Wife and I test drove a JK Unlimited today. Auto V6 hardtop in rescue green. Miss 11 rode along on the back seat. Wife doesn't like it at all - while she could live with the outside styling, she decided that the inside was too agricultural for her. Rear tailgate nearly knocked her over (why doesn't it have a hold-open device or a gas strut?), and miss 11 reckons the rear seat leg room is less than what she has in the Subaru Outback.
Salesman wasn't up to speed on how to remove / replace the hardtop panels and couldn't tell me if the softtop could be removed from the cargo area.
Went for a short drive around Holland Park (~ 20 minutes) and then parked it back at the dealership. Discussed it with the wife and have decided not to go ahead with buying a JK. Wife does like the Grand Cherokee Limited CRD, but it's far too expensive for our budget.
While we were at the dealership, another couple traded their WJ V8 on a new Commander. The WJ is a red 2000 limited with alloy Mopar bullbar, IPF driving lights, towbar, sunroof, auxillary fuel tank (? LRA), cargo barrier, roof bars, OME suspension, rear airbag suspension, and a cargo area power outlet for dual battery / fridge. It had around 170,000km on the clock, and looked like it's had a reasonably hard life towing a camper trailer off road (spoke quickly to the previous owner about it). Underneath it had lots of off-road rub marks / gravel chips and the auxillary fuel tank has a noticeable dent on the leading edge. Windscreen is stone chipped.
The WJ was traded for $19,000 and while I'm not interested in buying it, someone on the forum might be.
Salesman wasn't up to speed on how to remove / replace the hardtop panels and couldn't tell me if the softtop could be removed from the cargo area.
Went for a short drive around Holland Park (~ 20 minutes) and then parked it back at the dealership. Discussed it with the wife and have decided not to go ahead with buying a JK. Wife does like the Grand Cherokee Limited CRD, but it's far too expensive for our budget.
While we were at the dealership, another couple traded their WJ V8 on a new Commander. The WJ is a red 2000 limited with alloy Mopar bullbar, IPF driving lights, towbar, sunroof, auxillary fuel tank (? LRA), cargo barrier, roof bars, OME suspension, rear airbag suspension, and a cargo area power outlet for dual battery / fridge. It had around 170,000km on the clock, and looked like it's had a reasonably hard life towing a camper trailer off road (spoke quickly to the previous owner about it). Underneath it had lots of off-road rub marks / gravel chips and the auxillary fuel tank has a noticeable dent on the leading edge. Windscreen is stone chipped.
The WJ was traded for $19,000 and while I'm not interested in buying it, someone on the forum might be.
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