My JEEP: 250K Mile Strong!

My 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee has reached a major milestone… 250,000 miles! Over the years she has treated me well, with no unexpected major repairs (rebuilt the transmission at 200K… certainly not unexpected!). The raptor silhouettes were made for me by travel client and friend Ginny Blanz. They have been on my Jeep for at least 5 years.

Proof of the achievement! This is my third Jeep. I have owned Jeeps since 1983, before Chrysler bought AMC. My first was a Jeep of classic design, a CJ-7. I sold it at 100K to buy my first Cherokee Laredo, which I sold at 212K miles!

Amazingly, even with over 250,000 miles my Grand Cherokee gets better gas mileage than every current model of equal size, and better than many of small proportion that claim to have ‘economical’ engines! Why is that?

I know I will need to replace my trusty SUV eventually, but until I find one that can out perform my Jeep Grand Cherokee, I will hold on to her! Nothing beats her for carrying all my photo and birding equipment, kayaks and bikes and lots of friends!