MrEeeaddict if you stay anywhere near the borders of Detroit it's high as hell. Like higher than anywhere else in the nation. Other than that as long as you have a good driving record it's descent.
How big are insurance costs in USA? Cuz in Poland is the main reason why we don't have more than 7-8 cars in collection.. especially now, insurence went up 20-30%, it's ridiculus, for example, you're buying a 5k $ car, and insurance is about 800$.. that almost 15% of the car!
For two 4-door cars that are 7 years old we pay $177.00 USD a month full coverage. No tickets or accidents, no driving drunk on our records.. Costs go way upwards if you do have a bad record.
Shelby_Protin we also have liability insurance which only covers other people's vehicles in an accident not yours. My liability insurance on my Acura TL was like 50 bucks a month but it was only worth 2k so if it was totaled no biggie. The more vehicles you have the cheaper it is
You want to know why it had 360,000 miles on it and it looked like new? The owner didn't do dirt burn outs or take it to a field the first day he got it and jerked it around.
From what I've learned in my college course, it's because you need to give the engine time to circulate the oil. When an engine sits for a very long time, the film of oil that usually remains in the cylinders is lost. You need this film to prevent too much friction when starting up a engine.ALSO, modern vehicles (I think like 90s+) have computers that control many variables in the car such as ignition timing, air/fuel ratio, brakes, e.t.c. They "learn" overtime what values work the best in certain conditions, they even adjust to the way you drive.When a battery goes under a certain voltage (is dead) the memory of the computer dies with it, thus it has to learn everything again.It's probably not the best idea to give the engine only 1.2 seconds to "learn" how to idle correctly. Let alone revving the shit out of it.Could you imagine waking up out of bed for work with your dick on fire? That's probably how the jeep feels lol.
I have a 2wd version of this Jeep that I got for free with 180k. It's one of the best cars I have ever had and by far the easiest and cheapest to work on.
I got one of these as my first car and I absolutely love it! I've had it for almost a year now and I have no complaints... Other than the gas millage of course! They're super easy to work on, fun to drive, awesome off road, super reliable, and cheap. Mine is a '99 and it's basically a baby with only 172,000 miles.
You seem to have added a "the" in your sentence, take it out and your sentence is true. Just kidding! I had an '86 two-door that I beat to s**t, but it was still running when I sold it!
My wife bought me one years ago, that I picked out, for Valentine's day. I thought it was a wreck. A toy I'd keep for a year and have to get towed away when something catastrophic went wrong. That was over four years ago.
300 bucks is steal. the straight 6 is built like a tank & very easy to work on, and hell it does not even look like its even burning oil. Heck you can even find 4.0 engines with low mileage for a few hundred bucks then install it and bam now the re-salve value is way over 2k. Someone looking to build a cheap off-road trail rig would gladly pay 2k for that . Steam clean that engine and underneath detail it completely that jeep will look like new.
Aviator Guy No trail rig. These things are getting harder and harder to find bone stock that have been well taken care of. I know they're not extinct, but like the '80s - '90s Toyotas, Nissans, Grand Wagoneers, etc, people like me would pay top dollar for a well cared for stock example of one of these beasts, and keep it stock. Never run it hard or abuse it, just drive it. I don't have an issue with people who actually put dedication into their rigs without welding some hideous attachment to it, rattle-canning it matte black or camo, or chopping the top off then beating the snot out of it for no reason. A couple years back my friend bought a 1985 Toyota Pickup with 160k on it for $1,500. Standard equipment: 22re straight 4 with a 5 speed, long bed regular cab, blue, 1 owner, bone stock. Had regular rust in the regular places, not too bad. 2 months later he rips the bed off and replaces it with plywood, sprays the engine bright orange, rips out all the interior trim, spray paints it 5 shades of some ugly gray color, and later cracked the block for running it too hard. Now I'm trying to find one that's in mint condition and baby the shit out of it. Really bothers me when people treat vehicles that could take them several hundred-thousand miles like garbage. But like I said, if you wanna build some kind of trail rig or crawler, just do it right or don't do it at all.
