i get really frustrated when people try telling me xj's and grand cherokees are the same. and immensely more frustrated when trying to find parts for xjs and it keeps showing me grand cherokee parts.

 

The only time I've ever ran into a GC/Cherokee thing is at the parts stores when they ask me after I said cherokee whether it's a grand cherokee or not. I eventualy hit them with "Jeep XJ" when I use go into the parts stores.. Never had anyone ever tell me they were the same.

 

in fairness whenever someone tells me theyre the same, they also dont know the difference between a v6 and an i6

 

Yes...Guy at O'reallys tried to say that...So I walked him out and pointed at it...and then pointed at the grand in the other stall next to mine...and asked him, do they look they same to you...No. He understood quickly.

 

It used to bug me that whenever I typed in Jeep Cherokee in the search bar on google or EBAY or something, it would come up with tons of Grand Cherokee articles or items.

Then I learned that if you type "Jeep Cherokee -grand", search engines will exclude anything containing the word "grand".

 

ahh see, now thats a useful little tip!

 

let me add the most annoying place I consistantly see the issue at hand here is CL.. Look up Jeep Cherokee on craigslist you get hit with grand cherokee's and adds that say jeep cherokee but when you click on them it's a add for a grand

 

exactly, especially when its some sexy sounds jeep "lifted 6.5 inches on 35 super swampers, all custom" not to say i would flip out because even though its a grand cherokee thats a sexy sounding jeep xD

 

Of course.. ZJ's are AWESOME.. It's just when your looking for a cherokee and you get innadated with Grands it can be annoying but still fun to look at them. Wouldn't ever mind owning a ZJ.. Great jeeps

 

my friend had one, then he totaled it when he hit a 6" diameter pine tree doing 50 while powersliding down a dirt road, not his brightest move but he walked away without a scratch. like i said it was totaled but that could have easily been a fatal crash.

 

If you think the Cherokee/Grand Cherokee confusion is bad, try and buy any part for GMC 305 V6, the auto parts store guy will tell you that you mean V8, and so will his manager.

 

Ha, I thought I was the only one annoyed by that. Craigslist is bad, but not the worst. I was renting a U-haul trailer a few months ago, and in their database is only two types of Cherokees: "Grand" and "down-sized". down sized my *****.

 

YEP, that yanks my chain...or when they say "I have a 1991 grand cherokee with a inline v6"......uhhhhhhhhh idiots....but I give em the benefit of the doubt that they dont know cars or anything mechanical

Or "2006 cherokee for sale" yeah ok all us here know the XJ cherokee wasnt made after 2001, but its like cmon poster of this add, use your head lol

 

more like "fun size"

 

Always say "I need this part for a 1989 jeep cherokee xj limited" that way theres no confusion