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Buying a Grand Cherokee
El Hair:
Hi,
I'm new to Mud Club, but have already caught the 4x4/Off Road bug courtesy of a friend.
I'm looking to buy a 2000 Grand Cherokee (WJ I think) in the non-too-distant future. However, would like some advice on what to look for/look out for.
Although initially for day-to-day use (mostly motorway driving), I'll be doing some green laning and general off roading with the intention of modding it in the future.
Regarding fuel costs I'm not too sure about petrol or diesel, but think diesel may be a false economy.
Any suggestions would be gratefully received.
offroading.net:
a friends 2.7 crdiesel does 27mpg (3.1td's are worse), my 4litre does 24-5 mpg, so a 4litre petrol is cheaper to run with fuel prices at the mo. (v8 does 16!)
The best IMHO is the 4litre, with quadra-drive if you can (self locking front & rear diffs).
I paid £4100 for a 2000 V with 100k & full history just before xmas. MAKE SURE IT HAS FULL HISTORY, and has reciepts to go with it. There are some real bargains on ebay. WG's don't tend to break, mainly trim issues and normal wear & tare. Just keep looking as its a buyers market for the 4 litres
El Hair:
Thanks for that. Certainly agree with the buyers market comment.
Have I got the WJ/WG thing right?? Get a bit confused by all this :?
What's the true list?
Fuel comment also matches what I was thinking.
Any other suggestions?
UKJeeper:
IIRC, WJ is the model name for the septic version, WG for the Euro version.
Bishops Finger:
One thing to be really careful about is checking the rear diff....make sure its not noisy or if there are bills for the Jeep check if there are any for diff work
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