Comments by "Andy Saunders" (@andysaunders3708) on "JayEmm on Cars" channel.

  1. They were a good looking old beast. I had a silver '03 Overland, (WG, not WJ - built in Austria. Yes Austria, not Australia). It was a nice old car, with a genuine Redwood steering wheel, leather seats, sunroof, electric everything, and generally just a bit of a beast. Not a skerrick of corrosion on the body. Apparently the unibody was designed with input from Porsche - not sure if that's a good thing, but shows that a bit of effort was put into the last JGC with live axles and coil springs.. Mine was getting up there in the mileage, but I also had a blue '02 Overland with 417000 on the clock. It went fine. Stupidly, I sold the engine out of it. GRRRRR! I sold my silver one, as fuel prices in NZ are utterly bonkers, and I was getting pissed-off with the handling. The Overland was meant to be slightly lower than standard, but a previous owner had done a 2" lift on it. It was not pleasant in corners at speed. I was getting weekly compo for a brain injury for 3 years, and money was TIGHT, so I lacked the pingers to put it back to standard Overland spec.. Yep, and while only 265bhp, it would still hit the quoted 128mph. And that exhaust note, with the pop-pop-pop on the overrun.Have never owned a car with such a great soundtrack until this. I would love to find a low-mileage one, and then spend the $4K plus having the valve seats replaced, as this is generally the reason these engines snuff it. Although, there is a Dodge Dakota version of this engine that has 4 valves per cylinder, and develops a significant increase in power, and the valve seat issue has supposedly been cured. One day, maybe.
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