No, this isn't my auction but since I can't afford it I thought I would pass it along to anybody who's interested. It's a 2.1L Renault Diesel FACTORY Jeep Cherokee.

The guy says it gets 37mpg highway.....

Why aren't there more cars like this available to us!?!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150398913292&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEBIDX:IT#ht_2743wt_1165

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1993 W124 300D
-297K on the clock as I type this.

What do you mean? It is available to us. Which ever guy wants it most will win the bidding.

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Touche, I guess...

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1993 W124 300D
-297K on the clock as I type this.

Mostly because no matter how much you talk it up, it's still a Renault engine. Brought to you by the same marriage made in hell that brought you the Eagle Premier. Build quality by Chrysler, wiring by AMC, and component fitment and accessibility by Renault.
The XJs were a great concept, but poorly executed, and God help you if you need to work on anything under the dash or in the engine compartment.

Do you mean that it's very tight in the engine compartment?

I had a '98 XJ with the 4.0 straight six and it was easy to work on.

However, it didn't have a turbo like this one does.

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1993 W124 300D
-297K on the clock as I type this.

Chrysler would have had no involvement in the "build quality" of a Renault-powered Cherokee.

I own an '88 Cherokee which I bought in '87. It has required far less maintenance than my '82 300D, which has essentially the same mileage. I don't find it to be particularly difficult to work on.

It just sold for $5601.

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1993 W124 300D
-297K on the clock as I type this.

I'm not surprised it brought that much, these are few and far between. I passed on one about 10 years ago for $2500 and it was in really good shape. The engine is decent but it has a timing belt that became I believe the achiles heal of most of these. No one remembers to replace it and even this seller didn't mention that it had been replaced although with all the work that's been done on that engine I believe it likely has.

There was also one for sale out in WA last year sometime I think but when I got to questioning the owner he finally admitted that it wasn't running because the timing belt broke.

I think personally the Peugeot 2.5TD would have been a better candidate for the Cherokee, especially the intercooled version we never got in the states. Then again Peugeot didn't have a relationship with Chrysler so it makes no difference.

At any rate, someone must have wanted it awfully bad, the price is more than I would have paid for it...and it's in my back yard too.

steve a

I thought he did mention it but he also mentioned that he had the head either replaced or rebuilt.

He said the lower end had also been rebuilt at some point so the engine as a whole has fewer miles on it than the stated 228K.

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1993 W124 300D
-297K on the clock as I type this.

I own an '88 Cherokee which I bought in '87. It has required far less maintenance than my '82 300D, which has essentially the same mileage. I don't find it to be particularly difficult to work on.[/QUOTE]

if you are looking for gratification on owning another make of a vehicle i suggest looking elsewhere.I have thought of putting a 617 engine in a jeep or an explorer.because the engine are cheap and easy to find and they are easier to fit into when you are nearly seven feet tall.even though i like my w123 ,sitting in a vehicle with your eyelevel at the top of the window isnt fun for long.if that jeep has a timing belt I will steer clear.

Perhaps you are not aware of it, but there were a few years when Jeep Cherokees and MB's were both being manufactured by the very same company. Evidently, Daimler was so impressed with Chrysler that they bought the company!!!

True, and in the process of partnering up with Chrysler, they saved Chrysler's a$$ from completely going out of business at the time. Much of the details of a lot of Chrysler vehicles are the same as Mercedes, or are direct Mercedes components. The Jeep liberty, the newest Cherokee, and the Dodge Nitro, all have the 3.7 litre Mercedes engine and tranny in them to this day, even though Mercedes dumped Chrysler a few years back.

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I doubt that they were impressed with build quality. I have a 2000 diesel ram. The dash cracked (multiple threads on the forums), the fuel system is incredibly weak, the front suspension antiquated & weak, steering box & related loose and weak. The truck takes $2000 in aftermarket parts to bring it to where it should have been off the production line. Once fixed, it is great - Dodge put a 500,000 mile motor in a 50,000 mile truck and deserves to go out of business.

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85SD 240K & stopped counting painted, putting bac together. 84SD 180,000. sold to a neighbor and member here but I forget his handle. The 84 is much improved from when I had it. 85TD beginning to repair to DD status. Lots of stuff to do.

i will paypal you $2 for a profile pic of your almost seven foot tall self sitting in a w123. going to need to see you standing outside the car, too

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Hey now the Eagle Premier was a fairly decent car when all of the electronics worked