Jeep for towing, on small budget
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Have been looking for something presentable to use to tow sports cars, so 4x4's seem only option. Budget is small around £1500-1800
Keep coming back to Jeep Cherokee (not the grand), and have found a nice. 2001 3.7 v6 petrol auto, and these also seem good value for money, and look half decent, as well as being able to tow 3500kg
Can anyone give me any heads up about the jeep in question? Is a v6 petrol going to be silly MPG? Like a diesel, but budget wont really stretch to much.
Discovery old looking, freelander ok but less on towing weight, pajero etc again getting old now, hence coming back to jeep!
Cheers
Mark
Keep coming back to Jeep Cherokee (not the grand), and have found a nice. 2001 3.7 v6 petrol auto, and these also seem good value for money, and look half decent, as well as being able to tow 3500kg
Can anyone give me any heads up about the jeep in question? Is a v6 petrol going to be silly MPG? Like a diesel, but budget wont really stretch to much.
Discovery old looking, freelander ok but less on towing weight, pajero etc again getting old now, hence coming back to jeep!
Cheers
Mark
Want to try and avoid leasing for now. Im chopping in my daily drive to fund the 4x4 so will also be using jeep as my own car. Leasing something would mean it wouldnt get as much use as i'd still keep my car.
Older used commercial stuff doesn't look presentable enough for what we need.
Older used commercial stuff doesn't look presentable enough for what we need.
Makes sense, I'm partial to a Shogun myself but they seem to fetch stronger prices than the Jeep, year for year; hopefully somebody will be along in a while to shed some light on Cherokee's, although you might want to try the 4x4 section for more informed opinions. Hope the search goes well.
we have been running a 2003 cherokee 3.7 V6 for the last nearly 5 years - It has averaged about 17mpg over the last couple of years - the best we have ever got out of it is 23mpg on a steady long run.
In the time we have had it, it has cost us nothing in the way of maintenance apart from consumables, it recently stranded my wife but only a dead battery in the end.
Id buy another if the need arose. Its got tons of character - I keep telling the wife we should replace it, then I go for a rumble around in it and change my mind. Although it might go over the next few months as one of those outlander hybrids would probably suit our use better these days
In the time we have had it, it has cost us nothing in the way of maintenance apart from consumables, it recently stranded my wife but only a dead battery in the end.
Id buy another if the need arose. Its got tons of character - I keep telling the wife we should replace it, then I go for a rumble around in it and change my mind. Although it might go over the next few months as one of those outlander hybrids would probably suit our use better these days
Edited by sawman on Friday 6th June 19:44
MrH said:
Will possibly need one, dependant on gross train weight. Have done plenty of reading up
Yes i have B & E
Tacho will usually need to be fitted if towing under commercial B+E licence rules because it means the total MAMs will add up to more then 3500 kgsYes i have B & E
If the set up added up to less than 3500 total MAM then it would be under B licence rules
Its the plated MAMs (GVW MAM MTPLM) that determine what licence is needed not the actual weight
I had a friend who used to work for the local Chrysler dealer as a mechanic/technician and he said to me about the rear diffs let go on the Cherokee, obviously he is going to see mainly broken vehicles!
He worked in the land rover dealers before that and he preferred working on them! May have more faults but easier to work on and fix
He worked in the land rover dealers before that and he preferred working on them! May have more faults but easier to work on and fix
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