rickhamilton620
has a fetish for terrible cars
I told myself my search to rid myself of the failtastic Accord (it broke on day one, absolutely sucks in snow!) wouldn't be a epic journey and the FG hive mind steered me in hopefully a more reliable direction!
It's a 95 Jeep Cherokee 4.0L 5-speed with around 120k. The seller was a father who needed it gone because he and his wife decided to move to California. He only had it for a year or two but put a lot of work into it. I could tell that, by how he discussed the car, he wished he could have kept it.
Moar exterior pics:
I really like the overall design - it's boxy, sure, but doesn't really look that dated. Overall it's aged well.
It's also funny how many cars you see once you buy that particular model. These things are everywhere. :lol:
Interior:
It's Beige! The interior materials (it's ME we're talking about...I gotta live up to my self appointed sig title.. ) are pretty good. The doors and upper dash are padded and the controls feel solid.
Apparently the stock knob broke off and the owner drilled a hole in a VW mascot and tada! New shift knob! :lol: It actually works a hell of a lot better than one would expect and I like how it looks. It's taken me some time to get used to driving a stick, but i'm picking it up. I'm even learning more about driving stick than I did in the SHO, things like rev-matching downshifts for smoothness and doing a better job about finding the bite point on the clutch (thanks, Reddit!). I'm very much a noob though but all things get better in time.
Those cup holders, coincidentally, are almost German in their level of afterthoughtness....Only the skinny bottles of water/soda likely fit. I guess this is the whole "designed in a earlier time" thing. I can only imagine how often cups got spilled, especially with a passenger. Hey, I got a free lint roller!
Haven't tried the tape deck in the radio yet, one interior gripe I have is that the radio and HVAC controls seem too far away. Small potatoes that.
Backseat looks good! Haven't sat there, but it's cleaned up well for having a kid or two + a dog riding back there.
Headliner needs work but who cares, I got a steal.
Overall, it drives great, engine sounds healthy (EyeMWing checked everything out, much props dude), and it'll get me out of my driveway and to work this winter!
It's not perfect and there's some things I'll need to tend to (coolant flush, alignment and/or steering box adjustment, oil change in 2k, EyeMWing told me to get the diff seals changed soon) but overall I love it. It's not necessarily "camry plush" in the ride department but I knew that going in! Driving stick is fun, the engine's power makes maintaining speed on hills a breeze without having to downshift often.
I'm enjoying taking my time...in the Jeep I'm content sticking to 65 mph, while in the Accord I tended to be in the crowd of other drivers going 80 on the highway.
I suspect this is going to be interesting....
It's taken me like 2 hours to type this...I blame getting distracted by Empire...damm you Lucious, you evil SOB! :lol:
It's a 95 Jeep Cherokee 4.0L 5-speed with around 120k. The seller was a father who needed it gone because he and his wife decided to move to California. He only had it for a year or two but put a lot of work into it. I could tell that, by how he discussed the car, he wished he could have kept it.
Moar exterior pics:
I really like the overall design - it's boxy, sure, but doesn't really look that dated. Overall it's aged well.
It's also funny how many cars you see once you buy that particular model. These things are everywhere. :lol:
Interior:
It's Beige! The interior materials (it's ME we're talking about...I gotta live up to my self appointed sig title.. ) are pretty good. The doors and upper dash are padded and the controls feel solid.
Apparently the stock knob broke off and the owner drilled a hole in a VW mascot and tada! New shift knob! :lol: It actually works a hell of a lot better than one would expect and I like how it looks. It's taken me some time to get used to driving a stick, but i'm picking it up. I'm even learning more about driving stick than I did in the SHO, things like rev-matching downshifts for smoothness and doing a better job about finding the bite point on the clutch (thanks, Reddit!). I'm very much a noob though but all things get better in time.
Those cup holders, coincidentally, are almost German in their level of afterthoughtness....Only the skinny bottles of water/soda likely fit. I guess this is the whole "designed in a earlier time" thing. I can only imagine how often cups got spilled, especially with a passenger. Hey, I got a free lint roller!
Haven't tried the tape deck in the radio yet, one interior gripe I have is that the radio and HVAC controls seem too far away. Small potatoes that.
Backseat looks good! Haven't sat there, but it's cleaned up well for having a kid or two + a dog riding back there.
Headliner needs work but who cares, I got a steal.
Overall, it drives great, engine sounds healthy (EyeMWing checked everything out, much props dude), and it'll get me out of my driveway and to work this winter!
It's not perfect and there's some things I'll need to tend to (coolant flush, alignment and/or steering box adjustment, oil change in 2k, EyeMWing told me to get the diff seals changed soon) but overall I love it. It's not necessarily "camry plush" in the ride department but I knew that going in! Driving stick is fun, the engine's power makes maintaining speed on hills a breeze without having to downshift often.
I'm enjoying taking my time...in the Jeep I'm content sticking to 65 mph, while in the Accord I tended to be in the crowd of other drivers going 80 on the highway.
I suspect this is going to be interesting....
It's taken me like 2 hours to type this...I blame getting distracted by Empire...damm you Lucious, you evil SOB! :lol:
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