thecause17
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Here's some honest answers from Edmunds, both quotes taken from reviews of Liberty and Grand Cherokee...
There are 9 Jeeps in my family...4 KJ's, 3 XJ's, and 2 WJ's. Guess which two don't see ANY offroad....
...the WJ's.
I like Grand Cherokees, I really do...I'll admit that my girlfriend's is a little roomier than my Liberty, and it rides smoother. but it has less power, doesn't handle as well, and gets worse gas milage, even with the 4.0. Her mom has the other, a V-8 Limited, and complains of horrable gas milage with it. My girlfriend's has also been more unreliable than mine. It has under 30k miles on it and has been to the dealer twice since she bought it last September, and the check engine light comes on at least once a week.
I find it humorous that the posters over there complain about the Liberties IFS and 3.7L, I guess they forgot that the '05+ GC comes with those too...and poorer approach and departure angles also come standard with the GC.
Bottom line is, buy what you want to buy, would I like a Grand Cherokee....yeah, I would, if it was a V-8 with Quadra Drive...and even then I probably would be more reluctant to take it where I would more readily take the Liberty....for the same reasons Edmunds wouldn't.
Oh, and one of them also made a comment of the 3.7L being a good minivan engine...unfortunately, the 3.7L has not been used in a minivan to my knowledge...I think he was mistaken on the 3.8L V-6 in the Dodge Caravan, which is actually the same engine used in the new Wrangler...exhibiting identical displacement, bore/stroke measurements, and compression as the Caravan engine...who has the minivan engine?
Edmunds speaking of '99 Grand Cherokee said:
Edmunds speaking of '02 Liberty said:
There are 9 Jeeps in my family...4 KJ's, 3 XJ's, and 2 WJ's. Guess which two don't see ANY offroad....
...the WJ's.
I like Grand Cherokees, I really do...I'll admit that my girlfriend's is a little roomier than my Liberty, and it rides smoother. but it has less power, doesn't handle as well, and gets worse gas milage, even with the 4.0. Her mom has the other, a V-8 Limited, and complains of horrable gas milage with it. My girlfriend's has also been more unreliable than mine. It has under 30k miles on it and has been to the dealer twice since she bought it last September, and the check engine light comes on at least once a week.
I find it humorous that the posters over there complain about the Liberties IFS and 3.7L, I guess they forgot that the '05+ GC comes with those too...and poorer approach and departure angles also come standard with the GC.
Bottom line is, buy what you want to buy, would I like a Grand Cherokee....yeah, I would, if it was a V-8 with Quadra Drive...and even then I probably would be more reluctant to take it where I would more readily take the Liberty....for the same reasons Edmunds wouldn't.
Oh, and one of them also made a comment of the 3.7L being a good minivan engine...unfortunately, the 3.7L has not been used in a minivan to my knowledge...I think he was mistaken on the 3.8L V-6 in the Dodge Caravan, which is actually the same engine used in the new Wrangler...exhibiting identical displacement, bore/stroke measurements, and compression as the Caravan engine...who has the minivan engine?
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