Posted on 03/12/2019 10:05:07 PM PDT by NorseViking
On a cold afternoon in late January, I pulled into an industrial side-street of Saint Petersburg. There, I met with a man who Ill refer to as Oleg.
Oleg drives a 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJan Orvis Edition with a 5.2-liter V8. As we stood chatting by the hood of his car, many heads turned, and a fair share of strangers offered their thumbs up. A few others asked if the car was for sale, to which Oleg responded, ominously: takiye mashini ne prodayutsya (cars like this dont go up for sale).
In America, the Grand Cherokee ZJ is at the roughest stage of its life cycle. Its not quite a classic, like a Grand Wagoneer or CJ, but its by no means contemporary either. Its in resale value purgatorythe hand-me-down, high-school parking lot phase of its life. But in Russia, the ZJ is one of few traces left of what many Russians call the wild 90s. Oleg and I went on to discuss where this reputation comes from. Needless to say, things got deep.
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