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#21 ·
The Jeep is replacing a 2001 Mazda Tribute DX 5spd
Still have a 1999 Toyota 4Runner Limited
Before those was my 1988 Chevy S-10 Blazer
and somewhere in there a 1992 Fiat Chroma
 
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#22 ·
03 Subaru WRX
RallyCross Blue

I love the car, it's as fast a car as I could have ever wanted, handles like a dream, and is great in the snow. Just started our family, though... Good bye sports car, hello family car. I wanted the WRX for so long and am shedding one big alligator tear in trading it in. Feels like I am trading in a part of my youth with it. Looking forward to my 08 Patriot Sport to come in now, however... ordered on Friday the 13th!
 
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gluestick said:
03 Subaru WRX
RallyCross Blue

I love the car, it's as fast a car as I could have ever wanted, handles like a dream, and is great in the snow. Just started our family, though... Good bye sports car, hello family car. I wanted the WRX for so long and am shedding one big alligator tear in trading it in. Feels like I am trading in a part of my youth with it. Looking forward to my 08 Patriot Sport to come in now, however... ordered on Friday the 13th!
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I kinda feel the same way as you do about selling off your WRX. I absolutely loved my Jetta, but I wanted to get out of the car modding scene... and to stop dumping any more $$$ into my old Jetta :(
 
#25 ·
I traded in my '05 Scion xB for my '07 Patriot. The xB has an incredible amount of room for a vehicle that small. Insane gas mileage (34 city, 37 highway), fully loaded it was $14,900. Top-shelf build quality (Toyota). Smoothest shifting 5-spd I've ever driven. Great ease of entry in both front and rear doors.

The downsides of it were, although it is made well, and feels solid, it also feels tinny. Everything fit tightly and evenly, but it just felt a little thin in the sheet metal. (If that makes any sense) Also, the gearing of the 5-spd is optimized for city driving. That meant great get-up-and-go around town, but had the engine screaming at highways speeds. (4000+ rpms @ 70-75 mph... in contrast, my Patriot revs @ 2000rpms at the same speed) The automatic loses only 2 mpg but is better geared for the highway.
 
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#27 ·
'88 Chevy S-10 (blew the engine)
'90 GMC S-15 (blew the engine)
'91 Chrysler Imperial (parent's old car)
'92 Plymouth Lazer had at the same time as Imperial
'95 Jeep G. Cherokee Limited same time as Lazer
'01 Chevy Impala with Jeep
'96 Chevy Tahoe with Impala
'00 Chevy Malibu with Impala Totaled the Tahoe
'00 Chevy 1500 Extended Cab with Impala only had Malibu for 2 months
'03 SAAB 9-3 with 1500
'03 Land Rover Discovery with SAAB
'07 Jeep Patriot with SAAB Only had Discovery for 3 months GAS SUCKS!!
Thats it for now!!
 
#28 ·
jeepgee said:
Me too I also drove a Mazda 6 great sport sedan for the money fun to drive.
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Completely agree. I loved that car, especially when I was working at a job that required a TON of out of town (2-3 hrs) driving.

I didn't give it up b/c I needed to, I just loved the Pat so much I had to get it!!!!

NOT to mention the positive equity I had in the Mazda, it retained it's value very very well.
 
#30 ·
Gave away my 2000 Suzuki Vitara. It was a tank but totally reliable and I swear it could climb a tree. Also have a 2005 smart Pulse Cabrio

We live 4 kms back a dirt road so the Pat is great for bad weather or when the road is mud.
 
#35 ·
My Dodge Neon

1998 with 200K miles on it,
Still love that car,
Am keeping that car,
200K miles and no problems not worth giving up,

Also had a 1990 Cherokee sport,
which i used for work,

Just got my Patriot yesterday,
love my ride
 
#36 ·
It is funny how many have owned VW's before. We currently have a 06 Commander and a 99 Cherokee and have been shopping for a new car for my wife. Of course the Patriot was on our list along with Honda Civic and VW Jetta or Passat. After lots of going back and forth we ended up getting a really good deal on a 07 Passat Wolfsburg Edition. I still would like a Patriot in the future but kind of liked the idea of having one good gas milage car in the family also. If you drive a Commander and a Cherokee you know what I mean.
 
#37 ·
2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport w/193k+ miles and still going. It'll be a sad day to turn it in, but hopefully worth it for the Pat.
 
#39 ·
chronilogical:
76 Malibu Classic
76 4x4 K5 Blazer "blue monster"
84 Fiero - best in the canyons
86 4x4 4.2L Wrangler stick "moving violation" - best off road
89 Cherokee - least favorite
80? Volvo 760? Turbo "the whopty mobile" - best on the freeway
91 Camry
01 Malibu
05 4x4 Explorer (best on long drives)
08 4x4 PATRIOT stick :pepper: should have it next month!!!!!!!!!!
 
#40 ·
1998 Jeep Cherokee (wish they still made this one--served me well and continues to be my sister-in-law's vehicle)
1996 Suzuki Grand Vitara (ruined my love affair with Suzuki--constant problems)
1990 Suzuki Samurai (cemented my love affair with Suzuki)
1986 Suzuki SJ410
1980 Suzuki (the original 800 cc go no faster than 65 mph model)
 
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