Learned the hard way with my buddy's Wrangler, not making that mistake myself

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So my best mate picked up a used JK Wrangler about four months ago and was over the moon about it until last weekend when we were heading toward Al Wathba and the thing started wobbling so violently on the highway I thought the front axle was going to part ways with the rest of the truck and we had to limp it back at sixty with the hazards on like a couple of muppets. Turned out the track bar bushings were completely shot and there was some sketchy welding on the steering stabilizer bracket that nobody caught because he just trusted the seller's word and a quick visual glance at a petrol station. Now I'm the one looking at a 2017 Grand Cherokee Overland and I told myself I'm not even going to entertain an offer unless I can get it properly looked over by someone who knows where these things hide their gremlins because Jeeps out here either get babied or they get flogged up and down the dunes every Friday and the difference isn't always obvious from a clean Carfax report. I found a place that seems to offer a real Jeep pre-purchase evaluation service where they actually take the time to check the suspension components and scan the transfer case module instead of just plugging in a generic OBD reader and calling it a day and honestly the three hundred odd dirhams or whatever it costs feels like free insurance considering what my mate is about to shell out for a full front end rebuild. I'm probably going to book it in for Wednesday if the seller doesn't flake so fingers crossed this one isn't hiding a swimming pool in the spare tire well.