This is my first car and it is AWESOME! It has 250,000+ miles on it and is is still running strong. Just a few minor upkeep repairs and the only major replacement was a new transmission but at over 250,000 miles, it was bound to need replaced sooner or later. It's tons of fun to take off road and the 4wheel drive is excellent, especially on our Ohio winter roads! I would definitely recommend it to anyone who loves to drive (on or off the road!) It has a ton of power for the size of the motor (4.0L) while keeping good gas mileage for its size, age and weight. (~18-23 mpg) It’s a keeper!

Vehicle was my fathers and was handed down to me as a daily driver/winter vehicle (mini truck in storage) from him when he got a new jeep. Broke my heart to get rid of it but had to due to the new F-350 comming.

The most confortable truck I've never seen. It was 315K km, and the transmition was just begin to slip, the engine was in good shape and the body was A1.

My second attempt at a grand cherokee.  This time I wanted to to it right with a V8.  Although the V8 sound is inspiring, the performance is not.  Coming from GM V8s (in my firebird), I think I expected too much from the Dodge engine.  My previous I6 Jeep (see other review) was much more reliable and could accelerate just as good as the V8 and get 3-5 MPG more per tank.

I am not impressed with Dodge's V8s.  Although where I did notice the V8 power was going up hill and crusing at 70+ MPH, both my previous I6 tended to run out of breath.

The build quality on this Jeep is just the same as my '93 except this time I have black paint so it is not flaking!!

The only problems I have had with this car (now at 165k miles) is the dumb dodge engine.  I've been fighting a coolant leak that I would never of had to deal with if I had the tried and true AMC designed I6 .

Other than that for a 12 year old car, the leather has no tears and the interior is in awesome shape.  For the $3500 I paid for it, it is  a steal!

As for off-road performance, All I have is a 2" spacer lift and 31" tires.  I still suffer from the lack of skid plates and no-center diff (the latter not corrected until '95).  If you have a good spotter, like I did in Moab, and a few spare tires to throw into the golden crack, this Jeep did survive Golden Spike, a 4+ (difficult) rated trail.

I tend to keep this Jeep as long as I can and then replace it with a new JK wrangler!