Personally the 4 bangers are under powered go for the sixer.
Coasty

"PJ" <pjdott@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1150370490.163300.100320@g10g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>I am looking at buying my first Jeep.
>
> There is a 93 YJ with the 4 cylinder and an 89 with the inline 6.
> Both are about the same asking price and seem to be in pretty good
> shape.
>
> It will be used as my daily ride and run for 400 Km a week at 80 Km an
> hour back and forth to work. There will only be a little off roading
> and I am sure pretty tame compared to some members.
>
> Are there any recommendations on engine size/ type.
> The 6 has 160,000 Km now and the 4 has 170,000 Km on it. Both are 5
> speeds.
>
> Winters are cold here and the 4 has half doors and soft top only. It
> would be hard to keep it warm in the winter yes? The 6 has full doors
> and hard + soft top.
>
> I have read alot and am still reading more but looking for a link to
> info on what to look for in buying and older Jeep.
>
> Any words of wisdom are appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
> Patrick
>

 

Personally the 4 bangers are under powered go for the sixer.
Coasty

"PJ" <pjdott@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1150370490.163300.100320@g10g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>I am looking at buying my first Jeep.
>
> There is a 93 YJ with the 4 cylinder and an 89 with the inline 6.
> Both are about the same asking price and seem to be in pretty good
> shape.
>
> It will be used as my daily ride and run for 400 Km a week at 80 Km an
> hour back and forth to work. There will only be a little off roading
> and I am sure pretty tame compared to some members.
>
> Are there any recommendations on engine size/ type.
> The 6 has 160,000 Km now and the 4 has 170,000 Km on it. Both are 5
> speeds.
>
> Winters are cold here and the 4 has half doors and soft top only. It
> would be hard to keep it warm in the winter yes? The 6 has full doors
> and hard + soft top.
>
> I have read alot and am still reading more but looking for a link to
> info on what to look for in buying and older Jeep.
>
> Any words of wisdom are appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
> Patrick
>

 

Personally the 4 bangers are under powered go for the sixer.
Coasty

"PJ" <pjdott@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1150370490.163300.100320@g10g2000cwb.googlegr oups.com...
>I am looking at buying my first Jeep.
>
> There is a 93 YJ with the 4 cylinder and an 89 with the inline 6.
> Both are about the same asking price and seem to be in pretty good
> shape.
>
> It will be used as my daily ride and run for 400 Km a week at 80 Km an
> hour back and forth to work. There will only be a little off roading
> and I am sure pretty tame compared to some members.
>
> Are there any recommendations on engine size/ type.
> The 6 has 160,000 Km now and the 4 has 170,000 Km on it. Both are 5
> speeds.
>
> Winters are cold here and the 4 has half doors and soft top only. It
> would be hard to keep it warm in the winter yes? The 6 has full doors
> and hard + soft top.
>
> I have read alot and am still reading more but looking for a link to
> info on what to look for in buying and older Jeep.
>
> Any words of wisdom are appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
> Patrick
>

 

PJ wrote:
> I am looking at buying my first Jeep.
>
> There is a 93 YJ with the 4 cylinder and an 89 with the inline 6.
> Both are about the same asking price and seem to be in pretty good
> shape.
>
> It will be used as my daily ride and run for 400 Km a week at 80 Km an
> hour back and forth to work. There will only be a little off roading
> and I am sure pretty tame compared to some members.
>
> Are there any recommendations on engine size/ type.
> The 6 has 160,000 Km now and the 4 has 170,000 Km on it. Both are 5
> speeds.

Yeah niether... If you can afford it; keep looking until you find a 4.0
equipped YJ (91 to 95) or TJ... The 4.0 is the superior engine to the
4.2 in the 89 YJ . For numerous reasons it is both more reliable,
stronger, more powerful where you'll use it most (on the road). It's
fuel injected and has a repuatation for passing 200K miles without major
work...

If you're tight on dollars and Fuel economy is a major consideration,
then forget about jeeps :) if you can't then early 90's Cherokee's with
the 4.0 get better mileage (by 3 or 4 MPG) than Wranglers, they are also
a dime a dozen, and can be had in great shape for less than $2000
without looking too hard. So they are considerably cheaper than the
YJ/TJ or even CJ.

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

 

PJ wrote:
> I am looking at buying my first Jeep.
>
> There is a 93 YJ with the 4 cylinder and an 89 with the inline 6.
> Both are about the same asking price and seem to be in pretty good
> shape.
>
> It will be used as my daily ride and run for 400 Km a week at 80 Km an
> hour back and forth to work. There will only be a little off roading
> and I am sure pretty tame compared to some members.
>
> Are there any recommendations on engine size/ type.
> The 6 has 160,000 Km now and the 4 has 170,000 Km on it. Both are 5
> speeds.

