Good evening gentlemen...

I have a 99' Jeep grand cherokee laredo as my daily driver...  I'm starting to get the itch of switching back to a Wrangler.  I've owned 3 sofar, and kick myself everytime I think about the switch.  The JGC is nice, but to me rides too much like a car.  Its got the 4.0, which has enough power for whatever I want to do w/ it.  I was talking to one of my buddies about this, and he wants to sell his TJ, and made me a offer thats hard to refuse.  His is a 97 Sahara edition, 4.0 liter, 5 speed.  Black, hard and soft top, 57000 miles, new stereo, tires and rear-end...  all for $9000 (EXCELLENT condition).  He says its mine if I want it, and he's not in a hurry to get rid of it, but he needs a pickup truck for around the house.  The only thing I'm a little apprehesive about is switching back to manual tranny.  1 of the 3 wranglers I've had previously was manual...the rest were automatic.  The manual tranny (1989) seemed to be more of a headache, and also put a dent in my pocket for repairs.  How are the manual transmissions in the TJ's?  No major problems like they had w/ the peugot?  What are everyones opinions?  Make the switch?  Sound like a good deal? 

-Slip

i'd buy it. sounds like a smokin' deal.  

Sorry tired. dang that related posts column  

Sounds like a deal to me .  

Why not keep both of them???  Money should be no issue!!  

I'd keep the grand until I found the wrangler I exactly want.  Good Luck.  

I bought my wife a 2007 Cherokee and after we drove it for awhile we wished we would have went with a Wrangler.  So we bought a 2002 Sahara with the 4.0 5 speed.  So far we absolutely love the TJ.  This is my first manual I've ever owned and I love it.  I would get the TJ and keep the Cherokee too.