Zende

I came across a beautiful 1999 Jeep Cherokee Sport, 141,000miles, No rust inside and out.. dealer is asking $4495..
Is this a good price or should I offer them a little lower.. I'm paying cash.
Thanks guys!

bones99xj

Its not a "bad" price. I have a 99 i paid 2500 for with 217xxx on it. Id offer them 3500-3800.

Slick761

3500 would be reasonable. Have you checked the kbb value?

Zende

I tried.. out the door price with tax & registration is $4,934 and they will not go beyond that.. Hmmm

BIGMAN_01_XJ

You can find one from a private owner on better shape and mods. I bought my 3rd xj 3 weeks ago lifted and a ll for 2800. Just wait on one. Don't jump on just anything.

BIGMAN_01_XJ

And mine is a 2000 classic gold. Very nice.

Red82

If the dealer cleaned it up like a dealer should then I'd say go for it. I don't think that's a horrible price fir a dealer. Just make sure and look it over real well.

carolinaXJ

I picked up a 1997 sport 4x4 with 201k for $1400 in great shape and runs like a champ!! Id say thats a bit steep, but thats usually a given when dealing with a dealer, the 3500 range sounds fair

89Renix

Shooooot for that you could always go get a 4walker

Zende

I also found a clean 2000 with 170K for $3000? Is 170K a lot of miles for this price? I'm also aware of the head cracking issues. If I do decide on the 2000 is it a good idea to replace the head with updated head before a over heating problem occurs? do people do this?

Thanks guys

Slick761

3000 not a bad price. 170000 on these is like 70000 on most other vehicles.

DFlintstone

Might be that odds are it should have cracked already. Maybe it did. Somewhere theirs a survey/wrightup on when they go. I didn't myself see anything on the % that DO crack. Just info on at what mileage.

BadThad

I just bought one very similar in Aug for KBB. It was a small dealer and he had it marked at $4995. I told him I'd buy it right at KBB. He looked it up, said damn, and sold it to me for like $4400.....right on KBB. Mine is exceptionally clean, see the pictures.

It this one is that nice, you should buy it immediately. These usually don't last long on lots when they're really nice.

DFlintstone

Drivers side top edge #s (copied from another post)

The heads that had trouble were the early #0331 heads (1999-2001WJ/TJ, 2000-2001XJ) before they were revised in late 2001 (revised heads have the "TUPY" foundry mark.)

1998 will have the #0630 head, which is typically subject to uncommon individual defects rather than a class-affecting problem.