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spear · 08-25-2009, 04:36 PM

I have a 1996 Jeep Gran Cherokee. It has 4 wheel (kind of like all wheel drive) all the time, and a "Lo 4" shifter so you can really get out of tough environments. Mine has a straight six (not a V six) which is what I wanted because it is a simpler truck engine which is easier to be worked on and just keeps going and going (I think 1996 may have been the last year of the straight sixes...but I'm not sure). My particular model is a "limited" which means for its time it had a lot of bells and whistles like heated seats, electric lumber support, and the like. Believe it or not I get between 18 to 22 MPG with it even when I am towing a trailer. I bought it used about five years ago and the only big work I have had done, is the brakes and AC. I put lots of miles on mine because my husband and reenact the Revoluntionary War so we drive everywhere.

The really cool thing on the limited that I really liked (when I discovered it) was that there buttons on the back of the steering wheel that controlled the radio and CD player...but when the radio died the installers would only hook up the new one to the wheel controllers if we paid an extra $250...so we didn't. Sometimes I feel myself jamming my fingers on the wheel, wondering why the volume isn't increasing...oh yeah...darn....

I don't know how common the "limited" versions are but there seems like there are always a ton of used cherokees for sale here in coastal Georgia, so you might try one out.

08-25-2009, 04:36 PM	#27
spear Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 175420 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Mostly In My Head Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Jeep Gran Cherokee I have a 1996 Jeep Gran Cherokee. It has 4 wheel (kind of like all wheel drive) all the time, and a "Lo 4" shifter so you can really get out of tough environments. Mine has a straight six (not a V six) which is what I wanted because it is a simpler truck engine which is easier to be worked on and just keeps going and going (I think 1996 may have been the last year of the straight sixes...but I'm not sure). My particular model is a "limited" which means for its time it had a lot of bells and whistles like heated seats, electric lumber support, and the like. Believe it or not I get between 18 to 22 MPG with it even when I am towing a trailer. I bought it used about five years ago and the only big work I have had done, is the brakes and AC. I put lots of miles on mine because my husband and reenact the Revoluntionary War so we drive everywhere. The really cool thing on the limited that I really liked (when I discovered it) was that there buttons on the back of the steering wheel that controlled the radio and CD player...but when the radio died the installers would only hook up the new one to the wheel controllers if we paid an extra $250...so we didn't. Sometimes I feel myself jamming my fingers on the wheel, wondering why the volume isn't increasing...oh yeah...darn.... I don't know how common the "limited" versions are but there seems like there are always a ton of used cherokees for sale here in coastal Georgia, so you might try one out.