Yeah niether... If you can afford it; keep looking until you find a 4.0
equipped YJ (91 to 95) or TJ... The 4.0 is the superior engine to the
4.2 in the 89 YJ . For numerous reasons it is both more reliable,
stronger, more powerful where you'll use it most (on the road). It's
fuel injected and has a repuatation for passing 200K miles without major
work...

If you're tight on dollars and Fuel economy is a major consideration,
then forget about jeeps :) if you can't then early 90's Cherokee's with
the 4.0 get better mileage (by 3 or 4 MPG) than Wranglers, they are also
a dime a dozen, and can be had in great shape for less than $2000
without looking too hard. So they are considerably cheaper than the
YJ/TJ or even CJ.

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

 

PJ wrote:
> I am looking at buying my first Jeep.
>
> There is a 93 YJ with the 4 cylinder and an 89 with the inline 6.
> Both are about the same asking price and seem to be in pretty good
> shape.
>
> It will be used as my daily ride and run for 400 Km a week at 80 Km an
> hour back and forth to work. There will only be a little off roading
> and I am sure pretty tame compared to some members.
>
> Are there any recommendations on engine size/ type.
> The 6 has 160,000 Km now and the 4 has 170,000 Km on it. Both are 5
> speeds.

Yeah niether... If you can afford it; keep looking until you find a 4.0
equipped YJ (91 to 95) or TJ... The 4.0 is the superior engine to the
4.2 in the 89 YJ . For numerous reasons it is both more reliable,
stronger, more powerful where you'll use it most (on the road). It's
fuel injected and has a repuatation for passing 200K miles without major
work...

If you're tight on dollars and Fuel economy is a major consideration,
then forget about jeeps :) if you can't then early 90's Cherokee's with
the 4.0 get better mileage (by 3 or 4 MPG) than Wranglers, they are also
a dime a dozen, and can be had in great shape for less than $2000
without looking too hard. So they are considerably cheaper than the
YJ/TJ or even CJ.

--
Simon
"I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain." -- Robert A. Heinlein

 

Thanks to all that responded.
The advice is great!
I am without a Jeep but still looking.

Thanks again.
Patrick

PJ wrote:
> I am looking at buying my first Jeep.
>
> There is a 93 YJ with the 4 cylinder and an 89 with the inline 6.
> Both are about the same asking price and seem to be in pretty good
> shape.
>
> It will be used as my daily ride and run for 400 Km a week at 80 Km an
> hour back and forth to work. There will only be a little off roading
> and I am sure pretty tame compared to some members.
>
> Are there any recommendations on engine size/ type.
> The 6 has 160,000 Km now and the 4 has 170,000 Km on it. Both are 5
> speeds.
>
> Winters are cold here and the 4 has half doors and soft top only. It
> would be hard to keep it warm in the winter yes? The 6 has full doors
> and hard + soft top.
>
> I have read alot and am still reading more but looking for a link to
> info on what to look for in buying and older Jeep.
>
> Any words of wisdom are appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
> Patrick

 

Thanks to all that responded.
The advice is great!
I am without a Jeep but still looking.

Thanks again.
Patrick

PJ wrote:
> I am looking at buying my first Jeep.
>
> There is a 93 YJ with the 4 cylinder and an 89 with the inline 6.
> Both are about the same asking price and seem to be in pretty good
> shape.
>
> It will be used as my daily ride and run for 400 Km a week at 80 Km an
> hour back and forth to work. There will only be a little off roading
> and I am sure pretty tame compared to some members.
>
> Are there any recommendations on engine size/ type.
> The 6 has 160,000 Km now and the 4 has 170,000 Km on it. Both are 5
> speeds.
>
> Winters are cold here and the 4 has half doors and soft top only. It
> would be hard to keep it warm in the winter yes? The 6 has full doors
> and hard + soft top.
>
> I have read alot and am still reading more but looking for a link to
> info on what to look for in buying and older Jeep.
>
> Any words of wisdom are appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
> Patrick

 

Thanks to all that responded.
The advice is great!
I am without a Jeep but still looking.

Thanks again.
Patrick

PJ wrote:
> I am looking at buying my first Jeep.
>
> There is a 93 YJ with the 4 cylinder and an 89 with the inline 6.
> Both are about the same asking price and seem to be in pretty good
> shape.
>
> It will be used as my daily ride and run for 400 Km a week at 80 Km an
> hour back and forth to work. There will only be a little off roading
> and I am sure pretty tame compared to some members.
>
> Are there any recommendations on engine size/ type.
> The 6 has 160,000 Km now and the 4 has 170,000 Km on it. Both are 5
> speeds.
>
> Winters are cold here and the 4 has half doors and soft top only. It
> would be hard to keep it warm in the winter yes? The 6 has full doors
> and hard + soft top.
>
> I have read alot and am still reading more but looking for a link to
> info on what to look for in buying and older Jeep.
>
> Any words of wisdom are appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks
> Patrick