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First of all little note for admin: I am thinking it will be good if we have place for sharing our cars. So people can fınd place to share their cars. If it will be open please shift this one there I will try to share my story with my 2000 Jeep Cherokee XJ 4.0. Keeping this story here good for me and also good for people who is having Cherokee or planing to get one. One of my biggest dream was having an old American car. Specially 1998 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.9 have very good place in my heart. Thats why after i move to UAE i wanted to get a American car. For off roading first i thought about getting 2006-2007 Grand Cherokee but when i read about them i got scared. I checked for Wrangler JK but also for that people saıd dont get 3.8. For 3.6 pentastar prıces was high and i was just moved to country so i didnt wanted to get loan. All this things take me to 2 option Wrangler TJ and Cherokee XJ. With @skumar83 and @shadow79's suggestions i focussed the Cherokee. I got hıs car at first days of November 2017. Me and my mechanic checked many Cherokees and this one was the best. It was off road ready veichle. GCC spec(which is very hard to find). It was belong to a local guy and seemed like he spend alot on it. I only didnt like the full black look(why anyone do this to his car? Even half of head lıghts was black.) and Double din screen inside(Why Whyyyyy? They cut the dash for this stupid thing.) 2 days after deal i met with the owner in Sharjah Tashjeel. He put the car for test and it passed without any problem. I was thinking how they are allowing for this black tail lights? And i got the Jeep. In Sharjah Tashjeel they didnt allowed me to keep the plate. They said i have to get Dubai plate. This was the moment all craziness start. We put the car top of a winch and took it to Dubai Tashjeel. In Dubai we said car is already passed we need to register it. They didnt accept to Sharjah pass and put it to test again and it faild(how the .... it can fail just half hour ago it passed)! For make the car pass i change the tyres with Maxxis Bravo AT, Some parts about back brakes and removed the disgusting black tail lights and stickers. We took it Dubai for passing again. Guess what happend it faild again!(In that moment i was like; What the hell! I got a Jeep and i didnt even drive it for 1km and i am just spending money on it). Now everything was ok except back brakes. We took the car back to Ajman and there are some more parts(i dont remember what it was) changed in back brakes. In the 3rd time finally it passed. I put the Dubai plates and start driving. First thing i noticed how bad brakes a car can have(later on we will come back to that)? In first 5 min i was almost hitting a Corolla. But i was freakking happy. I drive with a big smile on my face. OMG how it can be that much good? That sound from engine, that feeling when you are sitting inside. It was more like 70's car than 2000 model car. After few days That all orange lights i love them. How bad ass it is. I started to join Carnity drives; I am thinking having this car gave me head start in off roading. I was having good ground clearence and good power. I went beautiful places with it and made good friendships because of it. For tonight i am stopping here. There are many things hapen to this car some of them good some of them bad. This story full of pain and happiness, hate and love at the same time. I will share all my story with it. You guys can think it will be like 5 months, 12.000km report.

Sorry Sertac, don't even think of that route knowing because it's 1.3 liter and secondly after your 4.0 Jeep Cherokee. I agree Jimny's are good in the desert, but they are just borderline good when you see what they can do with a 1.3-liter engine (comparative review based on a dinky engine). I had a chance to recover one Jimny from a deep bowl by circling technique, but that thing never gained momentum in cross track area that in end I come close to the edge and we joined 5 tow ropes to drag that Jimny uphill. Barry, what you see is DEFINITELY not the case in UAE Desert. I fall for 2 door SWB Nissan Patrol that couldn't climb half of big red, faya and pink rock. People here plonk Denali or LS engines under the different skin to make it look understated and win races for real money. Barry I love to read when someone talking hp/ton (power-weight ratio) my favorite golden rule to give thumbs up for any desert ride, this is my opinion based on my desert experience and frustration from so many labelled - king of the desert imposters: 60-80 hp/ton - Acceptable 80-100 hp/ton - Good 100-120 hp/ton - Very Good 120-140 hp/ton - Excellent 140-200 hp/ton - Rally or motorsport level 200 hp/ton above - Hill climb competition level

Shout out to all the women on the forum (if any)!!! Happy Women's Day!! May the force be always with you! Cheers to more pink cars and soft toys on dashboards!

you've been driving the 3rd most driven car here in the desert and downgrading to a lower car will leave you frustrated and kick you down again to the basics of learning to drive it in desert...

@Gaurav your new car falls in the last category. You should try it in Tal Moreeb. It might match the modified Patrols

Don't shoot me guys for saying this as I don't know whether WD40 is an approved belt dressing or not. I have tried WD40 to identify which one out of 3 belts is squeaking in my Pajero multiple times. It just that it creates a dalmatian spots mess in the engine bay, so now I put a big towel around and secure it properly before I spray WD40. TBH it seems this noise is because engine oil is low or what Saleem pointed that there may be some metal shaving, and some internal engine component is not happy.

If it's really a specific area wind noise bothering you then debug that area first as many times your mind doesn't read the exact source of the problem. My car recently involved in an accident where the garage has to change the door, after getting my car I was complaining about wind noise from that door. After 6-7 attempts, we figured out that half sliding window behind the driver was not locking properly due to debris and once clean and locked the window in its latch sound gone. Secondly, Pajero has a hole in passenger footwell that opens in the engine bay (firewall) and I have been sick of hearing my engine roaring and humming inside the cabin. I bought 10 GBP sound insulation sheet and just placed 1 on top of that hole and sound reduce by 75%. I still have 1 sheet to spare if you like to experiment PM me. Thirdly to actually debug the correct source of wind or engine noise, ask someone else to drive and then you follow the sound while on the passenger seat or back seat to actually trace the correct issue, while on the driving seat you will keep guessing and getting frustrated. Fourth, some tires DO MAKE LOT OF NOISE, google your tire decibel level rating to find out if its coming due to those. General noise type for you to figure out: Tires - constant humming and then deafening at high speed Wind noise - sharp whistling or gushing, link to speed Engine noise - roaring, but linked to engine rpm than the speed

They run at 79 BHP per tonne. Respectable. I've seen jimnys side sloping with patrols and the rest of the best. Plus you get the added benefit of running a 1.3 on the highway which is super economical. My wife wants one now. Price is putting me off though. Decent ones start around 40k+. I can have the same car for 5-10k back home. Price of them is massively inflated here.

Serteac hit the nail on the head, even the Armada technically being a "Japanese" car was made in the USA for the USA full size SUV segment, to go against the likes of the Tahoe and Frord Explorers and Expeditions. Japanese really dont bother with such stuff.

Mitsubishi and Honda should just retire from making cars. Its painful to see the crap they are putting out. Oh wait, I take that back, Honda should be given temporary stay of execution aa they did just put out the new NSX, although I dont like it at all. Mitsubishi might as well just be making beige dress pants, will be less boring than their current car line up.

Good luck with that. Go to 99% of mechanics or parts shops and ask for a bottle of belt dressing and they will look at you with a empty stare of a zombie that has been dead for a 1000yrs.

Just updating the thread, below Accessories shop is quite good in work and price

Yesterday I was talking to my doctor & after knowing my occupation and job structure he advised - You must exercise more. Don't buy cold drinks from stalls. Beer and whiskey better to avoid completely. Drink more plain water. Don't drive or take taxi when going out. Walk more or Take public transport. Don't eat out.. Eat less meat, seafood and fast-food. Keep to vegetarian diet if possible. I nodded & asked - May I know what's wrong with me? He answered - Your are on a very low salary my friend.. That's why.