I had three Jeeps. 1971 CJ5 with the V6 and 4 speed OD. No brakes and open diffs. It was a pos for reliability. Ever have a car catch fire when you shut of the ignition and took the key out?
Then a 87 Wrangler with the 258 six. Best of the Jeeps I owned for reliability but not good off road due to limited wheel travel.
Then a 97 Jeep Grand Cherokee V8. Pretty good car except for the front end which periodically would start shaking so bad you had to pull off the road. Take off again and it wouldn't do it until the next time and you never knew when it would happen. It was a defect in the differential assembly method I was told after a year of being told it was mud on the wheels.
My take of Jeeps is that they are fun to drive, useful in certain environments, and you can dump a boat load of money into them and make them do anything you want except get good fuel mileage.
Nothing beats a good death wobble. Fixable but a pain in the dick.
