Someone tried to rob the abandoned house my friends were jamming in, someone caught him carting a drum kit and four amps down the driveway into a van. He tried to pose as a govt employee inspecting the house before foreclosure. Well, he didn't get the stuff but he fucked up our spot because the cops came through the house and saw all the weed everywhere and what not:/ Shrooms are crazy fun, by the way. Poker night at the office tonight.. Boutta make the partners wish they never hired me. Stay crazy, Hubski! Edit: Anyone ever drive an old Nissan Pathfinder, Jeep Wrangler, or ~2000 Cherokee? How do they run/maintain?
I know two generations of Pathfinders, three generations of Wranglers and that Cherokee is a piece of shit. Nissans loosen up and get rattly. They also start to get pretty demanding of mechanicals. Nissan never really understood that the transmission should be tougher than the engine and their 2nd gear can be problematic. Don't know about the slushbox. Probably put 20,000 miles on a girlfriend's '99 pathfinder and I gotta say - driving it felt a lot like piloting a Huey gunship. The connection between the wheel and the road just wasn't there and the thing felt like a giant bomber bloating over the road. Wranglers, on the other hand, never tightened up. If you're talking the ones that are jeep-sized as opposed to the ones that are Chevy Suburban-sized, go with a 4-cyl. The 4cyls feel like nimble little mountain goats while the 6cyls feel like big wheezy trucks.
I drove a '94 Cherokee, two door, manual with an I6, and that mf'er was a trusty beast. Went well over 200,000 mi with pretty much no significant problems to speak of. Wasn't exactly an enjoyable ride, but it was built like a brick shithouse. I don't know if they changed significantly after the Daimler 'merger', but it's likely, so perhaps the 2000 would be a piece of shit. I worked for that company briefly, and I would never in a million years buy one of their products. The only Chrysler products I've driven since Fiat has been their overlord were a small Wrangler, and a Grand Cherokee, and both were nice, although I only spent hours with each, so I don't have much to go on. Anyway, they seemed to have improved as a company in the last decade.
Mmm. '94 should be the same as 2000. Perhaps the cherokees I've met have been deviant, because Wiki agrees with you. Dunno. The only Cherokees I've ever encountered were rattly, untrustworthy hunks of garbage. They felt like they'd been assembled with the torque specs set too light and then placed on a vibration table for a couple months. Perhaps it's because the Cherokees I grew up with did a fair amount of off-roading, and they didn't hold up.
Yes, according to the specs, but I suspect not in terms of quality, although I haven't looked. There was a marked shift in attitude after Daimler bought them. One would think that a German company buying you should make the quality go up, but the management all hated their commandants, and took it out on the line guys, who don't do good work when they feel marginalized. I worked there toward the end of when DaimlerChrysler was still a thing, and by that point I'm surprised nobody ever went postal at any of the factories. Everyone had the sense that they were one or two weeks from losing their job, and it showed in the work. Apathy doesn't begin to describe it.'94 should be the same as 2000.
I believe that 100%. It's kind of bizarre to think of a Chrysler line worker building an AMC engine for a Mercedes overlord and have it not come out pear-shaped. I've always found it hilarious that Daimler ran screaming from Chrysler, having lost 36 billion dollars. That's almost, but not quite, as marvelous as Harley Davidson paying $109m for MV Agusta and then selling it back 21 months later for three dollars and ninety eight cents.
What makes it even more funny is that Chrysler is hugely profitable right now, after being a giant piece of shit for the whole time before and during the Daimler mess. This is mainly because the sell Grand Cherokees for $50k and can't keep them on the lot. Under Daimler, the Jefferson North plant, where the Grand Cherokee is manufactured, and the only auto plant still totally in Detroit, was slated for closure. Now they're working 3 shifts, and can't build fast enough. It's a small miracle for the city and its terrible economy, and demonstrates how a toxic relationship (and terrible leadership--I can only hope they've fired most of the upper management in the last few years) can lead to poor results, even when people want the product.
I think wasoxygen has experience with older Cherokee's, right? I recall that when we bought our newer one, you seemed to have history with it. What I like about cherokee's is that even the older body models look similar to the new ones. They are kind of "classic" looking. They never look dated to me. Good luck! We love our newer one.