My dad used to have a WJ Grand Cherokee when I was a kid, and me and my family consider it to be one of the most comfortable cars we've ever owned. This is my story about it: It was July 2010, and we were on our way in my mum's Vauxhall Zafira to pick up my dad’s new car to replace his old Vauxhall Frontera, a 2002 (52-reg) Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited with the 4.7-litre Chrysler PowerTech V8, finished in a dark metallic blue with a black leather interior. While we were driving the last few hundred yards to the seller’s house to collect DU52XKW, I caught first sight of it in the windscreen, and after we pulled up at the seller’s house, we got out of our car and went over to inspect it. The main reason why me and my family consider it to be one of the most comfortable cars we’ve ever owned, and why I consider it to be one of my favourite cars my family has ever had, was the seats, as they were some of the most comfortable of any car I had ever, ever sat in - from the moment 10-year-old me sat down on them for the first time, I was in heaven as they were just oh-so-comfy - it wasn’t so much a car as a giant sofa with wheels and an engine, the Americans really knew how to make proper car seats back then! Since then, the only car I’ve sat in that has even come close to how comfortable the seats in the Jeep were was an Infiniti M saloon (sedan in the US) I sat in while me and my family were at the Driffield Motor Show in 2013. When we got home, I thought it was a much better car than his old Frontera, as it was more practical being a 5-door, and much more comfortable too. The ultimate test for our Jeep came in August 2010, when we went on a caravan holiday to Great Yarmouth in it. During the extremely long and tedious 150+ mile drive, it proved to be well up to the challenge of hauling our Swift Conqueror caravan to the campsite we were going to be staying at, thanks to the incredible pulling power of that V8 - even if it did make the car a TREMENDOUS gas hog and went through gas like there was no tomorrow, but it did make a very nice noise which we called the “V8 roar”. It also proved to be a very comfortable car to travel in as it ate up the miles, mainly because of how unbelievably comfortable and plush the seats were. On the way there, I watched one of my Top Gear DVDs on the aftermarket DVD headrests that we’d had installed in it, while my sister watched one of her Hello Kitty DVDs. One day during our holiday, after we went to the nearby Tesco, while my mum was loading up the boot (trunk in the US) with shopping, my dad decided to “V8-roar” her by revving the engine as she packed the shopping away - she must have got a bit of a surprise when he did that! Unfortunately, our holiday was cut short due to heavy rain the following day, and even though we only had the Jeep for 2 months, I still consider it to be one of my favourite cars out of all the cars my family has ever owned.
Just found a 2000 Grand Cherokee with the 4.7 and only 80,000 miles with little to no rust. My 2010 got rear ended and that's what I'm gonna replace it with!
I just replaced the lifts for the hood, the back glass, and back gate on my 04... you can get a pack of all 6 off Amazon for a little over $30 Hardest part is just balancing the door on your shoulder while removing the old ones with a torx bit
My dad used to have a WJ Grand Cherokee when I was a kid, and me and my family consider it to be one of the most comfortable cars we've ever owned. This is my story about it:
It was July 2010, and we were on our way in my mum's Vauxhall Zafira to pick up my dad’s new car to replace his old Vauxhall Frontera, a 2002 (52-reg) Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited with the 4.7-litre Chrysler PowerTech V8, finished in a dark metallic blue with a black leather interior. While we were driving the last few hundred yards to the seller’s house to collect DU52XKW, I caught first sight of it in the windscreen, and after we pulled up at the seller’s house, we got out of our car and went over to inspect it.
The main reason why me and my family consider it to be one of the most comfortable cars we’ve ever owned, and why I consider it to be one of my favourite cars my family has ever had, was the seats, as they were some of the most comfortable of any car I had ever, ever sat in - from the moment 10-year-old me sat down on them for the first time, I was in heaven as they were just oh-so-comfy - it wasn’t so much a car as a giant sofa with wheels and an engine, the Americans really knew how to make proper car seats back then!
Since then, the only car I’ve sat in that has even come close to how comfortable the seats in the Jeep were was an Infiniti M saloon (sedan in the US) I sat in while me and my family were at the Driffield Motor Show in 2013.
When we got home, I thought it was a much better car than his old Frontera, as it was more practical being a 5-door, and much more comfortable too.
The ultimate test for our Jeep came in August 2010, when we went on a caravan holiday to Great Yarmouth in it. During the extremely long and tedious 150+ mile drive, it proved to be well up to the challenge of hauling our Swift Conqueror caravan to the campsite we were going to be staying at, thanks to the incredible pulling power of that V8 - even if it did make the car a TREMENDOUS gas hog and went through gas like there was no tomorrow, but it did make a very nice noise which we called the “V8 roar”.
It also proved to be a very comfortable car to travel in as it ate up the miles, mainly because of how unbelievably comfortable and plush the seats were. On the way there, I watched one of my Top Gear DVDs on the aftermarket DVD headrests that we’d had installed in it, while my sister watched one of her Hello Kitty DVDs.
One day during our holiday, after we went to the nearby Tesco, while my mum was loading up the boot (trunk in the US) with shopping, my dad decided to “V8-roar” her by revving the engine as she packed the shopping away - she must have got a bit of a surprise when he did that!
Unfortunately, our holiday was cut short due to heavy rain the following day, and even though we only had the Jeep for 2 months, I still consider it to be one of my favourite cars out of all the cars my family has ever owned.
Just found a 2000 Grand Cherokee with the 4.7 and only 80,000 miles with little to no rust. My 2010 got rear ended and that's what I'm gonna replace it with!
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love WJs...this one looks pristine...beautiful machine...looks right off the showroom floor
What difference between limited and normal ?
Limiteds have body color cladding, leather interior and other luxury features.
one of my favorite suv
I wanted to see under the hood
Where can I view the Columbia! Do you have a add up yet for it
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I just replaced the lifts for the hood, the back glass, and back gate on my 04... you can get a pack of all 6 off Amazon for a little over $30 Hardest part is just balancing the door on your shoulder while removing the old ones with a torx bit
Thanks a great deal! And you’re not wrong about balancing the hood. I’ve replaced the hood shocks on my other wj, I usually have to get a stick.
@@jonmopar7917 yep, I had the hood propped up with a ~3' umbrella, seemed like it was just long enough to keep the hood up. lol
Is this still for sale? Please say yes!? :(
Although this just sold, I still have a (rare) 2004 Columbia ;)
@@jonthebuildingmanager2896 where can I view this at!
How did you sell it for??@@jonthebuildingmanager2896