jeep grand cherokee advice

With a few mods they are very capable offroad, are thirsty & generally unreliable. That's why the one you're looking at Matt is so cheap ;-) An excellent well featured car to own while in Warrenty. Lots of detail on anything Jeep at www.ausjeepoffroad.com
Cheers Craig.............

Hi Mathew

We also considered a Jeep when upgrading our car 6 months ago. Looked like a decent car, all mod cons comfort and the laredo has the towing capabilities. But they are not as popular as the Nissans or Toyota's so the spares will be hard to get when you most need them and most probably expensive to.
We were told that Jeep stood for; Just Empty Every Pocket!!
We ended up at the Toyota garage and bought a Nissan.

You will be given lots of advice about which Toyota to buy and why at the end of the day get the car that suits your needs and budget.

Richard

Hi Matthew,

I have owned Nissan, Toyota, Pajero and Jeep Grand Cherokee. My favourite by a long way was the Jeep. Yes, they are thirsty but you pay for the power and its not as bad as the 200 series Toyota. Parts are expensive but readily available on the net cheap. I don't understand the comment that they are unreliable. Mine wasn't. My experience with Toyota service has been terrible! Toyotas are relatively reliable but when something does go wrong, the dealer will go into denial and Mr T is worse.

Cheers

Skull

Seeing the negative replies I have to chime in.

I have a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee V8. I'm in the US, so this is for general info not for availability of parts.

Jeeps change over the years, of course. Still.

I have 170,000 Miles...that's ~274,000 km.

I have to keep fixing things, once in a while, because it is an old car.

But - every time a AAA driver comes to start it or something they pat it fondly and say: 'good car'.

I was actually dead set on getting a new car. I looked at new Jeeps (and a few others). I did not like them. There was a matter of what you get with the basic package, they were too computerized, the back window was smaller, etc.

I looked again at my Jeep. I saw it was good. Very good.

I prettied it up some (satellite radio) and presto, new car.

I have never had a problem driving anywhere, over anything, etc. Extreme off roading I don't do, but I don't think people have problems with that.

It's old, and yes, anything can happen, I pray it doesn't, but it's a really good and really reliable car. It's taken me places. It's brought me back. It's considered a very reliable car in the US. I love my Jeep. I am not a car person. I can hardly tell them apart. This car - I love.

I'm on my third Jeep and wouldn't have anything else. We started with a KJ Cherokee diesel in 2003 and did about 120k trouble-free km. This was followed by a Grand Laredo diesel in 2006. We did about 123k in it and sold it on to our daughter and son-in-law who now have it at close to 300k and all it's had is a starter and a wheel bearing. We now have a 2010 Grand Laredo diesel which now has 80k trouble-free km on the clock.

All three cars have done multiple outback trips towing a 2T caravan and in all cases, the first trip for each was within one month of delivery.

This current car has a 250cm lift for that bit extra ground clearance, but the others handled the Outback tracks without a problem.

I can't comment on the fuel consumption of the V8, but the diesels are extremely economical.

You'll always get the uninformed diehards who only speak Nissan or Toyota, but my answer to them has been and is...You have to break down first to need the spare parts!

Don't be afraid to go Jeep. They are 4WD pioneers.

thanks for all the advice guys. in the end i decided to go with my heart and buy the jeep, after all im only 22 so the seduction of a v8 is far to much to resist. now ive got 12 weeks to familerise my self before we head off to take on all aussie has to offer. just debating about a 2" lift kit