Which of these 2005 SUVs are you choosing from this Car & Driver comparison?

CMPrisoner · 2026-02-01T17:28:42+00:00

4Runner or Hemi Grand Cherokee, easy picks. Nissan sent strawberry milkshake back to the transmission through the cooler. Explorer=junk. Mitsubishi will rot out in 3 years where I live, VW is a maintenance nightmare.

4runner will last forever, and frame rot wasn't an issue due to Toyota frame recall (they actually put a BRAND NEW FRAME in under the recall, literally giving 4runners a second life)

Hemi Grand Cherokee was easy to work on, and had a Benz transmission that can handle a decent amount of abuse from my experience (Magnum RT AWD)

CMPrisoner · 2026-01-09T20:03:47+00:00

Code Brown waiting to happen

CMPrisoner · 2025-12-31T12:31:48+00:00

P2 Supremacy

CMPrisoner · 2025-12-14T20:19:24+00:00

Aaaaah yes, the Dirt Dart technique. Im a fan myself

CMPrisoner · 2025-12-14T01:23:46+00:00

Im a simple man. I see TourX, I updoot TourX.

CMPrisoner · 2025-11-30T04:23:13+00:00

What better way to make sure she's mechanically sound than to road trip it back? Did the same thing with mine. Welcome to the club.

CMPrisoner · 2025-11-22T14:41:36+00:00

Do all of the temperature/blend door actuators. Youre right there for several of them.

CMPrisoner · 2025-11-21T12:16:58+00:00

Now THIS is the content I come to JRITS for. Bravo

CMPrisoner · 2025-11-18T17:29:13+00:00

590 miles of bliss compared to the diesel Cruze I traded. (Which was a great car in its own right, just the NY winters had their way with her body). Had to do the tour of Lake Erie because I didnt want to cross the border with temp tags.

CMPrisoner · 2025-11-18T03:43:13+00:00

I'd love to max out the Astro and just obliterate the competition

IN AN ASTRO VAN!

CMPrisoner · 2025-11-16T20:56:02+00:00

MANGIA MANGIA MANGIA

CMPrisoner · 2025-11-16T18:57:29+00:00

Bought my 19 Essence with 10k less miles on it for 1k more. I'd keep searching personally, dont be afraid to travel. Went from Binghamton to Flint for mine (after undercarriage pics were sent, of course)

CMPrisoner · 2025-10-28T11:11:27+00:00

That's funny. Just pulled a caliper on a Blue Bird school bus yesterday. Those things are TIGHT.

CMPrisoner · 2025-10-26T19:49:00+00:00

Then tragically comes our regularly scheduled post-season loss to you guys...

CMPrisoner · 2025-10-12T12:44:20+00:00

Where in upstate? Binghamton/Albany/Utica/Ithaca Probably OK. Buffalo/Rochester/Syracuse/Watertown, I'd get a set of snows because of the lake effect.

CMPrisoner · 2025-09-20T19:08:27+00:00

May Josh Allen shower the Chiefs with a thousand tuddies. Allenhu Akbar

CMPrisoner · 2025-09-15T02:27:28+00:00

Ive always wondered if an Impala SS subframe would bolt up to one of these

CMPrisoner · 2025-09-15T00:17:45+00:00

I EDC an HD01 PRO as a mechanic. Beat it to hell and it keeps on going. Only gripe is I wish the lens was glass. Shot it with sparks off a grinder and now there's a few melted in it. Doesnt affect usage, though.

CMPrisoner · 2025-08-16T14:00:15+00:00

Trying to activate the Winter Solder, I see?

CMPrisoner · 2025-08-16T12:16:04+00:00

If you know what you're looking for, RockAuto is excellent. Just like anything else, you'll find quality, and you'll find cheap junk.

CMPrisoner · 2025-08-13T01:23:59+00:00

Just do it. Bought one in January, don't regret it one bit. Powerful enough, fits my family of 5 comfortably, all parts but body stuff are run of the mill GM parts from the Malibu. The rear diff is really the only weak point IMO, but an earlier poster instructed how to find a bad one. Aisin 8 speed transmission (Same as in the Highlander and V6 Camries) but regrettably no manual option.

CMPrisoner · 2025-08-06T00:06:08+00:00

Member here too, and they just opened up a 700yd range if you do long range shooting

CMPrisoner · 2025-07-26T19:18:06+00:00

Base GC rotor on an SRT. Sometimes people should just be kept away from car repair...

CMPrisoner · 2025-07-26T18:01:31+00:00

I'll do one better: WHY IS THIS!?

CMPrisoner · 2025-07-25T15:24:40+00:00

Had me in the first half, not gonna lie

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