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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jeeps in the 1990’s had solid engines.  Not as good since then .  I tend to think people are buying on nostalgia, but modern Jeeps on not simple fun rides now.[/quote]

Blame the US govt, specifically, the EPA. The 242/258/4.OL series of in-line six cylinder engines that Jeeps used from the 1950’s through 2006 were some of the most reliable engines that have ever been put in a vehicle.

But the federal mandates to squeeze more and more fractions of a mile out of each vehicle extrapolated over a fleet of millions of vehicles produced annually dictated getting rid of one of the best engines that has ever existed, and replacing it with a a far more complicated, harder working, higher compression, shorter-lived DOHC V6.

The current Pentastar V6 isn’t a bad motor….but it will never have the reliability or longevity of the inline 6 it replaced. Even though it makes 100 MORE horsepower than the old 4.0L, it still feels less powerful. And this switch was made just to achieve a .7 mpg improvement over the old engine.

The government f**ks up everything they touch. [/quote]

Guess PP was right about the MAGAs.

My friend had one back in HS in the 80s (as many HS girls did back then). It got like 8 mph - on the highway.  :lol: 
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So because you insisted on driving around with a vehicle in desperate need of a carburetor adjustment (because you should’ve been getting about 15-17 mpg in an 1980’s CJ) that’s somehow Jeep’s fault? Because you wouldn’t fix it?

Got it. [/quote]

1. Wasn’t my car.

2. EPA estimates are optimistic and probably assume hardtop. Doors and windows flapping around weren’t helping.

3. It was a terrible car but many girls liked them because they were “cute”. 
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