Ooooohhhhh, there's a gem of an idea!

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2005 Black CRD Limited w/105,000 miles
Mann Provent 200, Airbox Mod, ORM Mod
New 545RFE, TC & Redesigned pump @ 25,020 miles
New EGR Flow Control Valve @ 25,020 miles
New Transfer Case input/output seals @ 32,787 miles
SEGR Kit @ 52,000 miles
SunCoast TC and Transgo Shift Kit @ 52,000 miles

Couldn't you imagine a JavelinAMX looking Willys Blackhawk...just scaled down a bit

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Founder of L.O.S.T.
2006 CRD Sport
Mods: GDE Hot Tune w/ 364#@2000rpm/Air Box /3" Str8 Exhaust/ASFIR Alum Skids/245-75R-16 Cooper STT PRO/OME LIFT w/Clevis & 4 Spring Isos/AirTabs/Rigid 10" S2 LED/4xGuard Ctr Matrix Bumper
Drag Strip:Reac=.1078_60ft=2.224_1/8=10.39@64.8mph_1/4+16.46@80.8mph

"Couldn't you imagine a JavelinAMX looking Willys Blackhawk...just scaled down a bit"



and shoehorn a twin turbo hemi under the hood!

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Wife: 2006 CRD Liberty - White
Mine: 2005 F350 Diesel - White

DC really needs to use it Mercedes Experience with Diesels and BEAT Honda and a few others to the small diesel power units. 2700# car with 250ft#s of torque or so would be nice. If they don't they will be playing catchup as usual with them.

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Founder of L.O.S.T.
2006 CRD Sport
Mods: GDE Hot Tune w/ 364#@2000rpm/Air Box /3" Str8 Exhaust/ASFIR Alum Skids/245-75R-16 Cooper STT PRO/OME LIFT w/Clevis & 4 Spring Isos/AirTabs/Rigid 10" S2 LED/4xGuard Ctr Matrix Bumper
Drag Strip:Reac=.1078_60ft=2.224_1/8=10.39@64.8mph_1/4+16.46@80.8mph

Even today I love those amc 4x4 wagons!! Saw one the other day and tried to explain the appeal to my wife with absolutely no luck.

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2005 sport crd-SOLD No regrets

That is because men and women speak a different language, or so my wife says.

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91 MB 300D 2.5L Turbo. Her's

05 MB E320 CDI. Mine

An old high school buddy had one of the AMC eagle wagons. This was back in the early 90's. My aunt had a Pacer back in the early 80's. I like the gremlin myself, but I wound up with a 78 Mustang II as my first car. I had the rare 2.8L V-6 in my mustang II. It was a great car for $150

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06.5 Jetta TDI PKG 2 - Silver/Anth

In compass trim it is a very ugly vehicle. However looks rather sharp as the Dodge Caliber and I am seeing A LOT of them around.

I have been trying to talk my girlfriend into considering a Caliber as her next and 2nd vehicle in our household. Reasonably utilitarian, relatively efficient, and somewhat sharp. Perfect for the street pounder.

However I would never have developed a Jeep variant on that platform.

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06 CRD "Smogger" Dark Khaki, Sport, 22C, tow package, hitch, 6 disc and slightly addictive SIRIUS sat radio.
82 CJ-8 04 Light Khaki, rebuilt 4.0L w/FI on the stand and ready to go in.

From autoweek:
Most of the talk about the new Jeep Compass has centered on whether it’s a real Jeep. But we just spent two weeks in a Limited, the top model, and the question of “Jeepness” seemed secondary. This one, at least, was simply a dismal car.

Sharing a platform with the Dodge Caliber, Compass blends homely looks with unrefined manners to a degree not seen since the unlamented Pontiac Aztek. That this Compass Limited stickered out at $26,180—an easy $10,000 more than the base price of a Compass or that of a Caliber SXT—simply set its shortcomings in stark relief. The day water leaked into the cabin from the sunroof switch, drips splattering onto the sadly misguided CVT “automatic” transmission’s lever, we figured the polarization on the Compass’ needle was reversed. This thing’s headed due south.

You know, perhaps the engineers at Jeep built this thing right after all... they decided to build such a piss-poor car that DC would not ask them to do this stupidity to Jeep ever again. I think that is what they were thinking.