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Old 02-26-2015, 02:27 AM   #24 (permalink)
Hersbird
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I came from a 95 4.0 Grand Cherokee before the Forester. Gas mileage really isn't close the Scooby doubles the Jeep. I always recommend the 4.0 Jeeps for reliability. That said the Jeep lost it's motor at the same point the Forester is still going strong. I bought both with over 100K so who knows the prior treatment could have been the issue. I paid $3000 for the Jeep and drove it trouble free for 5 years and sold it with a blown motor for $700. Bought the Forester for the same $3000 and has been trouble free for 2 years, if it does the same as the Jeep I will be happy but also have saved about $6000 in gas over that 5 years so the Subaru seems like a no brainer.
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