You mean ford Exploder. LOL. Ask your local tech Im sure thats how he would explain a ford explorer as. Do I bit more research on that onei would take the nissan over the cherokee, but i would take a ford explorer over both. DId research and for 1998 and 1999 explorer is the way to go. The most suv's sold in north america are ford explorers.
my sister in law has a jeep commando and it has been nothing but a problem vehicle for her. it has the hemi in it. i have 2 nissans a frontier and a xterra and never had a single hicup out of them. just the usual maintenance. just my .02wow. i was deadset ona cherokee, but it seems like EVERYbody is rec the pathfinder. another hmmmmmmmmmmmm....