# Jeeps **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [July 29, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913 "2012-07-29T16:34:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robftw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6bbea6/32.png) [@robftw](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/robftw)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2012, 4:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/1 "2012-07-29T16:34:10Z")
Since the datsun decided to spontaneously combust, i now have cash to buy a new car. i was also offered 6k trade in for my 330xi which just turned 200,000 miles today. about 11,000$ down on a new car. I was considering one of these two below, leaning more towards the commander, however the grand cherokee has much less miles. Does anyone here drive one or the other? pros / cons? I’ve been reading for the last few hours / watching youtube videos on the two. [http://www.westherr.com/find-a-car/details/2007-jeep-grand-cherokee/1J8GR48K47C668127/](http://www.westherr.com/find-a-car/details/2007-jeep-grand-cherokee/1J8GR48K47C668127/) [http://www.westherr.com/find-a-car/details/2006-jeep-commander/1J8HG58216C123405/](http://www.westherr.com/find-a-car/details/2006-jeep-commander/1J8HG58216C123405/) ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 11:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/2 "2012-07-30T11:53:41Z")
Get the most top heavy vehicle you can afford and PLEASE roll the fucker over with the moonroof open and you not belted in place. ---
**Author:** ![Kramer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kramer](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Kramer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/3 "2012-07-30T11:57:27Z")
who offered you 6k for trade in… ---
**Author:** ![GV1390](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gv1390/32/5432_2.png) [@GV1390](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GV1390)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/4 "2012-07-30T12:11:03Z")
> [@Quattro Krant](#): > > Get the most top heavy vehicle you can afford and PLEASE roll the fucker over with the moonroof open and you not belted in place. haha. :tup: ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/5 "2012-07-30T12:11:12Z")
I think I’d rather walk than own a Chrysler product. That said, if it was too far to walk, there was no bus service, none of my friends were around to drive me and those were my only 2 options I’d take the Grand Cherokee. I wouldn’t take it to my originally intended destination though. I’d drive it to a non-Chrysler dealership and trade it on something else, then drive to where I originally wanted to go. ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/6 "2012-07-30T12:12:11Z")
I drove a Commander, and was not impressed at all with it; horrible Chrysler Interior. That WK has the 3.7 V6, which for a lot of people is undersized and underpowered for the JGC. I have the 4.7 V8 (non-HO) in my WJ and IMO it’s underpowered. ---
**Author:** ![ultradriver10000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ultradriver10000/32/7397_2.png) [@ultradriver10000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ultradriver10000)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/7 "2012-07-30T12:57:10Z")
That model of the grand Cherokee blows hard. We had two as company vehicles and they were permanently banned from being purchased ever again. Donno about the Commander, but the Cherokee has so many issues. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/8 "2012-07-30T14:22:38Z")
> [@Quattro Krant](#): > > Get the most top heavy vehicle you can afford and PLEASE roll the fucker over with the moonroof open and you not belted in place. Jeep Wrangler or no Jeep at all imo. My Dad had an old cherokee, POS spent more time in the shop than it did on the road. ---
**Author:** ![ieatpaint](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ieatpaint/32/7311_2.png) [@ieatpaint](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ieatpaint)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/9 "2012-07-30T14:32:09Z")
For that price range I’d much rather be in a Murano or if it had to be American, the Explorer. ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3bc359/32.png) [@Jon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 2:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/10 "2012-07-30T14:37:40Z")
Don’t worry,ticking and 1 quart every 1000 miles is normal (serious). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/11 "2012-07-30T14:54:11Z")
> [@Jon](#): > > Don’t worry,ticking and 1 quart every 1000 miles is normal (serious). I can confirm this ---
**Author:** ![1QIKZ](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/1qikz/32/6112_2.png) [@1QIKZ](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/1QIKZ)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 2:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/12 "2012-07-30T14:54:17Z")
> [@GV1390](#): > > haha. > > :tup: What’s with all the hostility man ? !! ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/13 "2012-07-30T15:10:41Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > I think I’d rather walk than own a Chrysler product. > > That said, if it was too far to walk, there was no bus service, none of my friends were around to drive me and those were my only 2 options I’d take the Grand Cherokee. I wouldn’t take it to my originally intended destination though. I’d drive it to a non-Chrysler dealership and trade it on something else, then drive to where I originally wanted to go. I own a Chrysler product. A fully loaded Chrysler product and I have had it for a year now. It has driven less than 3000 miles and most of them are from friends that I loan it out to. In fact it is out with a friend right now for the next couple days while I fix his car. I have found nothing that I like about it. Their “Leather” is vinyl, and all of the electronics and features are buggy as hell. The ride/handling is horrible at best and the engine makes weird noises. Fuck Chrysler. It is not a jeep, but I test drove one of those and it was worse. ---
**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/14 "2012-07-30T15:26:02Z")
I love my jeep. It is not comfortable, warm, fuel efficient or driver friendly. My jeep will go anywhere just not very quickly. However it (mine) has been very reliable. If it wasn’t a wrangler I never would have bought a Chrysler product. Good luck with your choices. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/15 "2012-07-30T15:44:26Z")
Yeah, I should have mentioned that the Wrangler is the only exception to my Chrysler hate rule. And maybe the Viper, just because if I have enough toy car money to buy a Viper I probably don’t give a shit about reliability anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/16 "2012-07-30T17:16:50Z")
The new Jeeps are light years beyond anything they’ve been making the past few years. If there is any way you can get into the latest gen I’d do that. ---
**Author:** ![challengermike](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/challengermike/32/5106_2.png) [@challengermike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/challengermike)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/17 "2012-07-30T18:15:45Z")
I have had great luck with grand cherokee’s and many mopar cars and trucks with no major repairs needed. Last grand i sold had almost 200k on it. Doesnt matter what car you buy if it was well taken care of it should last awhile. I find it funny the statement above about not wanting to drive a chrysler anywhere i feel the same about most other brands. I work on alot of cars and most of them arnt chryslers coming in broken. ---
**Author:** ![97FormulaWS-6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/97formulaws-6/32/7384_2.png) [@97FormulaWS-6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/97FormulaWS-6)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 6:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/18 "2012-07-30T18:57:27Z")
All the hate on jeeps, wow. Personally my 04 WJ JGC Limited has served me well and has overall been a good truck. It’s had a few minor issues, but overall it’s been the most reliable and comfortable vehicle I’ve owned. It’s driven all the way across the country; well buffalo to LA, without missing a beat, and does the mountain canyons out here in winter like a champ. ---
**Author:** ![Axis](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/axis/32/5149_2.png) [@Axis](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Axis)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/19 "2012-07-30T19:35:38Z")
My friend has a new wrangler and its pretty legit, Chrysler has come a long since 10+ years ago except maybe in the paint department. Seriously, I’ve been noticing a lot of new Chryslers with fucking terrible orange peel. At first I thought it was maybe one car but its fucking every single one (almost). ---
**Author:** ![95dime](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/95dime/32/7514_2.png) [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2012, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913/20 "2012-07-30T22:08:38Z")
holy chrystler hate. jeebus. id take one over a gm. oh wait, i did. theyve come a long ways. i dont have much experience with jeeps but my buddy has em. his dad just got a newer wrangler, loves it. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jeeps/224913.md?page=2)