Grand jeep cherokee srt8....may have to trade my 335i

[possible335i2008]

Well I just had my son about 7 months ago and I have two little girls so been thinking about trading in the e90 335i as the back seat gets a little tight with all the kiddos in the back for a jeep srt8...anyone have one are hear about issues they maybe having or does anyone have auction numbers as I maybe looking for a used one...any advice or help is appreciated

[ejazbmw]

some guy on my block has one them and there mad loud sounds like a monster truck or something...

[Jim_in_Calgary]

My neighbor had one. It's a beast. It was significantly faster in a straight line than my other neighbor's e46 m3. So much so that the M3 owner sold it and bought a 09 Corvette Z06. He's the kind of guy that has to have the fastest car/bike on the block.

Also, they can't tow anything despite huge HP. The transmission isn't capable of towing (apparently the issue is actually the parking pawl in the transmission can't handle any real weight), not to mention the fact that the exhaust is routed right where a receiver hitch would go.

Overall a really powerful truck. Gas pig though.

[Feyd]

Terrible gas mileage (expected).

I have heard of some reliability issues as well (also expected with jeeps).


My mom has had one of every model of jeep since 1989. She has put a minimum of 180,000 miles on each of them. Problems happen... but nothing ever too serious. No burnt transmissions/blown engines, etc. Overall pretty reliable... Aside from trim pieces falling off, etc. your 335 will probably give you just as many (maybe even fewer) problems than the Jeep.

And they do sound awesome.


If i could justify it... I would own one too. Just check out Hennessey's 0-60 run (on youtube). There is some potential.

[Ramos]

How about a nice X5 instead?

[domobrown]

Yes those things are beasts, but the refinement of the X5 should also be considered. Plus the E53 still looks good.