Back in the summer of 1998, My father and I drove his new Cherokee Classic home from Lou's jeep in Geneva Illinois when she had 9.6 miles on her, plastic still covering the headrests. It's in my garage this very day with 412k TROUBLE FREE miles and I HONESTLY blow away these New "jeeps" at every single stoplight. My wife hates it because there's no leather or xm or gps like our other vehicles, but I TRULY understand and can relate to that movie Christine, l love that JEEP! She's never let me down once, the Chicago winters are no match no matter how cold or how much snow drops. I'm extremely saddened to see these cars with jeep badges and soccer mom V6's in them. If jeep offered that model again, straight 6, Dana axels same everything I'm not sure there's a price people including myself wouldn't pay. Great find man!
Spooky there's a bit of luck tossed in there too. Yes he's a professional with contacts and the ability to go to auctions but there's always a bit of a gamble buying a car that doesn't run with that kind of mileage on it.
took 2 weeks, but someone finally got my comment... "Bottom Feeder Motorsports is the home of one of the most unique monster trucks in the history of monster trucks, Crushtation."
do you know that monster trucks are one of many reason the rest of the world thinks u guys are coco crazy in the same time we say at least they make fucking comfy bulletprove every day work trucks so never mind
Nice. Im the second owner of a white 4x4 '98 Limited Cherokee with, leather power seats, overhead console and wood grain trim. It has 53k original miles. Looks exactly the same.
its the 4.0 and as far as i know they came in auto only, the the xj anyway . although i think the wrangler got a 4.0 with manual so a manual for the 4.0 is out there
I can’t get enough of these old Jeeps. It’s a real Jeep at that. 2006 was when Jeep went to crap. You just can’t beat that 4.0 inline. You can put loads and loads and loads of miles on them and they never die.
Solid choice! My 99 Jeep Cherokee has 275,000 miles on the original drivetrain, has never broken in a way that I couldn't fix on the side of the road! My dad originally bought it in 2001.
this was my first jeep. a 2001 Jeep Cherokee Classic Pearl.. I got it for 3500 as a gift from my dad. and drove it for 2 years and sold it for 5500. now I have a 40k Wrangler Unlimited! I love jeeps. Best car to start off with! I'm 21 so I have many years more of Jeep.
0:45 ugh, when will people stop making this mistake? the voltage required to start the battery is much greater than the voltage required to make some dash lights turn on. you NEED a volt meter
Ryukachoo This Cherokee had a volt meter and its saying 12Volts. . . so yeah, you're not wrong but in this case it's still obvious that it's not a dead battery.
Ryukachoo the volts will be enough to light up a few electric bill but it will need a lot of AMPS to turn an engine. Power = Volts x Amps. Volts is the difference between the two terminals in levels of electron attraction. 12 Volts is the difference on a car battery. 110/220 is common for home voltage. Amps is the number of hard working electrons trying to get from one terminal to the other. The more of those electrons you have, the higher the amps, and it's the amps that do the real heavy work. The volts is just the difference between the terminals. Batteries run out of Amps, but the volts are often still 12v even when they are nearly flat (out of Amps).
I paid $500 for a '94 Jeep Cherokee 4dr 4x4. Runs like an absolute dream. Brakes a little meh. Has rust underneath but up above is fine. And a crack in the windshield. Could not be happier.
Should be a set of 4 obviously, but you nearly wouldn't be able to get a pair for for that price :P It's a bit exaggerated, you can get cheap wheels but a decent car, a 4x4? lol for that price? yeah as a R/C toy car for that price ;) I'm pretty sure it's impossible to find a car here for less than 1000$ if you want it to be legal on the road of course. And not break down after 2 corners ;)
those things have aged really well, thats a pretty good looking car, and its amazing that that thing has 360k, it looks REALLY clean, the owner must have taken really good care of it, shame its a slushbox
I have a 1991 Jeep Cherokee I bought for $600. It has 225,000 miles and runs perfect and burns a quart of oil every 3,000 miles. Best car I've ever owned.
I picked up my 1996 Jeep Cherokee Classic with 150k miles for $500. Only issues was the crank sensor replaced in 20min and the driver door needed welding. So had the area of concern plated and fabricated on all for doors to eliminate future failures. This i got done through a friend for $50 bucks and a good old 12pk.
