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#61 ·
125. You turn on the a/c and it smells like wet socks.
126. You read the term "It's a Jeep thing.", and you get it.
127. You hide/store things in the spare tire compartment.

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#62 ·
128. You're stuck in the snow and you have to wonder if "ESP OFF" is really ESP OFF. :doh:
 
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#66 ·
lol number 129 defiantly did that
 
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#67 ·
Lol, they told me about that flashlight when I was looking at it and I was like "I'm definitely getting it now". But that wasn't the reason that made me buy it. I loved it when I test drove it. Anyway, back to the list



132. The first upgrade for you is a hitch.

133. The second upgrade is exhaust because you DO realize that the stock exhaust is really ugly, but you don't want to paint it black

134. Even though it's FWD, it's still a Jeep, and you want to make it your off-road vehicle.
 
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135. You find yourself spying on the Dodge Caliber forums looking for any tips or mods that you might make work on your Patriot.

136. Your wife calls you in a panic because she thinks the CVT finally blew because it won't go over 30 when acutally she auto-sticked it into 1 when she tried to put a route 44 sonic cup in the cup holder.

137. You like to watch people in amazement when you can go form 0 to 60 without the tach moving.
 
#70 ·
139. You walk away from a terrible car accident with a broken rib instead of in a body bag.
140. You buy a 2011 and dont have to worry about painting the muffler black now:)
 
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#73 ·
142. you laugh when people say your Patriot is not a "legit 4x4" because you didn't buy it to go rock crawling.

143. You use the phrase "It does what I need it to do."
 
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144. Forget about all the stuff you put in the Spare tire compartment

145. Get used to removing the glove box to remove leaves from the blower cage

146. When the first thing you want to do when you return home is to take the pat for a drive and feel horriable that you left her just sitting in the driveway (its been 3 months now)

147. Stare at your desktop background which is set to your favorite picture of your Patriot instead of getting work accomplished.
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#75 ·
145. Get used to removing the glove box to remove leaves from the blower cage?????
what is this blower cage you speak of
 
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#77 ·
Ignatz said:
124. You wind the tach up to 5000 in 1st gear because you forgot to nudge the CVT back into D at the stop sign. :doh:
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Done many many times. You just think "I know this is a slow car but it shouldn't be this slow"



146. You have to use the 'manual' shift in you CVT to keep the RPM above 3000rpm at all times while carrying a heavy load in traffic so you don't have a 5 second delay between accelerating and actually speeding up.

147. When people are amazed with your fuel consumption (when not carrying a heavy load)

148. You have a well prepared speech explaining what a CVT is.

149. You think your car looks so cool from one angle, but from another it is extremely ugly.

150. You want a Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.7L V8......... well that's probably just me.

151. You use the roof of your car as an armrest when standing next to it because it is so low to the ground.
 
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153. You go to work and realize that your "jeep" goes off road more than those other "real jeep" owners
 
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