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Clutch-muncher

My mother is about to have her third clutch in four years replaced.

We moved to rural Devon where there are steep hills and narrow lanes with passing places. She is a game old bird who loves to drive the lanes but by golly she destroys clutches.

I need her to have a four-wheel-drive automatic but it must be small, as she is overwhelmed by larger cars.

She currently drives a Suzuki Wagon R which she has nearly killed. It can't be posh as she sometimes "rubs" the car on the banks! What should it be?

Asked on 21 April 2011 by mrsbluesky

Answered by Honest John
I think that Suzuki still does a Jimny 1.3 automatic. Not the most sophisticated tool in the world, but the smallest 4WD automatic.

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