His and Hers OLR?

[gotricesmurf]

A former colleague of mine has a white renegade, but he said his is only 2 wheel drive. Do they come in 4 wheel drive?

Yeah, some trim models have the option to come in 4x4 and the TH (trail hawk) comes with all the off road capabilities. Had to talk my wife into getting this one bc she wanted a Cherokee sport but for the same price she could get the fully loaded TH rather than a minor base model Cherokee. She didn't like the color at first but it grew on her and after taking it out in its natural habitat she loves it even more.

 

[gotricesmurf]

I don't really see a problem with his and hers rigs, if you can manage the costs and two overland rigs fit your lifestyle. My wife and I have one overland rig and one full size sedan for those interstate road trips and shuttling in-laws around when they come to visit. It's what works for us, but it certainly isn't the stable the works for everyone.

One big advantage with two rigs is that you always have someone to help with a recovery and you have the redundancy of another vehicle if one goes down with a a mechanical problem. You can carry more food, equipment, etc with two rigs and only two people. A down side is that you are in two different vehicles, for my family, we like being next to each other and I rely a lot of my wife to be my co-driver. She handles coms, nav, and other things while I'm driving, I would miss that if she was in another vehicle.

As for the Jeep itself, I'm not sold on Chrysler reliability. I had a Jeep and it was a miserable shop queen, it was in at least 4-6 times a year trying to get things sorted out. I want to love Jeep, I really do. The JKU just screams "fun" more than any vehicle on the road - but I also want something reliable, if that means giving up the Jeep image and lifestyle then that's what I will do.

Yeah my JKUR will eventually be the main rig while using my wife's for the small weekend getaways since it'll save on gas. Plus the TH doesn't have as much storage space.

 

[IronPercheron]

@IronPercheron What year do you have? The motor on the pre '08 HEMI has a larger than nonexistent chance it will drop a valve. There is a gasket you can install that would mitigate the damage to the motor if it were to happen. It's very rare, but it's not unheard of.

There was a computer recall that tends to jack up the motor on the low-range transfer case (N23 maybe?)...

If the one you have has the Quadra-Drive (amazing system) you want to make sure that the diffs are services with the special ESLD additive.

Other then that, they have the pretty bullet proof chrysler 8.25 differentials, and a pretty bulletproof transmission (assuming proper maintenance).

The audio systems are pretty horrible, and annoying to upgrade, but that's chrysler's in general.

The door handles have a tendency to crack. Mine have, but they still work just fine. Some people say it affects the mechanism. I haven't seen that with mine.

I would have to say though, that more than all the little things above, the biggest annoyance has been aftermarket parts. It does share the powertrain and suspension with the WK Grand Cherokee, so there are lift kits and the like out there. But when it comes to most other mods you're pretty much on your own. There are only a couple established (see reliable) companies that have any mods for them. Though, that does pretty much ensure that your Commander will be like nobody else's.

There's a bunch of info in my build thread (in sig) if you care to see how i've started working on mine.

I will end it off by saying that I absolutely love my XK.

Im headed to that build now

I havnt purchased yet