Frickin fiat!!!

I had two '92 Cherokees. a Sport and a Laredo. Both decent cars that I drove for hundreds of thousands of mile. 4.0 automatics. I still have one. When Grand Cherokee first came out with the V-8 I thought of upgrading. My neighbor was parts manager at a large Chicago suburb Chrysler dealer. He said 50% of the parts he sold were for Grand Cherokee and they considered them junk. So none for me. While checking axles for Jeeps at the factory where they were made about four years ago I noticed they were about the size of my thumb at best, and a far cry from the straight axles in my '92's. I mentioned this to the floor supervisor and he said they were strong, and had been tested at Baha. Really? Big deal...like testing a Tonka toy in a sandbox.