Tyler: On 4.0 litre XJ's the starter is located directly beneath the engine oil filter / oil filter adapter. When changing the oil filter place a plastic grocery bag around the starter to prevent oil from soaking it. Additionally, if equipped with one (I believe all years do, but not 100% sure) the engine oil filter adapter has rubber O rings (three) which can leak oil on the starter. There's a replacement O ring kit from Chrysler; it's a relatively simple DIY fix.
I got a red one for 3,900$ with 92,658 miles on it, only problems were the tail lights didn’t work and there was nothing holding the exhaust pipe. This cost around 52$ to fix. These cars are invincible and are a steal to buy
Got my 91 jeep Cherokee for $450. All it needed was an alternator and a transfer case and now it's tearing up the mud. Thunderbird coils, added a leaf spring, blocks, and spacers
FUN FACT Mr. Ed the talking horse in a TV series than ran from 1958 to 1966. Put peanut butter on the horses gums to make him appear he was talking. Can you imagine peanut butter being shoved on top of your gum for 8 damn years. The only way you can get it off is constantly trying to shrug it down with your lip......shit
The peanut butter story was made up, they actually used fishing line: livingyearspets.wordpress.com/2010/03/09/mr-ed-a-horse-of-course/ If you watch the reruns closely, you can see the fishing line from time to time. FUN FACT After (one of the four) Arnold the Pig(s) died, the other cast members of Green Acres said he was... delicious. :p
The wires that run from the top of the hatch into the body also have a tendency to snap so if your rear defroster or rear wiper stop working, the cause could be the wires in that area.
That would be a $4000 Cherokee here in Michigan where those things all have rusted thru rockers and floorboards. No matter if it had a million miles or 100, that thing is clean.
I'm currently looking at a 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee we'll be going over tonight to test drive the lady that owns it says that it has a death wobble which means the front end is probably going to cost me at least a thousand bucks keep going on your videos sounds like I'm about to become a Jeep owner thanks again
There is a guy here in Norway that has 600K on his, still runs and looks great, because of the nature with these vehicles is as such, one can repair and access things one can't on modern vehicles, easy to service and fix.
The old venerable Jeep XJ. As long as the body isn't all rusted out they can be restored easily. The problem is they are a unibody chassis and once the shit starts rusting there isn't much you can do. People who drive the XJs out in the midwest and east coast know more about the rust than out here in southern California. I have an 89' 2 door jeep cherokee xj pioneer 4x4that is pretty mint condition with 3.5 inch lift and 32 inch procomp mud terrain tires that sits under a cover. Hardly any rust at all
my parents bought one for my oldest brother when he was 16 years old my middle brother used the Jeep Cherokee as his first vehicle then like five six years later I also used it as a first vehicle what an awesome truck we were thinking of getting rid of it and wait until it fell apart and it never did we never change the oil for like two three years I'm not joking we just added new bottles when the old oil evaporated we ended up driving it to the junkyard and me doing a smoke show for the last time it's heart was still beating very strong even when we brought it to the cemetery the junkyard it wouldn't give up that's a Chrysler
My word no wonder the starter did not work! Yes 4.0 straight six! Of course the headliner is dropping! That's an easy fix though. First remove all the lights, hanger hooks and the side trim holding the edges and headliner up. Then Just get a big needle and pick a hole every few inches where you cannot reach with the sprayer tube through the holes in the headliner where the lights and the edges are, if needed, then as you go get a can a spray contact cement and stick the long straw type tube that comes with the spray can, into the holes and spray away up inside, on the roof and the inside of the cloth headliner. Then still let the cloth droop for a few minutes to let the contact spray glue dry, the start at the center and in a circular motion work you way to the outside area. Take note to not use too much, as it will soak and leak through the material and stain it! So try to leave more of the spray glue up on the inside of the roof and not the cloth material. Good luck! I have successfully used this method to fix mine and others drooping headliner!
I dropped 1500 on a 89 Toyota Pickup with a 3.0V6... only 160,000 miles and a california car (I'm in MN hehe). Best 1500 ever honestly. After new exhaust it's amazing, nearly 30 miles a gallon on gas and the interior? Immaculate.
We never find one that clean here in Wisconsin, regardless of mileage, unless it spent its life in a garage. I am jealous of your steal of a deal too. I should head south and try to find such a clean steal n deal.
