New truck shopping

Yes, it was a straight 6, had lots of gitty up and go!, but I had problems with the front drive line thing and and the entire steering column seized after like 8 months, and there were some major fuel problems too (sorry, it was 18 years ago, leased a 2000 model in 1999). Thank God I bought the full maintenance package that covered everything but the rental car windsheild insurance, if not I would have been fired it was in the shop so many months out of a 24 or 36 month lease. I was so tired of being stranded so many times in it that I parked it 6 months before my lease was up and got a refund on the mileage I did not use........

Isn't it crazy that it looks almost brand new in that 2017 photo? Just like it looked (minus the smoking vent things) in 1999.

AND, ya I should have done more research, but it was not real 4x4. Early Sept snowstorm, I drove down our main road to the barn (very steep) to feed the llamas and sweep the snow off the 8' analog tv dish and got stuck on the way back up the hill, neighbor stopped to show his dismay that I was in the way and asked where WWW was. UMMMM, well, he was hunting in Wyoming (we lived in Colorado then). What an azzhole. Anyway I was a bit stressed and got out of the jeep to talk to him and forgot the jeep in one of the drive gears-realized it while getting out and looked only the damm front left tire was turning and rear right tire was turning while engaged in "4x4" Even my 1987 Dodge Colt Vista Wagon imported by Plymouth and engine by Mitsubishi would engage all 4 wheels. Same road, similar snow storms over 20 years, NEVER got stuck in the Colt or Blazer or the Trooper, just that freekin Jeep. I could even make it up that hill rapped out in 2nd in my old rwd Supra because I could fishtail the last turn regardless of the depth of snow, it just flew over the top....

 

Looks like I'll be doing some test driving this weekend... trying to narrow down the engine choices... as my Ranger is back in the shop...

 

wildwest , there were like 4 different 4wd versions on the xj Cherokee. Some were better than others. It also depended on what setting you had the transfer case in.[/QUOTE]Thanks Horkn, I know better now. My 2007 Suzuki did better though the clearance was similar in high snow. Not sure about the Jeep, tried alot of different combinations while frustrated kwim? Operator error happens



Guess I need old lock in hubs and floor transfer case like on my ol blaze to avoid getting stuck.

 

Well just got back got a late start with the rain today... I ended up driving a 3.5 L eco with the 10 speed & a 2017 with a 5L V8 and 6 speed transmission... I was really impressed with the 3.5 and the 10 speed. Darn that thing seems smooth silk like, and ultra quite. It was pretty impressive transmission, I will say that. The 5L I just wasn't really impressed with. It might have been the XLT package that I test drove. But it just didn't impress me. It did sound pretty good ... it had pretty good pick up and go, but not what I was expecting... from my memory my '04 5.3L seemed to have more pick up and go...

So I was razing him about the moonroof option. They had a 2015 3.5L with low mileage... so off we went. It wasn't what the 2017 3.5L was, especially in the transmission, but it made me smile... so after working the deal. I drove it home...

I might have to change my screen name... ....

 

I know the trans programming on my 13 makes my 5.3 feel like a slug. There is some power there, evidenced by how well it drags trailers up hills, but around town it feels like you are driving a school bus unless you throw it in tow/haul.

His old '04 he mentioned tho would have been a 4spd. (4L65E?) and it might have pre-dated the FADEC engine controls that are so ubiquitous now. I kinda miss throttle cables. My trucks computer thinks it knows what I want.

 

Nope. '13. She's rocking a '13 Honda Odyssey mini-van.