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Post by HighProtein on May 2, 2005 21:42:13 GMT -5
After determining that I'm looking for a jeep from 1997-2001 (newer most likely) Inline 6 4x4 Transmission doesn't matter because in time I'll be putting an NVxxxx transmission in it (and because Manual ones are very rare)
Today I tried 3 out today at one dealership -1st was a 1999 classic with 220k miles on it It was the first XJ manual version I've ever been in. It was 2 wheel drive though, it had some body damage and the engine shook some and the exhaust smoked. -2nd was a 2000 sport with 102k miles on it It was 4x4, cruise and good condition. 4wd & cruise worked -3rd was the one I went to see. 1999 classic 4x4 6" lift mickey thompson radial claws and added frt bmpr. It looked pretty good with minor body damage. The shocks were no name brand (meaning no name on them at all). It still had leaf springs but the trend of the tires were good. It was an automatic but had all the features minus cd player. The hick that worked at the place had about 60% of his teeth and smoked a cigar the whole time I was there. He said be careful in this one. The car shook instantly when I was on the road so that 6" lift would have to be fixed instantly. The engine ran ok but didn't seem to power the added weight to much. The brakes couldn't handle the veh well either. After climbing in and out of a XJ with a 6" lift I know that I don't want that much of a lift.
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Post by HighProtein on May 9, 2005 5:42:22 GMT -5
I went to all of the dealerships near the Avenues mall in Jax. I test drove a 99 only because I wanted to try out the aftermarket cruise control. It worked very good and is more convenient than the stock one.
Later on during the same day I looked thru every car lot on cassat ave (basically car dealership alley of jax). I found some nice cars but the prices were too high for the mileage.
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Post by HighProtein on May 14, 2005 18:23:39 GMT -5
I found a 1998 XJ online sunday night with everything I wanted but its an automatic (until about 100k miles I'll change that). It was put on ebay and in to autotrader the same day. I called the guy monday and it was still available. He was busy tuesday/wednesday and I was going to travel to the tampa area thursday/friday anyway. He payed the car loan off thursday and I bought it friday.
cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1,1&item=4548707970&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT
I took the back roads back to Jax from Tampa area and found a decent plot of land around ocala to take it off-road. I can't wait to put better control arms on it.
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Post by ronald901 on Nov 19, 2010 23:47:07 GMT -5
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