Jeep Commander

Thanks bandicoot. I don't have a lot of exprience with the Jeep product and in particulatr the Commander. Are thre any issues that come up with them re motor trans etc. What are they like to resell when the time comes...

I haven't run into anything of consequence yet. Issues such as the outside wing mirrors "vibrating" at high speed, and a few other minor matters were all fixed by Jeep without question.

There is no doubt their resale value as a percentage of purchase price falls faster than (say) the rice-eaters. However, I carefully looked into this at the time. Let's say you pay $90 K for a new Cruiser and after 3 years, it's worth 70% of new value. That means it's worth $63 K and you've "done" $27 K lost value.
The other choice is to buy a Commander (say) at $60 K and after 3 years it's worth 60% of new value. You think that your resale value is bad compared to the Tojo, but you've actually "done" $24 K compared to a loss of $27 K on the Tojo.
In other words, the Jeep loses value as a % of new faster than the Tojo but actually loses less value in real dollars, and at the end of the day, that's what counts.

PS: I've had several L/C wagons before, as well as two Patrol wagons, a L/R County V8 and Ford Explorer, and L/C Hilux. The L/C wagons are great vehicles, but just beware of the "hype" regarding resale values.

Thanks very much for the followup Bandicoot. What do you refer to as L/C. Is probably obvious but the grey matter have glow plugs that aren't glowing at the moment. I heard news tonight that Chrysler are heading to bankrapsy, have heard anything of this is if so what do you see as possible consequences.