Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihu1h.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass From: parnass@ihu1h.UUCP (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: Advice on buying a Jeep? Message-ID: <613@ihu1h.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 00:20:03 EDT Article-I.D.: ihu1h.613 Posted: Mon Jun 24 00:20:03 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Jun-85 02:39:11 EDT References: <124@sdsioa.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 34 > I'm considering buying a Jeep, probably a CJ-7. Anybody > gots any comments, info, whatever?. And is the mileage > really that bad? Are there any alternatives? > > Mike Keeler > ..sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdsioa!keeler x In 1974, I bought a new Jeep CJ5 with 304 V8, which I drove for the next 6 years. The CJ7 has a longer wheelbase, so some of my comments may not apply to your situation. The CJ5 was fun to drive in the woods, but had a pun- ishing ride on the road. The internal noise level was very high, even after I got rid of the noisy Goodyear Suburbanite tires that Jeep supplied. I firmly believe that six years of driving this Jeep, even with the steel roof and quiet Goodyear Tracker AT tires, has contributed to a permanent, partial hearing loss. The 'Erector Set' construction of the CJ5 made servi- cing easy, but it consistently leaked in the rain. Even though I took immaculate care of the Jeep, chan- ging oil every 2000 miles or so, the engine needed to be replaced after only 32,000 miles. I've avoided AMC products since. My 1980 full sized 4wd Chevy Blazer has been much more reliable and cer- tainly more comfortable. -- =============================================================================== Bob Parnass, Bell Telephone Laboratories - ihnp4!ihu1h!parnass - (312)979-5414