Bought a Jeep

[Ozwynn]

I went to the dark side and bought an ‘08 Grand Cherokee limited. 4.7l, all stock. Full time 4wd. Gotta say... it took trails that my ‘91 Explorer would’ve struggled with and my Explorer had bigger tires, more ground clearance, and trac loc ....

That being said... this is my daily driver so I’m looking for a beat to hell running gen1 Explorer for hitting trails with my kids.... because I got to a spot I had to turn around because of my lack of ground clearance... took a sign post we didn’t see through the AC condenser... fortunately it was there and saved the radiator but I decided I don’t want to weekend warrior my daily driver.

 

[Dirtman]

My deepest condolences.

 

[Ranger850]

Hey man, we all slip and fall sometimes. I actually Daily Drove A Buick at one low point in my life.

 

[19Walt93]

A Cherokee is the last surviving descendant of the Rambler station wagon, glad you're preserving one.

 

[Curious Hound]

Sorry. Times are tough in the Covid 19 world.

 

[Grumpaw]

At least it's a "Jeep" Jeep, and not a "Fiat" Jeep...

 

[Curious Hound]

A Cherokee is the last surviving descendant of the Rambler station wagon, glad you're preserving one.

Is That what happened? Wow. (First car I remember my parents having was a Rambler station wagon.)

 

[Grumpaw]

Now that Fiat owns Chrysler/Dodge/Ram/Jeep, I was able to find this spy photo of the 2022 Ram Pickup. Based on the Fiat trucks from the 30's.
My understand is that it is basically unchanged from 1936.
Comes with a free case of Chef Boyardee Mini Ravioli.

 

[Dirtman]

Now that Fiat owns Chrysler/Dodge/Ram/Jeep, I was able to find this spy photo of the 2022 Ram Pickup. Based on the Fiat trucks from the 30's.
My understand is that it is basically unchanged from 1936.
Comes with a free case of Chef Boyardee Mini Ravioli.

The only way that deal would work is if the truck was free after you buy a case of ravioli.

I'd probably still turn it down though and just get some speghetti-O's....

 

[sgtsandman]

For a Chrysler product, Jeep Grand Cherokees have a decent reliability reputation. Jeep Cherokees on the other hand, have a horrible one. So, if you must go Jeep, that one isn’t a bad choice.

 

[sheep herder]

At least it's a "Jeep" Jeep, and not a "Fiat" Jeep...

No, it's a "Chrysler" Jeep, not a "Jeep" Jeep.

 

[97RangerXLT]

Hey man, we all slip and fall sometimes. I actually Daily Drove A Buick at one low point in my life.

lol I do daily drive a 2010 Buick Lucerne... Overall, it is a great ride/ road trip car. some neat features, but the design and ergonomics of it was done by a High School shop class I think.... I can't get in and out of it easily but the interior is huge. I can sit comfortably in the back seat with the front seats almost all the way back (I am 6'1") the front seat I have to have a bit forward to comfortably reach the pedals and steering wheel. The radio/ infotainment package is pure late 90's tech. The column gear shift lever when it is in drive obscures the left side of the radio screen. It has the acceleration of a drunken whale. stopping it causes some pretty good body roll... I have updated the front brakes to drilled/ slotted rotors... helps stop the car a little quicker. the back up sensors are totally useless for anything moving. by the time they beep at you, whatever walks behind your car has already moved on about 15 feet from the car.

one of the features of the radio info tainment system is that if I have the blower motor on "auto" for a/c or heat, it will blow really really hard until the temp evens out to what it is set at, but if you have your phone going through the bluetooth, once thephone connects, the car automatically turns down the blower motor. you can only store 5 phones in the car, and you have to manually store phone numbers and what to call them in the car if you want to call using Buick's hands free. The wife's 2015 base model escape pulls the entire contacts list from you phone and you just tell it to dial <contact name>.

 

[Grumpaw]

No, it's a "Chrysler" Jeep, not a "Jeep" Jeep.

I stand corrected....

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

At least it's a "Jeep" Jeep, and not a "Fiat" Jeep...

They never made a "Jeep" Jeep.

Bantam, Willys, Kaiser, AMC, Chrysler... a long trail of dead companies that the parasite that is Jeep has sucked the life out of before moving on the next host.

Fiat is bigger so it will take a bit longer than it has in the past.

 

[Ozwynn]

Hey man, we all slip and fall sometimes. I actually Daily Drove A Buick at one low point in my life.

I feel that.. I had a ‘99 Buick Regal 3.8l that felt like it was indestructible and wouldn’t die...