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Feb 19, 2003 | 09:28 AM

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jimcol711

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Originally posted by Crazy Sellout
Jim,

You live in wisconsin and now drive a Dodge, can i PLEASE make fun of you NOW? After all you said you arent a hick.

j/k I love those trucks, have fun with it.

see ya

ill bring the new BEAST down to the next meet!!!!

Feb 19, 2003 | 09:29 AM

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Crazy Bimmer

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Originally posted by jimcol711
ill bring the new BEAST down to the next meet!!!!

cant wait

Feb 19, 2003 | 11:58 AM

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Roell

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Originally posted by cusdaddy
IMO, beware of the 5.2L engine. I have had many a friends and family who have had that engine in their Grand Cherokees and the like, and it has been nothing but a headache. Is it possible to find a Ram with the 4.7L engine? Much better engine. Better gas mileage, more power and more reliable...

Otherwise, it's a great truck. Good luck!

I've actually had quite a bit of experience with the 318 and can tell you first hand it is one the more reliable engines. I have over 170,000 on mine and have tons of other Grand Cherokee owners on a jeeps message board who have twice that. If you ask owners of grands, I think you will find that they rarely have problems. Maybe the people you know just got a couple of lemons??
The 4.7 really hasn't be around long enough to get accurate reliability info. Four years I believe. However, it is a more efficient engine thant the 5.2( better gas, more power) but lower torque.

BTW, I have often heard that the original 318 was help designed by John Deere. Anybody ever heard of this?

Just my opinion.

Feb 19, 2003 | 12:11 PM

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randomwalk101

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I'm not surprised!!! As soon as you buy the car and drive it off the lot (so basically your speedometer is 0 milage), you just lost 30% of the value you purchased with. That is a BRAND NEW car you just bought two seconds ago....for a 1 year old car, that's no big surprise.