because a couple cheap AMC Eagles have been popping up around and I would only take the Merc to fix up and flip for an AMC Eagle. But that requires me shipping the Merc up to Rhode Island and I have enough things to take up there.
Besides, I like to make things go fast and perform better than stock, and early 2000's Mercs can NOT be fucked with like that. :barf:
On top of that, I can get a rusted out, $500 fully loaded 1998 Grand Cherokee, yank the whole drivetrain out of it, almost literally bolt it all in an AMC Eagle... and then use the power heated leather seats and gauges and console IN the car... PLUS I have a supercharger waiting to be bolted to an engine...
Why? Because I want THE ORIGINAL crossover... and it has to be fast.