[V8] On timing belts and such things

[Kent McLean]

Roger Woodbury wrote:

> I yearn for a good performing station wagon vehicle and I still remember with great fondness the pleasantness of driving my V8 Quattros, all in the past.


That Lincoln is a gussied-up Ford Edge. 

You should test drive a Jeep Grand Cherokee. I’ve said it before: I really like my ’06 Grand Cherokee with the 4.7L V8 and real AWD. It’s compact compared to most SUVs. It plays the wagon roll perfectly. It’s a work horse - I used it to remodel a house I flipped. I got mine with available 4WD low; it can pull my Jeep Wrangler with plow out of a snowbank. I have almost 170K miles on it. It purrs like a kitten. Mercedes had its fingers in its development, so it steers and handles like you want. You can save a few pennies and get it with a (non-Ford) V6. 

Reviews:
https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a15129620/2011-jeep-grand-cherokee-review/ <https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a15129620/2011-jeep-grand-cherokee-review/>
https://www.motortrend.com/cars/jeep/grand-cherokee/2011/2011-jeep-grand-cherokee-update-7/ <https://www.motortrend.com/cars/jeep/grand-cherokee/2011/2011-jeep-grand-cherokee-update-7/>

Looks like mine:
https://maine.craigslist.org/ctd/d/milford-2006-jeep-grand-cherokee-laredo/6978703623.html <https://maine.craigslist.org/ctd/d/milford-2006-jeep-grand-cherokee-laredo/6978703623.html>

Newer and in your price range:
https://maine.craigslist.org/ctd/d/bath-2011-jeep-grand-cherokee-laredo-4wd/6975799916.html <https://maine.craigslist.org/ctd/d/bath-2011-jeep-grand-cherokee-laredo-4wd/6975799916.html>

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Kent McLean
lots of ex-Audis, now a ’06 Grand Cherokee, a V8 Quattro wagon that works for me