Thought on jeep grand Cherokee?

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jeepasaurusrex:
I see a lot of theory posted, but little real world use.

magnanimous_j:
I would stay away from the Cherokee.

I worked in the car business for 5 or so years and have driven thousands of cars. We took in 4runners and Pathfinders with 300,000 plus miles in regularly, and they usually ran just fine.

I can't remember ever seeing a Grand Cherokee with more than 150k on it, and those ones were usually on their last legs.

jackelope:

--- Quote from: jeepasaurusrex on September 28, 2011, 05:43:58 AM ---I see a lot of theory posted, but little real world use.

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Lots of what theory? 4 wheeling/off road use is not real world use. It is go have fun on the weekends use that very few people on the grand scale partake in. I will share some opinion and a few facts from real world experience.
999 out of 1000 people could give 2 chits about 4 wheeling ability when it comes to buying a vehicle. I'd venture to say most on here would be included in that. I completely agree with you on the solid axle/off road ability but nobody cares how much articulation and travel and all that other wheeling mumbo-jumbo when it comes to real world use. I can tell you beyond any shadow of a doubt from lots and lots of real world experience that we replace a hell of a lot more solid axle front end components in our trucks than we do in anything we work on IFS and not too many of them are lifted or have big tires, nevermind spend any time off road. I am surrounded by Jeeps and Dodge trucks 10 hours a day, 5 days a week.

--- Quote from: magnanimous_j on September 28, 2011, 07:22:52 AM ---I would stay away from the Cherokee.

I worked in the car business for 5 or so years and have driven thousands of cars. We took in 4runners and Pathfinders with 300,000 plus miles in regularly, and they usually ran just fine.

I can't remember ever seeing a Grand Cherokee with more than 150k on it, and those ones were usually on their last legs.

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I will tell you from being in the car business for +/- 15 years that I don't see anything "regularly" with 300k miles on the clock. There are plenty of Jeeps running around with +/-200k miles on them. I wouldn't hesitate for a second to say that most any 4.0L inline 6 cylinder Jeep will go 200k+ miles all day if it's taken care of. If it's not taken care of, then it likely won't live that long.

Lastly there's big differences between a Cherokee, a 99-04 grand cherokee and a pre-98 grand cherokee. If we're comparing or sharing input on a '04 Grand Cherokee, lets make sure we're talking apples to apples.
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Woodchuck:
:yeah: Well stated

Happy Gilmore:
I think it is safe to say that Toyota's reputation for longevity in vehicles is a "little" better than Jeeps. Jeeps are obviously the off road kings but, they don't hold their value for a good reason.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/ctd/2620490141.html

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/ctd/2578326465.html

Gotta admit, for the $5K in difference you can spend a lot of money repairing stuff that goes wrong and still have a few extra bucks to slap some mud tires on it?

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