On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:17:37 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:
Joerg wrote:

the little Jeep looks quite cool.

Jeep reliability and build quality is, however, a bad joke. I've had the
opportunity to compare ten year old Jeeps (Cherokee and Grand Cherokee)
with my ten year old Ford - the Jeeps have all been in poor condition at
lower mileage. I've also found the Dodge/GMC trucks to be better built
than Jeeps, which seems odd. I conly guess that the old AMC spirit of
building rubbish that falls apart still prevails at Jeep.

I once saw a "tractor pull" where one of the events was a mud "race". With
all of the monster trucks, 6' tires, noise, and noise, the only vehicle
that actually made it to the end of the mud run was a dolled up WWII
Willys Jeep. (well, most likely a replica, but it was shaped just like
the jeeps on MASH and such.)

Cheers!
Rich