I am about to buy another vehicle, and have the following criteria:
Seat 5 with seatbelts,
Decent power for towing,
Decent snow, off road ability,
reasonable repair parts costs
American made preferred
My budget is no more than $3000, this is simply for around the county driving no long trips we have a nice vehicle for that. I am leaning toward a Jeep Cerokee because I currently have a 89 2wd Cherokee that I have been happy with but it has body damage that is not worth fixing and makes it worth virtually nothing. I figure if I get another Cherokee about the same year I will strip all the often need parts from the one I have and scrap it, leaving me with lots of replacement parts (starter, distrubuter, engine, dash parts, all that) plus an extra set of wheels to keep my off road tires on. Then we will use whats left to practice extrication at the fire department, or car fire practice.
I have also considered an Explorer, full size Bronco's, Blazers, and some others.
What do you guys think? Any suggestions?