Nothing at all, owned by an Elderly Couple in Georgia since new and has had what some consider "excessive regular maintenance" for example they had all fluids flushed and changed every 3000 miles since new, replaced timing chain, gear, oil pump, radiator and trans-cooler every 100,000 miles as well as other small things I don't have the time to list. I am going to keep up what they started so it will keep on keeping on.
No rust either and the paint is still shiny so I am not sure if it has been repainted or not.
The seats are the most comfortable I've ever sat in and do not get lumpy or uncomfortable as I commute 300 miles a day in it.
I love the gas mileage believe it or not which is almost a solid 20mpg regardless of where or how I drive.
The 4 wheel drive is great because it doesn't do that weird steering wheel yanking thing other 4 wheel drives do when you turn.
The air conditioner is ice cold and the heat is very warm however it's only designed to come out of the floor vents.
The rear window is convenient because you can put the key in, turn it, and the tailgate folds down to reveal a pickup truck sized bed and you can even remove the rear seat or fold it up for large cargo!
The only negative comment I have about this is that when you drive it the Grand Wagoneer feels so long and also makes you feel like you are taking up a whole entire lane of road.
Well, most vehicles with at least four wheels DO take up an entire lane, that's not unusual.
A Grand Wagoneer with no rust, however, IS quite unusual.
What I meant about the taking up a whole lane is it feels A lot wider than most of the cars and SUV's I've driven before and on some roads I can have my left tires on the yellow line and the right ones will be over the white line.
Question...what engine do you have? Asking because I have a 87 grand wagoneer with over 110K miles just got couple weeks ago... was sitting for a few years and lifters sticking. Couple tiny rust spots, but body in great shape just needs lots of TLC and a bunch of new parts
Bill.
I hate to say this, but there is no way that your Grand Wagoneer gets 20 mpg! Straight off the assembly line they were supposed to get 11 city and 13 highway. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but the older a vehicle gets, the worse the mileage gets. And I know that it won't go up 7-9 miles per gallon.
Wow 20 mpg I don't even get that with a 2000 Chevy blazer, but my woody only gets a solid 15 at the most and that's highway. tell me how your getting 20 I will do anything right now to get mileage that good on mine and mine is a 1991.
My 87 Wagoneer gets 15 mpg, couldnt imagine only getting 7-8 mpg. My biggest problem is dust leaking around endgate, I have tried new weather stripping around endgate, any suggestions?
The older a vehicle gets, the better the gas mileage as it breaks in.
See here -- http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/4078.shtml.
The Fed says it gets 14-15 mpg.
Hey how you doing you really get 20 mpg?? Wow that's nice, I'm about to buy a 1987 in great condition, V8 360 5.9 I've seen many sites they say mpg is around 12-15 mpg, how do you get 20? Thanks! Email back please!
ignaciosagone@gmail.com
Take care!
I've never owned a Grand Wagoneer (yet!), but might be able to add something the "20 MPG controversy." 20 years ago I owned a 1974 Olds Delta 88 (22 feet long!) with the 455 V-8. I wanted something for 90% interstate driving. On the highway, the 455 got 20 mpg all the time. One factor I hadn't considered, brought up by a mechanic friend of mine, was that once you got something that heavy moving at 60 mph+, sheer momentum takes over most of the work. A friend who has a 1974 T-Bird with the 460 c.i. gets 16 mpg highway...
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