Living with a Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT in... LONDON!

After owning the SRT for several months, Olly and Tommo discuss what it is like to live with, whilst trying to make some changes to the 205 GTI.

[@familytravels6785]

Good stuff mate. Great video

[@knightu1642]

Beautiful Trackhawk! Can you believe I've never seen one in person yet and I live in Orlando, Florida! Awesome vid!!!

[@ARDEN440i]

18 MPG actually ain't as bad as you'd think for a 6.4. I get that in a potsy 2.0L turbo

[@PaulB440]

Considering one of these too. Where are the online forums you mentioned (particularly any that are UK focused) as I want to read up a bit more. Thanks!

[@NaturallyAspirated]

The UK Jeep SRT and Trackhawk Owners group on FB is a great one for information! Really good community on there

[@PaulB440]

@@NaturallyAspirated yup, thanks. Found them, and bought one a couple of weeks ago :)

[@robhothelandlord]

@@PaulB440 Hey Steve. How are you finding the car after six months? 😁

[@PaulB440]

@@robhothelandlord it's the wife's car technically, but it's good. I need to convince her to get an exhaust on it but she's not having any of it... :)

[@robhothelandlord]

@@PaulB440 Cheers Steve. I was hoping the two replies I had back from yourself and the main guys were negative! Ha ha! I just like the thought of owing a 6.4, although the sensible me has seen the Dacia Bigster will be coming out sometime which looks visually meaty, but woefully "pedal bike-y" in engine size!"

[@YegaSRT]

Good luck getting a Trackhawk mate, really, I've been looking for one for a while now and only seen 1 come up for sale couple months back but I wasn't ready for it then. Looking at SRTs at the moment to fill that gap. Maybe stick a charger on it :D

[@NaturallyAspirated]

I can highly recommend the SRT, however those Trackhawks are a different level by the looks of things! Olly

[@YegaSRT]

@@NaturallyAspirated Indeed. Had a guy message me yesterday actually saying he's got one that he might be looking to sell (Trackhawk that is) but it's like double the money. Low mileage SRT is just shy of £40k at the moment, which isn't too bad. Have you looked at service costs on the SRT?

[@adelayed889]

@@YegaSRT I’ll sell you my track hawk hip me uo

[@faisalfaruque2849]

Thinking of selling my f82 m4 for a srt GC or trackhawk. I have a charger srt in Dubai which is awesome, but want one in the UK. Best rhd option seems to be the Jeep. Trackhawk is too expensive though and it seems most of them have appreciated

[@YegaSRT]

@@faisalfaruque2849 There seem to be quite a lot of THs on sale in the UK now, a lot more than when I was originally looking. Going to an SRT from that BMW you probably wont notice much power difference, except for being able to put it down a lot better. So if you're looking for an upgrade I'd go TH.

[@michaeljohn7405]

The V6 grand Cherokee makes 300 HP and with power adders you can get to 400 HP fast and not pay a premium for insurance or special taxes.

[@NaturallyAspirated]

No HEMI soundtrack though! 🤷‍♂️

[@t8506]

V6s are rubbish

[@louis6.4L]

HEMI V8 Is totally different to the 3.0 V6 turbo diesel Jeep Grand Cherokee. From first hand experience, there’s no comparison

[@Ihateironyanddumbusernames]

There's always that guy in the comments

[@jamrah8713]

The V6 turbo diesel is shit. The engine that is a big reason jeeps get so much shiit for reliability.

[@robhothelandlord]

Hi Buddy. Just wondered if you still own this and how your feel about owning one in 2023. I've just realised that they've gone now in price! Many thanks.

[@NaturallyAspirated]

Hey! I no longer own this, however I certainly wouldn't rule out owning another one. My issue is purely location based and also being a bit spontaneous with car purchases! I loved the car and couldn't recommend highly enough.

[@robhothelandlord]

@@NaturallyAspirated Thanks very much! I watched your clip with great interest!

[@imperialsecuritybureau6037]

If you think 16 mpg is bad... try 11.3 average! In London also, also a Jeep but it's the WK Grand Cherokee, 5.7L. Fun to drive but not to pay for. Road tax is also of the 'get shafted' tier. Fun nevertheless. This newer version looks nice, comfy inside too.

[@NaturallyAspirated]

The "get shafted" tier is being applied to more and more cars now ! I can confirm it is very comfy!

[@knightu1642]

I'm jealous now!

[@darrenfoster2607]

I cant believe you took it for one of those car washes 🙈 That's sacrilege mate

[@NaturallyAspirated]

It was a desperate act for a desperately dirty car... it hasn't happened again. I promise!

[@darrenfoster2607]

@@NaturallyAspirated I hope not mr 🧐

[@edwardmurray8507]

Olly just how bad is the fuel consumption?... Thats the only thing holding me back as my commute to work is about to get a bit bigger.

[@NaturallyAspirated]

Hi Edward! It depends entirely on what kind of driving your commute is, I regularly did a 35 mile journey to Kent from central/east London it averaged between 21-27mpg depending on traffic etc... however when you get out on the open road, the V8 will call you to floor it, so I didn't worry about MPG its more smiles per gallon!

[@edwardmurray8507]

@@NaturallyAspirated ok cool thanks for the info. I have always liked these. I was so focused on economy vehicles that I failed to realise that, even in a gas guzzler, my minimal commute anf annual mileage would've allowed for one. However, i am now going to be moving further away from work, so I'm not sure it'll be the right choice. I have tried to convince my wife to get one, but she's not keen on them. Where are you based and what do you do for a job? My sister lives in Dulwich and I sometimes visit. Prior to that, she lived in Limehouse.

[@Jeepin290]

Nice Jeep!

[@JW1_1]

What is the insurance and tax like?

[@NaturallyAspirated]

It is in the top UK tax bracket so slightly above £500 and insurance was high, central london location and my age at the time played a factor, lets say between 2-3k. Hope that helps!

[@JW1_1]

Bloody hell. I had a 2007 Nissan Murano and it was basically the same price even though it was a smaller engine (3.5 V6) but I live in West London (zone 4). That was 5 years ago, I kept it for the year then had to let it go because it was killing me. My bro has an X5 and that's a V8, doesn't pay anywhere near that price but its not as comfy lol

[@NaturallyAspirated]

@@JW1_1 Who knows how insurance companies come up with the prices these days!

[@iandorling]

Not too bad on fuel to be fair

[@NaturallyAspirated]

Certainly could have been worse!

[@Minkjedi333]

If this comment gets 100 likes you have to get a supercharger for it....

[@prettyboypauly4300]

eww bro get the exhaust did cus it’s too quite

[@lordbeezy1349]

Get the exhaust did.. lmao

[@mob9164]

Sheesh imagine that bih in Europe omm u funna break necks !!! That trackhawk hit different