christmas present:

and after a few grand and some elbow grease:

 

well first xj was a 94 paid like 3000....
second 92 paid like 1400 or somthing with 8.8 and a arb Bw and lots of stuff....
3rd 88 with 9.5 lift and 33s built a long arm for it then sold it. i did not pay anything for it well i traded a 83 toy pick up for it...
now i have a 01 that i got for 4000 with all the mods on it already long arms, lockers, disc brakes, sye with toms woods shaft,and ect.....

 

2000 xj, traded a 2000 gtp grand prix for it straight up, she even took over the payments. I valued the jeep at around 4500 when I got it, now I wouldn't trade for anything, plus I don't think anyone would want it after the abuse I have put her through. had 100k back then, 175k now, just over 2 1/2 years later. So basically got er for free : )

 

Got mine for $300 from a friend at work. only needed a motor mount and some love. Had 120k on it, but motor was replaced at 75k due to his son.
Now has about 190k and have had it for little over 2 years.

 

I paid 400$ for 2 XJ. One 1988 4x4 with a 2wd auto trany and a 1990 totaled one for parts(sold a week later for 250$). So yeah I paid 150$ for my XJ!!!What a deal!!!But I had to find a 4wd auto trany(that cost me 100$ and had it completely rebuild with a shift kit and heavy duty components). After all the repairs I got my XJ running for around 2000$. Not to bad, considering I have a new trany with performance mods!!!

 

2400 for an 88 last Dec. for mine with 2" bb with 3 worn out goodyear muds and 2 new ats, swing out tire carrier and a small amount of water in the rear diff. 152,000 miles and runs awesome. The wife's was 1900 from a kid in Salt Lake. 180,000 on a 92 and runs great as well.

 

Got mine last sept. 1991 Briarwood with loose tilt column. Was at lot and I saw it first day they had it. The salesman said to check back when i asked about price. So i scoped it out and waited. 5 days later they posted it online for $400. What the? I printed the post and scrambled down there. They had $1400 on the window, but when i showed the copy i had made the had to honor it. At that time I did not realize how lucky I was. I think now that even $1400 would have been a good deal for this rig.

 

The 95 we got (bought it from Dad) was bought off Craigslist for $500 with a knock. I told dad its a torque convertor loose. Was side swiped.
The 88 parts Jeep was $125 we used the doors on the 95 and a few others.
The 87 XJ aka Money Pit was $500 needing an engine. If I didn't have a good engine already I would not have bought it.
The Money Pit will be my boys Jeep to drive IF he ever passes his driving test. He turns 16 in Aug.

 

Paid $1200 for mine and double that for my log arm. LOL. Priorities..............

 

I traded my 1995 2wd Chev ext cab with 217,000 dual exhaust (not true just split) airade cold air and throttle body spacer for my 1990 bone stock xj limited with 350,000 I love my jeep it has it's quirks but I have had it about 8months now and still do not regret the trade at all.

 

P.S. they previous owners had no idea what they had they thought the 4.0 on the back hatch ment it was a 4cyl haha silly people the previous owner says to me it's got alot of power for a 4cyl i was really impressed i smiled and said yep it sure does

 

Thats great! How could they not know their engine? Wow. Nice save Johndoe.

 

Lol I know right I don't think they knew the seat flipped down either the reason they wanted the truck was to haul thier one Rottweiler and there just wasn't enough room I haul a bullmastif x and a great dane in there haha

 

Darrnit, I paid 3000 for my stock 1997 XJ, seems like I may have overpaid, but it has been the best vehicle I have owned as far as fun factor counts, and that's saying alot since I was a SVT Mustang Cobra owner previous 2 my Jeep. Fast muscle cars are cool n all but my Cheeko is WAY better and much more fun! Just wait till i get my baby lifted there is no comparison....

 

What would you price this at?

2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport (Black) 4 door 4WD Automatic. 118K miles. Blue Book Value: $4800 (excellent) $3500 (fair).

It needs some work but it is a great ride for a Jeep/off-road enthusiast and a good deal for driveway mechanics. I am going to miss it but I just don't have the money to fix it and don't have the time or mechanical ability to do all of the work myself or with friends.

Features:
4.0 Liter, 6 Cylinder Engine,
Automatic, 4WD, 4 Door
3 Inch Skyjack Lift Kit
Big Wheels and Tires
Air Conditioning, Roof Rack,
Power Steering, Windows, Doors
Dual Airbags, ABS brakes
AM/FM Stereo/Tape/CD
Steel Wheels
Privacy Glass
Tilt Wheel
Running Boards
Rain guards
Rubber mats on floor and trunk.
and more.

Pros:
- My wife's Dad bought the car for my wife from original owner with around 25K on it back in 2003.
- Clean title, service records, oil changed religiously.
- It has been garaged for the last 7 years.
- It has never been off-road in salt or sand.
- The body is in great shape. No rust.
- Interior is in good shape.

Cons:
- It has a blown head gasket (as of Monday) - confirmed via a compression check test. I’ve been quoted $800 to 1200 by the local mechanic to remove and send it to a machine shop for evaluation, repair (if there is a warped head) or possible replacement.

- AC does not work. May need a new evaporator or compressor. Quoted $600-800 to fix. Easy fix but labor cost is a pain to get to.
- Front driver speaker is shorted out.
- CD/Tape player AM/FM radio but the tape player doesn't work. CD and radio are fine.
- There is a blemish below the hood right above the grill.
- Driver automatic door lock just shorted out.
- Crack in windshield.
- Ding on upper right tailgate from pole.

Here is link to KBB:
http://www.kbb.com/kbb/UsedCars/PricingReport.aspx?WebCategoryId=2556&YearId=2000& Mileage=118000&VehicleClass=UsedCar&ManufacturerId =24&ModelId=402&PriceType=Private+Party&VehicleId= 6409&SelectionHistory=6409%7c34213%7c22201%7c0%7c0 %7c244285%7ctrue%7c244340%7ctrue%7c244403%7ctrue%7 c244415%7ctrue%7c244510%7ctrue&Condition=Fair&Quiz Conditions=