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One man's opinion What a $&@%!

Uh, he called the current Cherokee a magnificent package. Read no further...


 
My ancient computor and programs won't let me open up the worst 4x4s of all time. So what was his opinion?
 
Kim Dawson said:
My ancient computor and programs won't let me open up the worst 4x4s of all time. So what was his opinion?
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He thought the Overlander was one of the all time worst, along with Classic Cherokees, Blazers and Broncos. He loved the new Cherokee, however. What a $#!?#&@)...
 
Thanks Randy. Strange that he picked the Overlander but not any Cjs. Maybe he didn't like the right-hand-drive.
 
Lets keep the language family friendly....I edited the first post. Thanks.
 
Granted, the "expert" from Oz is a tad nitpicky in his recollections of 4x4's he's supposedly driven (or in the case of the Overlander, NOT driven) in his 'extensive 4x4 past'.

I can't comment on a lot of his musings, having never driven a first generation Holden, a Daihatsu or some of the other marquees he mentioned.

What I will say is, whether we like it or not, he was spot on in his thoughts on the Overlander and honestly CJ's in general... It DOES suck petrol like a questionably-moraled young lady in a non-family-centric district in Hong Kong. Engineering and assembly at AMC DID lead to a plethora of little issues, non serious, that one often had to deal with all the road, leading one to carry a lot of spares and/or tools so you could work on them roadside.

The difference is, we embrace, nay we even LOVE the idiosyncrasies of AMC and our favorite rides, whereas the OP (and honestly much of the World's population) did not. I'm just not sure why he seems to have loved the CJ6 'cruiser' so much? Maybe he got lucky with that one...

A tool is a tool, and an opinion is an opinion. One get's the job done, and one just sucks up more oxygen. In this case, he's less of the former, and more of the latter.
 
Kim Dawson said:
Thanks Randy. Strange that he picked the Overlander but not any Cjs. Maybe he didn't like the right-hand-drive.
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It's an Australian magazine, and the guy clearly has a Toyota bias. He doesn't like the Overlander, because it's not a 60 series Landcruiser.... :rolleyes:

It was interesting to read about some of the other vehicles on the list (and in the rest of the magazine), though. Some of them I've never seen or heard of before!
 
Jambo pretty much nailed it, and after just spending a few days with the couple who used an Overlander as primary transportation in Oz for 10 years and 170,000 kilometers, maintenance and getting parts for a vehicle like that when almost none exist would drive anyone up a wall. The reason they rebuilt the AMC 20 3 times and trussed it and one - pieced it and regeared it and lockered it was because it kept breaking. Its on its third housing I learned, and that one with all of those upgrades finally stuck around for alotta kilometers. Finding a used AMC widetrack housing in (western) Australia is impossible (even in the late 90s he said) . Here in the US we just swap one in. And that's just one example. For cross oz long journeys, they fitted a 38 gallon gallon tank AND carried an extra 10 gallons in Jerry cans. they modified the Overlander keep up with the diesel rigs and the newer stuff and all the like because they loved it and loved being different. but in stock form, the overlander just didn't compare... What they did to make an Overlander survive was not common. and it was expensive to do as well.
 
(The original XJ was also kind of a dog. That GM V6 engine was pathetic, and the T-4, T-5, AX-4, transmissions were nothing to brag about. The NP229 also had some shortcomings.)
 
AK-RWC said:
(The original XJ was also kind of a dog. That GM V6 engine was pathetic, and the T-4, T-5, AX-4, transmissions were nothing to brag about. The NP229 also had some shortcomings.)
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I'm pretty sure that early Xj with the 2.8 liked to spontaneously combust on top of it. Wiring issue if I remember correctly.
 
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