TURBO-DIESEL-FREAK wrote:
Green Diesel Engineering makes excellent tunes, and they are plug and play for the most part. I.D. Parts is a great source for O.E. parts you would normally have to get from your local dealer.
I seriously believe that this forum would be perhaps 10% or less as flourishing and active as it is, if not for GDE, IDParts, Sasquatch, JBA, All-J, and even folks like SirSam, Tommudd, Papaindigo, TURBO-DIESEL-FREAK, etc. etc.
Having sources of quality repair, and maintenance parts/products,
Years of experience and knowledge,
innovation type parts that eliminate weaknesses,
people that encourage, even insist on modifications and practices that work as desired, that are safe, that will not contribute to a bad image or reputation of these Jeeps,
and people that have maintained and made readily available volumes of service manuals, nifty MODs, and past and ongoing experiments,
and a phenomenal knowledge base like this forum,
is absolutely cornerstone to the viability of the Jeep and other small CRD's, but especially the little niche Liberty.
If the internet, and such a community existed in the Sixties, Ralph Nader would have had a much different career, and the Corvair may have developed into a safe and popular car.
IMO the CRD Liberty is not only viable, it may be the perfect used car for the person who prefers diesels, and understands (or is willing to learn) CRD's
Anyone else, it seems, ends up neglecting it, then taking it to the dealer, who finishes trashing the vehicle, sends it for scrap, and convinces them to buy a replacement vehicle.