Monte Castleman

>Monte: I was just up to your City on Monday and bought a 1995Jeep Cherokee
>Country Loaded And in really Great shape. It has a 3" skyjacker lift,
>31:10.50= 15's, fully loaded Green and Gold . One heck of a nice unit. It
>was shane Burgen's I think was his name. He live's in Burnsville. You might
>know him?????

Sounds like what you got is similar to mine. Mine is a 93 Country, metallic
green with "champagne" trim (I always thought it looked more like "silver").
It's pretty much stock, except for very slightly oversized (235R15) tires and
aftermarket CD receiver. It does have limited slip and factory skid plates.
When I bought it it there was some rust and "deferred maintenance", but it's
in good shape now.

I don't happen to know Shane Burgen. I would like to try off-roading some
time, but I've only had a 4*4 for 9 months and more pressing issues came up
last summer. So I don't really know anyone in the Jeep "community" around
here.
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Bloomington, MN <<to email, remove the "q" from address>>

Monte Castleman

>Monte: I was just up to your City on Monday and bought a 1995Jeep Cherokee
>Country Loaded And in really Great shape. It has a 3" skyjacker lift,
>31:10.50= 15's, fully loaded Green and Gold . One heck of a nice unit. It
>was shane Burgen's I think was his name. He live's in Burnsville. You might
>know him?????

Sounds like what you got is similar to mine. Mine is a 93 Country, metallic
green with "champagne" trim (I always thought it looked more like "silver").
It's pretty much stock, except for very slightly oversized (235R15) tires and
aftermarket CD receiver. It does have limited slip and factory skid plates.
When I bought it it there was some rust and "deferred maintenance", but it's
in good shape now.

I don't happen to know Shane Burgen. I would like to try off-roading some
time, but I've only had a 4*4 for 9 months and more pressing issues came up
last summer. So I don't really know anyone in the Jeep "community" around
here.
--

Monte Castleman, <<Spamfilter in Use>>
Bloomington, MN <<to email, remove the "q" from address>>

L0nD0t.$t0we11

Roughly 3/4/04 17:19, Philip's monkeys randomly typed:

> I am looking at buying a 3 year old, high end Jeep product with leather
> seats and all the bells.

That would be the Grand Cherokee Limited series.
>
> 1 Are they reliable?

For an off-road vehicle of domestic origin, about par for the course.
Note that they are off road vehicles with all of the extra mechanical
complexity that implies. It is not a Honda or mall cruiser even tho
far too many folks that own one never find out just how nice is is
to cruise across a desert waving at all the wrangler types sweating
their rear ends off at 112....


> 3 Are they more expensive to maintain than comparable luxury SUVs?

The Grand Limited is by any measure a luxury SUV, except that unlike
mall queens, it is also an offroad vehicle that may not be a Wrangler,
but it isn't a Nissan Murano either.

>
> 4 Is automatic better than standard in terms of reliability. I don't do much
> off roading, just heavy snow driving.

For most folks the auto is better...few people still know how to drive
a stick well, and they tend to buy wranglers. The newer Grands have a
4.5 speed auto that uses a different gearing for climbing up thru the
gears and downshifting for passing.

L0nD0t.$t0we11

Roughly 3/4/04 17:19, Philip's monkeys randomly typed:

> I am looking at buying a 3 year old, high end Jeep product with leather
> seats and all the bells.

That would be the Grand Cherokee Limited series.
>
> 1 Are they reliable?

For an off-road vehicle of domestic origin, about par for the course.
Note that they are off road vehicles with all of the extra mechanical
complexity that implies. It is not a Honda or mall cruiser even tho
far too many folks that own one never find out just how nice is is
to cruise across a desert waving at all the wrangler types sweating
their rear ends off at 112....


> 3 Are they more expensive to maintain than comparable luxury SUVs?

The Grand Limited is by any measure a luxury SUV, except that unlike
mall queens, it is also an offroad vehicle that may not be a Wrangler,
but it isn't a Nissan Murano either.

>
> 4 Is automatic better than standard in terms of reliability. I don't do much
> off roading, just heavy snow driving.

For most folks the auto is better...few people still know how to drive
a stick well, and they tend to buy wranglers. The newer Grands have a
4.5 speed auto that uses a different gearing for climbing up thru the
gears and downshifting for passing.

L0nD0t.$t0we11

Roughly 3/4/04 17:19, Philip's monkeys randomly typed:

> I am looking at buying a 3 year old, high end Jeep product with leather
> seats and all the bells.

That would be the Grand Cherokee Limited series.
>
> 1 Are they reliable?

For an off-road vehicle of domestic origin, about par for the course.
Note that they are off road vehicles with all of the extra mechanical
complexity that implies. It is not a Honda or mall cruiser even tho
far too many folks that own one never find out just how nice is is
to cruise across a desert waving at all the wrangler types sweating
their rear ends off at 112....


> 3 Are they more expensive to maintain than comparable luxury SUVs?

The Grand Limited is by any measure a luxury SUV, except that unlike
mall queens, it is also an offroad vehicle that may not be a Wrangler,
but it isn't a Nissan Murano either.

>
> 4 Is automatic better than standard in terms of reliability. I don't do much
> off roading, just heavy snow driving.

For most folks the auto is better...few people still know how to drive
a stick well, and they tend to buy wranglers. The newer Grands have a
4.5 speed auto that uses a different gearing for climbing up thru the
gears and downshifting for passing.