found through
Ebay
Mileage when purchased
82,000 km
Conversion costs
2000 €
