I did the whole pizza delivery thing as a second job for a few years and my take away is this; if you like your Jeep and would like it to last get a beater car that you don't care about. Be prepared to put A LOT of miles on whatever you drive (I was averaging 40k miles a year). No matter how reliable the vehicle you start with you will find any item that is wearing out very quickly. Also don't expect any kind of good fuel economy out of any vehicle you'll use, it's all stop and go driving, engine off and on all the time unless you leave it run constantly. I'm not saying your Jeep won't be fine, I'm just telling you what I learned during the time.

 

Get an old Prius and take pride running it into the dirt

 

you mean like this???

 

My friend is an EMT and he wont drive anything other than an XJ.

Sure, they take some TLC to keep them running right, but when cared for they will easily do 400K miles. 4.0 is a beast and is one of the most reliable gas motors ever produced. The rest of the damn thing will fall apart around the motor IMO.

On the same note, you are only delivering sandwiches and not responding to emergencies, so the wear and tear on your XJ might not be worth it if you really care for it. He has a nicer car, but his XJ is still his "go-to" vehicle for emergencies.

 

I worked as an On-Demand Courier for Corporate Express until they went to all I.C.s for Drivers. We had Ford Rangers with a cap, Ford Cargo Vans with that honkin' Triton V8. Damn they would move! And we had the Plain Jane 4X4 Cherokees for when something REALLY had to get delivered in the snow. And they were hard on gas, that's why they were not assigned, not at my branch, anyway. They would let you take one for a spin once in a while ("Take one of the Jeeps and blow the carbon out of it!" Or, "Take one of the Jeeps and blow the cobwebs out of it!" Or, "Take one of the Cherokees and blow the dust out of it!") and they were maintained well, but basically reserved for winter and they let me take it out to Baltimore County to deliver blueprints for a Baltimore Gas & Electric Crew of Engineers that were rebuilding a building's system after hurricane damage.

That experience with them back in 1999 and 2000 is what really led me to buy one a little over a month ago. They are great vehicles, tough as nails. But the Mighty 4.0 is not the most fuel-friendly 6-cylinder around.

AND I'M NEVER BUYING ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH ANY OTHER TYPE OF ENGINE.

 

After you get pride of ownership and bankruptcy for replacing the battery because that is probably the main reason people sell them.