I drive a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee. I get asked if I'm interested in selling it at least once or twice a month, nowadays. The sightlines are amazing compared to modern cars, its AC is OP, and the AMC 4 liter straight six is one of the most durable car engines ever made. Mileage is not great, but it's paid for and dirt cheap to insure, that buys a lot of gas right there.
Inline 6 has to be one of the best engines. I got 3 cars with them in 4L, gas injected, gas carbureted and diesel. They go so well.
The only computer in the diesel one is the glow plug timer and there is no computer in the carbureted one (both 1991 Nissan Patrols).
The injected one is a 2005 ford falcon and is starting to get all sorts of interior electrical niggles. Only wiring issues in the patrols is a left headlight short which was easily routed around using relays.
Nice, I had a 97 Jeep Grand Cherokee and it was a great vehicle. I did have a problem with the doors falling off, which I think was a defect at the time.
At least! When my engine finally needed a rebuild, so did the transmission, steering box, CV joints, and center differential. And you're right, it needed new bushings, shocks, springs, and balljoints.
Yeah, I recently bought a car (I had driving license for 15 years before that but for 14 of them I didn't drive coz I moved to the big city), and basically bought one of cheapest, had to replace dampers last year, this year one of springs broke, one of calipers have some problems and apparently one of previous owners installed lambda probe emulator to hide dead catalytic converter...
Tho a bunch of that might be because I bought "sporty car" and those rarely have easy life in the first place...
