Hmm. Too good to be true?

"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
08/22/2020 at 18:55 • Filed to: Craigslist, grand cherokee, jeep

Update : Nevvver mind, clearly it’s a scam. Too low, too nice.

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I’ve typically kept my eye out for the original GCs, the ZJ/WJ generations, but this is intriguing. $1400, clean, low mileage.

Looks like it has a true 4L, which is something I won’t budge on, and of course it doesn’t have a stick but that was never really in the cards for a Grand Cherokee, and awfully hard to find even on an XJ.

Anyone familiar with the WK generation?

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DISCUSSION (23)

RacinBob > Just Jeepin'
08/22/2020 at 19:05

Like either the guy dropped one zero in his price or is in bad need for a donor kidney and liver. I’d sure would google earth the address he says it is at and check to see if it matches the picture. Also I would wonder why the pictures show late spring based on the trees and are taken in front of two different houses.

I’d bring a backup if you go see it.

good luck!

atfsgeoff > Just Jeepin'
08/22/2020 at 19:05

You could sell the wheels for more than that and end up getting paid to take the damn thing, at that price.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Just Jeepin'
08/22/2020 at 19:05

Please budget to replace those wheels and tires.

Jb boin > Just Jeepin'
08/22/2020 at 19:05

If all it needs are wheels and tires, NP !

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Just Jeepin'
08/22/2020 at 19:07

Dunno if Rootwyrm still comes here, but I think he knows everything and does a lot of upgrading.

Just Jeepin' > Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever
08/22/2020 at 19:08

If anyone ever doubted my assertions that I’m wheel-blind: I didn’t even notice how awful those are. Wow, those are amazingly bad.

Just Jeepin' > RacinBob
08/22/2020 at 19:08

Good catch, there’s definitely something suspicious.

Maybe I could have him meet me at a police station...

Just Jeepin' > atfsgeoff
08/22/2020 at 19:09

People willingly buy wheels like that? For actual money?

Just Jeepin' > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
08/22/2020 at 19:10

I haven’t seen him in forever. He was on one of the Jalopnik trivia nights, but don’t think I’ve noticed him commenting in quite a while.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Just Jeepin'
08/22/2020 at 19:12

Yeah he changed his screen name. URL is still kinja.com/actualrootwyrm. He lives in Cleveland, if I remember right he has a shop there? I dunno.

Just Jeepin' > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker
08/22/2020 at 19:13

I did find him commenting on other sites, will ping him, thanks. Good idea.

onlytwowheels > Just Jeepin'
08/22/2020 at 19:20

I don’t like those wheels either.

That price seems rather low, especially for the mileage. It wouldn’t hurt to call and get the skinny. Console shows Quadra Drive II, which means it’s full time 4wd with an electronic limited slip rear diff, and is the most offroad oriented 4wd system for the Grand Cherokee.

RacinBob > Just Jeepin'
08/22/2020 at 19:20

I’ve seen attractive cars at givaway prices on Craigslist that mysteriously get pulled later. I don’t know what the angle is but m aybe they are trolling for phone numbers, I don’t know but I definitely get the vin number and run it before committing to anything.

One other thing, who would write “ cold air admission”? That’s kind of the mistake a BOT makes.

Or what does the first sentence mean....“Until the sale is my mechanic owned and groomed for 2005" or what kind of sentence is “ The following is a list of all new pieces and as follows:”

atfsgeoff > Just Jeepin'
08/22/2020 at 19:21

I hear they were popular with the urban kids circa 2007, which is probably around when this Jeep got them bolted to it.

Just Jeepin' > RacinBob
08/22/2020 at 19:25

Yeah, after looking around more at prices, there’s no way this is legit. A shame.

SmugAardvark > Just Jeepin'
08/22/2020 at 20:06

I know everyone else has already said it, but dear me, those hideous wheels!

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > Just Jeepin'
08/22/2020 at 21:20

Yeah minus the wheels that seems like a good deal, as little as I know about them.

MiniGTI - now with XJ6 > atfsgeoff
08/22/2020 at 22:34

Yes. And you can be sure it hasn’t had an oil change since.

atfsgeoff > MiniGTI - now with XJ6
08/22/2020 at 22:37

If you add a quart every thousand miles, it never needs changing! Right?!

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Just Jeepin'
08/22/2020 at 23:11

Missing a zero.

P rice is not entirely out of line for a low-mile 5.7/545. Sub-100k examples, expect to pay over $11 k for a 5.7 with an interior and body anywhere near this good. Prices on twice the miles with complete tear-out interiors are $8k+.

If it’s below $10k then it’s the ticking time-bomb of a 4.7.

Just Jeepin' > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks
08/22/2020 at 23:13

What’s the story on the 4.7L?

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Just Jeepin'
08/23/2020 at 00:07

Making it to 90k is a miracle. Making it to 109k doesn’t happen. It is a boat anchor and you cannot fix it.

RacinBob > Just Jeepin'
08/23/2020 at 00:16

It’s stunning how people assume 15 year old cars are worth $5k or less. Last time I looked for a nephew, most everything under $5k is poorly maintained junk. Again I don’t know the story but my opinion is if it is too good to be true, it’s not worth your time trying to figure out the scam.