1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4X4

1999 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4X4

I think I bought this thing in 2002. I had acquired a dealer's license for my company since we did some import and export stuff and it was like letting a junkie work in the pharmacy...after hours. This was the first thing I ever bought at a dealer auction. I didn't know what I was doing and I went on a Tuesday night to the Hobby Auction and it was all junk. This was the nicest thing there I think. (Thursday mornings are the big auctions with thousands of nice cars at Hobby - Tuesday nights were a waste of time I learned quickly). 

I really liked the charcoal metallic over charcoal leather interior combo, and as far as Grand Cherokees go this one had everything. It was a 4X4 with a V8 and every option. It did have 60K miles on it though which was a lot for a two-year-old truck. 

When I decided to sell it I think the mileage freaked everybody out and it just didn't move. It drove me crazy because it really was about perfect, but it just sat in my driveway. I finally got a call from a girl that worked at NASA that wanted to trade up with her 95 Blazer and I agreed. I hated the Blazer, but sold it eventually as well. It was probably a mistake, and started a long history of me losing money on cars I didn't really need in the first place.

I really liked the Grand Cherokees at the time. The new ones are great - I rent them from time to time while traveling - but they've gotten too expensive for what they are. You can get these older ones for almost nothing and they still ride and drive well. They aren't known for reliability though, especially the transmissions. Still, as cheap as they are you can afford to fix a few things here and there and still have a nice, cheap extra SUV.