Trying to decide whether to get a Jeep wrangler or a Cherokee. It will be a 1995 N Reg which are now around 3 - 4k. With the 4.0 litre petrol engine. Ive driven both and am very impressed but not sure whether to go for the sportier wrangler or the cherokee. (Im in britain so chances are having the soft top would only be of use maybe 3 weeks of the year) What you guys think?
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What do you want to use it for?
If you haul stuff that needs to be protected or have a family than get the Cheorkee.
If you plan on going off-road and need the cool factor of the topless than get the Wrangler.
If you just need to get from point A to point B than get something else.
I have a Cherokee and like it but I haul quite a bit in it. It's also my daily driver to work and I don't have to worry when it snows. The gas milage is a factor, expect 16-20 or so. I only commute 11 miles daily so that doesn't concern me that much.
If you haul stuff that needs to be protected or have a family than get the Cheorkee.
If you plan on going off-road and need the cool factor of the topless than get the Wrangler.
If you just need to get from point A to point B than get something else.
I have a Cherokee and like it but I haul quite a bit in it. It's also my daily driver to work and I don't have to worry when it snows. The gas milage is a factor, expect 16-20 or so. I only commute 11 miles daily so that doesn't concern me that much.
I like the sportiness of the wrangler but somehow the cherokee has something different about it, luxury? i dont know
Basically i will be commuting 2 hours everyday and present car wont be up to it. I dont have a family and usually all i haul about is computers and boxes. Is the top spec wrangler the same as top spec cherokee (Air Con, Leather, CD Changer)
I probably wouldnt off road either may get an old s3 land rover for that so this would be my daily driver, and long distance travel vehicle
Basically i will be commuting 2 hours everyday and present car wont be up to it. I dont have a family and usually all i haul about is computers and boxes. Is the top spec wrangler the same as top spec cherokee (Air Con, Leather, CD Changer)
I probably wouldnt off road either may get an old s3 land rover for that so this would be my daily driver, and long distance travel vehicle
Cherokee = useful
Wranger = Kind of kiddy looking
Both are great 4x4s and get about the same milage. Get the one that you can get the cheapest insurance on and get the best deal.
Wranger = Kind of kiddy looking
Both are great 4x4s and get about the same milage. Get the one that you can get the cheapest insurance on and get the best deal.
Motorway work?
Cherokee is more comfortable and "competent" to drive. It's not quite as skittish.
having owned a Wrangler for 5 years myself, I will say that it isn't a good vehicle for commuting the distances you're talking. hard or soft top? the soft top is like driving a tent on wheels.
I think ill probably go for the Cherokee, i always think the hard top wranglers look crappy and in britain i think hard top would be the only way to go, Plus i would be making 400 mile journeys every few months mainly on motorway so cherokee sounds best.
If that's the case then you're right, no question the Cherokee is the superior vehicle. It is a competent highway vehicle.
Be warned though, the 4.0 6 cyl is a fantastic engine, it is thirsty. You'll be lucky to get much more than 20-22 MPG on the highway. You will get mid-teens in city.
They are not economical to feed by any stretch.
Yeah my dad used to have one, and it was extremely thirsty, but i fell in love with it, and being young with cheap rent (Still live at home) and no SO/kids does have its advantages
if you are not going to go off-road get the Cherokee especially if you are hauling around PC's and Boxes of stuff. your hard drives will be shaken to $h!t in a wrangler
Yeah i know it will be high on fuel. Out of interest ive heard the cherokee has a heavy back end which makes it hard to control in snow, is this true? Does the wrangler have the same problem?
iamwiz82
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There is not a whole lot different between a Cherokee versus Wrangler. The 97+ Cherokees have nearly identical interiors to wranglers and suspensions are similar. Cherokees have coils in front, leafs in back. Wranglers had leafs in all 4 corners until 1997 when it went to coil springs all around. The only ride benefit is the logner wheelbase.
it would be a light back end that makes it hard to control in snow.. thats why guys with trucks and mustangs .. etc etc put sandbags in the back to help with tracktion.
As someone who has a 98 Cherokee and lives in Northern Alberta that is presently under about 2 feet of snow with glare ice underneath it from freezing rain earlier,
NO. The Cherokee does not have a heavy back end that makes it hard to control in snow.
iamwiz82
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Get some mall terrains and you will be all set. They handle snow very well.
I never had issues in snow with my Cherokee and it had Mud Terrains.
It was because with it being so unbalanced weight wise going round corners would often swing out and lose control. This is what i heard anyway
Bah. Any rear wheel drive vehicle will "swing out" going around corners if its slippery enough. Being "unbalanced" has little to do with it.
Most vehicle have a weight bias to the front... very few are "balanced".
Yeah I guess, it was just something i had heard, didnt put me off or anything was just wondering whether it was true or not.
Will price up insurance next week, should be fun
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