Thought on jeep grand Cherokee?

[wilywin]

Not to pop any ones balloon but i work for AAA....2009-2010 most commonly tow'd vehicle.....Jeep Grand Cherokees follow'd by VW Jettas!    My uncle has a cherokee and swears by it!  I personally have never owned one....just sayin!

[bobcat]

Matt-
You might look at a Liberty too...not bad as long as you don't mind a rig a little smaller than a G/C.

jackelope- have those Liberty's been fairly reliable? How are they on gas?

[Bean Counter]

If you are looking for an all around rig for her that is tough, gets decent mileage and is fantastic in the snow look at a Subaru but steer clear of any between 99-03 due to head gasket issues.

The misses drives a Subaru, also all time all whdel drive, that gets 26-28 mpg. Petty good, but heed FC on the head gasket issue. At a shop it will cost you $1,500-2,000 due to the engine design. I don't think the problems ended with the '03 models, either. Just call All Wheel Drive Auto in Kirkland or visit their website.

I no longer recommend Subarus, even though ours has been on the road for 200,000 miles.

[jackelope]

Not to pop any ones balloon but i work for AAA....2009-2010 most commonly tow'd vehicle.....Jeep Grand Cherokees follow'd by VW Jettas!    My uncle has a cherokee and swears by it!  I personally have never owned one....just sayin!

Source??

Matt-
You might look at a Liberty too...not bad as long as you don't mind a rig a little smaller than a G/C.

jackelope- have those Liberty's been fairly reliable? How are they on gas?

Yeah they've been pretty good all around. The diesels suck but they were short lived.
Gas is probably 16 or so around town, 20+ on the highway. Definitely not awesome mpg's. They've mostly got a 3.7L V-6 in them. There's a couple manual trans'd 4 cylinders around. They would be extreme base models and I'd steer clear of them. You'd need a push to make it up a hill.

[Bean Counter]

Hw about a Toyota Rav4? I drove one once and it felt nice and nimble.

[thinkingman]

I had a 1995 JGC with the 4.0l and Selec-trac.
Great vehicle, 4.0 has plenty of power, Selec-Trac is the best 4wd system at the time, wish it were still available.
No issues, original battery replaced at 105k for peace of mind.
Regular maintenance, interior was nice when I sold it, exterior, too.
Nice rig.
The later model does hate it's rotors, as mentioned before.
Solid axles and coil springs are the shizz for off-roading.
RAV4 is a poser, Toyota quality and engineering have really disappointed me.
I had a RAV4 and it's not an off-road, or even true 4wd vehicle.

[C-Money]

My brother had two Jeep cherokees, both had the v-8 318? Seemed to be good rigs, he had some issus with them, nothing out of the normal. He ran them between Pennsylvaina and Washington multipal times and always had a comfortable ride. We took them up in the Colockum and they both preformed well on the roads up their. His first on was a late 90's and the second one was a mid 2000's. If you and the wife like it, go for it, you should get good use out of it!

[vaz,,66]

I bought one 95 country 6.0I for my daughter and I love it, so far had to change some plastic parts due to age.
I did some research before I bought it and there is not any another car with that many after market parts for upgrade like a jeep and its not expensive at all and been build here in USA with a grate quality.
I LOVE IT this is JEEP.     

[jeepasaurusrex]

We just sold our 94 Grand Cherokee. It had 188,000+ miles on it. It had the 5.2L (318) V8 and full time 4wd. It still had great power. The only thing I ever did to the transmission was replace the overdrive solenoid and change the fluid/filter. Great vehicle. Wish we had held onto it for hunting season, but a guy made us a great offer on it.

[demontang]

Ive heard trail blazers are good and I know the newer explorers 05+ are keepers too. The explorer my ex has will blow your mind offroad for a belly dragger and no lockers. It got 18-20mpg could pull 6k with the tow package and it was pretty snappy with the 3v 4.6

[FC]

One other SUV you might want to look at is toyota's 4Runner, a much better vehicle than the GC.

[carpsniperg2]

Thanks everyone! Very good info. Like I said I am just kinding looking around and saw the jeep. It got me to thinking about it. Not sure if I am really interested in it. But wanted to ask here because I was sure a few of my hunting washington brothers have been around them

[gasman]

I would have no problems with getting JGC at all. We are going to be getting the wife a new vehicle next year and we are going to be looking at them also 

Good Luck 

[Happy Gilmore]

My Sister and Brother in law had a 1995 that had the door welds break as well? They had the 4L. It was a good rig overall. My best buddy Brandon had a 2002-4 something Grand Cherokee with a V-8....It was a total lemon. Head problems, transmission problems, electrical problems...Don't know if all that's common? His first "new" rig was a Jeep Wrangler in 1998....it had a lot of problems with head gaskets, exhaust gaskets...

I'm a fan of old jeeps....not sure I'd ever consider owning a new one. Seems like the problems are relatively minor but, at the same time, happen at mileage you wouldn't expect to have failures.

For a rig I could take the family out hunting in, I'd probably pay a few extra bucks and get a Toyota 4-Runner. Resale value is a lot higher even with a boat load of miles but, you still pay for it up front.....I guess you can expect a decent return later. Good indicator is to look at prices on a used 4-Runner of the same year/make model as the Jeep. You'll pay about $3K more for an equal rig.

Same being said, I've always had a soft spot for the old Wagoneers with an I-6 and wood paneling......

[Happy Gilmore]

Not to pop any ones balloon but i work for AAA....2009-2010 most commonly tow'd vehicle.....Jeep Grand Cherokees follow'd by VW Jettas!    My uncle has a cherokee and swears by it!  I personally have never owned one....just sayin!

You work in the office or for a towing contractor? My best friend runs the Redmond Office....