Originally Posted by Calhoun
Originally Posted by S99VG
Damn, I just got rid of a Jeep. A 98 Cherokee. I put over 170K on that thing and threw a lot of money at it too. But to be fair a lot of that scratch had to do with miles on the OD and years down the road. I love Cherokees and get a bit weepy whenever I see a nice one drive by. They are a great little rig for what they are.

Heh. I just got rid of a 1996 Cherokee that I'd had since 1997. Think it was at 178K. Lots of fishing trips, hunting trips, family trips, and it survived 3 boys learning to drive through high school.

Driving a Patriot now as a commuter car. It's okay, but it's like having a Prius unstead of an F150.


I took mine to 240K. I found a guy in his late 20s with a young daughter and another one the way who needed a vehicle for work and a little play. The smog and water pump needed some serious attention so I said I'll take care of the water pump if you want to fix the smog. He did and I did and now my old Cherokee has a happy new home. He's a neighbor of a co-woker who tells me he's crazy about it. So I'm happy it went down the road to someone who needed a vehicle and appreciated it as the wrecking yard was the only other alternative. Gotta love those Cherokees. Now I'm sporting a "new to me" 2.0 AWD 2013 Ford Escape I found with a tad under 27K on the OD. What a world of difference but it will never see the same use as my old rig. My apologies to FB2 for going way OT on this one.

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