Monster Jeep Burns Gas as It Takes on Porsche, BMW SUVs
Twelve miles per gallon. That’s all the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 4x4 gets around town. As a privileged, high-horsepower SUV, this special edition seems primed for a Hummer level of vilification.
Why is it that the stuff that’s most fun is also the worst for us? By any rational measure, the Grand Cherokee SRT8 is about as necessary as a single-pronged fork. But it’s also a 5,150-pound hunk of hurtling, bombastic fun.
I don’t think I could look a polar bear in the eye after stepping out of the $54,470 Jeep ($61,785 as tested). I’d done our environment wrong, repeatedly lighting up tires from stop lights.
This juggernaut of American excess will break average highway speed limits in 4.8 seconds. And you can find yourself a quarter mile down the road in around 13 seconds from a standing start if you never let up on the go pedal.
My reward for these transgressions? An average mpg of 13.4. Geez, I really am a bad person, despite what my mom says.
Bergenfield: Police Blotter, April 19
Vehicle without inspection sticker leads to arrest
On Wednesday, April 4 at 8:35 a.m., Officer Eric Ost was on patrol driving north on Washington Avenue when he saw a gray Honda without an inspection sticker turn into a parking lot, according to reports.
Ost conducted a motor vehicle stop of the Honda in the N. Washington Avenue parking lot, police said. Upon approaching the driver, identified as Joseph M. Bolger, 54, of Englewood , Ost asked him to provide his license, insurance card and registration.
Ost checked Bolger’s driver’s license and learned he had an active Englewood warrant for $120 for failing to appear in court for a marked turning lane summons, police said.
Bolger was transported to the Englewood Police Department where he was turned over to officers there for the active warrant, according to reports.
Bergenfield police issued Bolger a motor vehicle summons for failure to inspect.
Officer observes car striking sign; arrests driver
exactly 5 hp more than the 2009 Porsche Cayenne Turbo S, 52 hp more than a Mercedes-Benz ML63 AMG and 135 hp more than a Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 .
