Traded in my Commander

[redrockv8]

I never thought I would do this but I traded in my Commander for a 2014 Grand Cherokee with hemi engine and the new 8 speed transmission. This difference in acceleration between my 4.7 Commander and this is night and day. This new one is like driving a Corvette. Exceptional power. So far I'm getting better gas milage. I turned over 600 miles today and bought in on Monday the 22nd.
On the way to make the trade I turned over 77,000 on my 07 Commander that I bought new in July of 08 when the price of oil was $147 a barrel and no one wanted a big box V8. The Commander has been a dream vehicle and performed flawlessly for me as I drove her around the county visiting numerous National Parks in several states and several trips to the beaches in Florida. My bucket list is no where near completed and I wanted a new vehicle as I figured in another year or so I would have 1000,000. Some would say that's not much and maybe so but when they reach that magic number ther trade in value goes down. It will be a month before I figure out all the gadgets,widgets and accessoris on this Grand. I told the salesman I wished I was trading for a new Commander instead of the Grand. I never really warmed up to the rear end design, but after driving it for 5 days I've changed my mind.
I just hope this vehicle is as reliable as my Commander was. Except for the clogged sunroof drains which I fixed she was virtually trouble free. Extra fine vehicle which I was very proud to drive.

I see this forum is for both the Commander and the Grand Cherokee but I do not see any Grand threads. Perhaps I'm not looking in the right place.

As a personal note I'v had a drivers license for 53 years and have never owned a foreign car/truck and each one had never let me down. I would never consider a foreign vehicle expecially one from Japan. I am of the generation that is still Pissed about Pearl Harbor. I am a maintence freek and it paid off. This is my 4th Jeep. I sill have a 96 Xj sitting in the driveway that runs like it was new. Never spent a dime on it except for tires and battery.
Nothing on the road screams American more than "JEEP".

Thank you and good night,
HT

[Matt]

Oh we're a dying bread. Seems like we're losing more XK members than gaining

Hey man the Hemi WK2 is a sweet vehicle and will serve you well. This forum is primarily targeted at the XK & WK's, but there is the "Other Jeeps" section. A lot still applies so if you have questions about anything feel free to post up. I'm sure we can still help and/or point you in the right direction.

[07JeepXK]

I'm going to hate the day that I have to post a similar thread. My XK is going to turn 140,000 in another month or so. Still runs great. I get the 4.7 liter tick when it's cold out until it warms up but other than that its been a great vehicle. I'd love a new Grand Cherokee but not sure if I can spend that kind of money on a vehicle I can't really lift. So next will probably be a 4 door wrangler with long arm suspension unless i can find a clean 2010 Hemi XK.

[Matt]

It's like a bad game of "last man standing".

Mine's paid off with less than 60k miles... so barring it getting totaled I'll be around for quite some time.

[JustinS]

XK's need to get dirt cheap so people don't mind chooping them up for SFA swaps! I'm keeping mine till it dies!

[LWM]

I see this forum is for both the Commander and the Grand Cherokee but I do not see any Grand threads. Perhaps I'm not looking in the right place.

Congrats on your new vehicle, please start as many threads as you want as I am sure over time there will be many more owners who will want what you have to share.

[The_War_Wagon]

Would LOVE to pop a Hemi in mine. I test drove an '08 Hemi Commander... about a month after I'd bought mine... STILL kicking myself...

Pulling these hills in stop 'n' go city traffic though, I find driving around with the "Tow/Haul" engaged, gets me off the line a heckuva lot faster though!

[Core XK]

Congrats on your new WK man. I dig the front but dispise the back; however, its still a great truck.

I just hit 27,500 on my 2010 hemi XK and I love it to death. I really hope this truck last me a very long time. I recently started a new position to train as a branch manager for the credit union I work at. This position requires a lot of traveling all around PA. I made sure to budget extra for gas in this XK as we all know its hard on gas. I hope I never make a thread about trading my xk in but everyone has their reasons. I actually love that there is no vehicle id rather have year to year.

I hope this forum is still around 10 years from now.

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[07JeepXK]

It's like a bad game of "last man standing".

Mine's paid off with less than 60k miles... so barring it getting totaled I'll be around for quite some time.

I'll be around for a while still. Driving the XK until it blows up!! If I get a wrangler it would be more or less a DD and the XK would be more devoted to off road/weekend vehicle

[pjmjr508]

enjoy the WK2.

I plan on having my XK for a very long time.