Jeep Cherokee SRT-8

[breytonX5]

Originally Posted by cmyX5go

Eye candy! I had two jeeps before crossing over to BMW:
1996 and 1999 Grand Cherokee limited, both V8's. Initially I loved them both, had a GMC Jimmy before so the Jeep was a huge improvement. The 1996 wasn't too bad, small problems but the tranny was slipping when it went back with 60K miles. The '99, that's another story. It spent more time on a lift at the dealer than it did under my behind! I logged 132 days in service in less than 2 years. Mostly drivetrain related. Told Stealer I wanted out (lease) and wanted a new one. Stealer and Chrysler jerked me and refused to do anything. Long story short, wrote a letter to the Attorney General documenting everything, every work order. They not only got Chrysler to buy out my lease but got me 10K in damages. Hello BMW!

It's a shame but I will never buy another american car.

Laura, this is your second X isn't it? Girl you have a thing for v8 power, don't you. BTW those wheels remind me of style 87.

[cmyX6go]

Originally Posted by breytonX5

Laura, this is your second X isn't it? Girl you have a thing for v8 power, don't you. BTW those wheels remind me of style 87.

Yes, I had an '01 4.4. Gotta have a V8. Can't have someone pull up next to me and have more under the hood than me! Pisses me off. Seriously thinking about the 4.8 when this goes back.

[rebound]

Originally Posted by cmyX5go

Eye candy! I had two jeeps before crossing over to BMW:
1996 and 1999 Grand Cherokee limited, both V8's. Initially I loved them both, had a GMC Jimmy before so the Jeep was a huge improvement. The 1996 wasn't too bad, small problems but the tranny was slipping when it went back with 60K miles. The '99, that's another story. It spent more time on a lift at the dealer than it did under my behind! I logged 132 days in service in less than 2 years. Mostly drivetrain related. Told Stealer I wanted out (lease) and wanted a new one. Stealer and Chrysler jerked me and refused to do anything. Long story short, wrote a letter to the Attorney General documenting everything, every work order. They not only got Chrysler to buy out my lease but got me 10K in damages. Hello BMW!

It's a shame but I will never buy another american car.

I had a 2005 Chrysler Town & Country minivan - the top end one with all the bells and whistles. Almost from the day we got it my wife and I hated it (I had preordered while overseas, and never had an opportunity to check one out in person). Long story short, I took a huge hit on resale value, and bought my X3! Let's just say I'm soooo glad I did!

Anyway, as cool as that SRT-8 or whatever it is looks, I wouldn't touch a Daimler-Chrysler product again (not including Mercedes). The sad part is, one of my brothers has a good buddy that works for Jeep. The guy is a psycho about how great all D-C products are. I truly enjoyed telling him I dumped that f***ing van for a BMW!

[Mylo_T_Cat]

I inquired about the Jeep before trading in my 03 4.4. Specs for the new Jeep sound good, and it's a pretty good looking vehicle, but I reminded myself (reality check) about the problems we've had with 3 previous Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltds: brake rotor problems, tranny problems, fit-n-finish problems. Traded for an 05 4.8is instead (ya, "slightly" more expensive ). Other than the crappy wiper blades, I'm glad I did. Thing really screams in sport or manual up/down shifting modes.

[Ishniknork]

Originally Posted by cmyX5go

Eye candy! I had two jeeps before crossing over to BMW:
1996 and 1999 Grand Cherokee limited, both V8's. Initially I loved them both, had a GMC Jimmy before so the Jeep was a huge improvement. The 1996 wasn't too bad, small problems but the tranny was slipping when it went back with 60K miles. The '99, that's another story. It spent more time on a lift at the dealer than it did under my behind! I logged 132 days in service in less than 2 years. Mostly drivetrain related. Told Stealer I wanted out (lease) and wanted a new one. Stealer and Chrysler jerked me and refused to do anything. Long story short, wrote a letter to the Attorney General documenting everything, every work order. They not only got Chrysler to buy out my lease but got me 10K in damages. Hello BMW!

It's a shame but I will never buy another american car.

Ha-ha! Good move and welcome to the club! It is a shame though. I havn't owned an American made car since 1985, and the last one I owned was a '67 Pontiac Firebird I bought in 1976. Wish I'd never sold that one.