# Should I keep my 2001 Jeep Cherokee? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** cherokee, jeep\ **Created:** [January 1, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i-keep-my-2001-jeep-cherokee/131803 "2019-01-01T21:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gwyneth1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/gwyneth1/32/14297_2.png) [@Gwyneth1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Gwyneth1)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 9:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i-keep-my-2001-jeep-cherokee/131803/1 "2019-01-01T21:55:04Z")
I have a jeep with 190,000 miles on it. Is it worth keeping? Should I just get a new engine? Or not… ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i-keep-my-2001-jeep-cherokee/131803/2 "2019-01-01T22:12:23Z")
We get these type questions all the time. If you feel the need to ask this, maybe in your mind a new car is already time and you are looking for confirmation. Confirmed! Sell your Cherokee and buy something else. The reason I say this is; Even IF the car is in wonderful shape, everything IN the car has 200K miles and 17 years on it. It isn’t worth a new engine. If it looks a bit tatty and needs paint and seatcovers and… and… and… the $$$ spend will just keep coming. From a financial standpoint, makes no sense. Now if you have an emotional attachment to it… that’s another matter… ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2019, 1:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/should-i-keep-my-2001-jeep-cherokee/131803/3 "2019-01-02T01:03:04Z")
Sure, why not keep it? All of my vehicles are older than your Jeep and I don’t plan on giving them away. > [@Gwyneth1](#): > > Should I just get a new engine? Has the engine failed or do you just want to keep an extra engine in stock just in case you will need one?