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Taken at a friend’s rural property. The “road” in the background was made mostly by hand, then fixed up properly much later.
It’s an ordinary Grand Cherokee, there are tons of them on the road. The only thing that’s at all unusual is that I have the 3.0L diesel (EcoDiesel). I think i t’s a good engine that suffers from immature emission control components. My opinion might be colored by my love of torque.
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10/06/2020 at 23:02 |
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Those Grand Cherokees are still great looking vehicles. Especially in red. I can’t say for sure I’ve ever noticed an ecodie sel in real life but the gobs of silky smooth torque I imagine it has seems like a perfect fit for the car.
BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast.
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10/06/2020 at 23:17 |
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That is a very nice looking Grand Cherokee Summit.
We certainly love our ‘14 Overland.
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10/06/2020 at 23:41 |
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You wouldn’t notice one was a diesel unless you saw the little badge on the back or were standing close enough to pick up the slight difference in engine sound. The torque is probably not quite as smooth as you imagine because Chrysler did program the transmission (though ZF manufactured it).
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10/06/2020 at 23:44 |
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That’s a shame. I’m imagining the luxurious torque monster the car deserves. I definitely pay attention to those little things and I don’t remember ever seeing one.
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10/07/2020 at 00:18 |
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Most of the time it’s fine, but there are two things I notice. If I slow down to a near stop while everything is still cold, the transmission tries to hold the higher gear even as I’m pushing the go-pedal when the engine speed is far too low for that gear with a cold diesel engine block. And at the opposite extreme, when everything is nice and hot and I’m rolling down the highway it’s too aggressive at shifting down for a hill or when slow traffic gets out of the way of the adaptive cruise. Both of those seem like they’re just programming problems. At some point I may get an aftermarket engine+ transmission tune, but I’m in no big rush.