xe0

Looking for a 1997+ Cherokee around the pacific northwest area. Preference is to manual transmission but am open to the idea of a snoozemission. I'm in Eugene and would be willing to travel as far south as Medford and North as Seattle. Would prefer mostly stock(of course) but would consider modified examples. Looking to spend between 2-4k. 4k for low mileage better kept conditions, 2k for beater-ish examples.

Adam

7jeep

wish i i could find a 5 speed in decent shape in any year for about that much

odgreen

I'll keep an eye out for you. I swear I found one the other day.

huntingman2706217

I see them on CL pretty often... Heck I found a 99 5 speed 4 door the other day...

xe0

Thanks man I appreciate it. I troll craigslist everyday and there was a sweet black one out in Bend that someone swooped up just as I was about to make an offer

odgreen

there is a clean one for 5k on cl now... i bet you could get it for 4k if you showed up with cash

odgreen

http://portland.craigslist.org/clk/cto/2803708768.html

xe0

Thanks, I made an offer to see how willing he was to negotiate before making the hike up there. As someone who has never had an automatic, I've read the Cherokee is pretty reliable. Would sacrificing the manual be worth 1000-1500 in price and much more availability?

huntingman2706217

your not sacrificing... the AW4 is a very strong automatic and can hold a lot of power as well... but like all automatics it needs to be taken care from the beginning... the ax15 is technically stronger but not by a whole lot man... very good tranny...

odgreen

My aw4 takes a beating and keeps on shifting! Lol

xe0

Thanks for the replies guys. I might just try a slushbox, since there seems to be more of the 97+ Cherokees in autotrajic. I will edit my first post to reflect the changes.

huntingman2706217

If it wont let u PM me what u want it to say bud