[onewhippedpuppy]

The Explorer of that era is pretty mediocre compared to most of the imports, but generally reliable and cheap to own. The Liberty has a lot of little nitpicky issues like many Chrysler products, I personally wouldn't buy one. Unless you pay a big premium for the diesel the MPG sucks too.

If I were getting an SUV I would prefer to get a real one, personally I'd go with a 4Runner. Actually that's not true, I'd go bigger and get another Land Cruiser. Selling my FJ80 was a big mistake. $10k gets a UZJ100 that gives you lots of space inside, tons of off road capability, a really nice high quality interior, and bulletproof reliability.