For three years I have been wanting a Patriot, at long last the dream came true!
I would like to introduce for the first time my 2011 Jeep Patriot FDII 70th Anniversary Edition.
I called to conclude the deal last Tuesday and picked it up on Friday. I would have liked to pick it up sooner but with working out of town for 12ish hours a day didn't leave me with much options. Well since this is my very first NEW vehicle I would like to tell you all the story
.
I first spotted my Patriot last year while driving past the lot and stopped to look at it. I was very impressed with the interior and the colour of the 70th Anniversary. Many months later I went back to the dealer to look at ordering a 2012 or buying an older 08 and was talking with the salesman about this nice 70th Anniversary that I had seen a while back. He said they still had it and asked if I wanted to look at it. After looking at some numbers I walked out because I only just started looking at dealers and didn't want to jump on the first deal I saw. So I started dealing with a couple of dealers and getting numbers from all of them to compare. I had my Uncle call the first dealer to see if he could get me a better deal on the 70th (he is very familiar with this dealer and has bought many a vehicles from them, including a Furious Fuchsia
Dodge Challenger R/T Classic, it appears the only one made without a sunroof.) . They did lower the price on the 70th from when I first talked with them so I went to the dealer with my support group, father, girlfriend, best friend, to see if I could play hardball and get the price lowered even more or have the dealer risk losing a customer. This was a big failure the dealer stood strong and so I walked. Anyway to get to the point the other dealers were really screwing me with my trade in value and I was getting this 70th (limited) for the price of brand new north. So I made the call and began my wait (4 days, I feel sorry for you that had to wait approx. 3 months).
I drove it home and got it all dirty (melting snow). Before I picked it up I got them to add splash guards and utility cross rails.
For its "maiden voyage" my dad and I took her up to Saskatoon this past weekend to watch the Brier.
It had 32 km when I first picked it up (10 km was from my first test drive when I walked away). It now has about 700 km I believe. My first legit gas milage was 19.6 mpg. A lot lower than I expected. That was pretty much all highway going 100km/h - 110km/h and a bit of easy city driving. To my understanding I believe that new vehicles take a while to get into their groove and improve either gas milage, fee free to correct me.
Details about my jeep are as follows:
2011 Jeep Patriot 70th Anniversary Edition
FDII off road group
430 Media Center (without nav)
Utility Cross Bars
Jeep Molded Splash Guards
Bronze Star Pearl
I think I have attatched a picture from when I first walked away. I will try to get more pictures up when I get home.
Thank you all for reading and I look forward to "officially" being apart of this forum.
Braydan
I would like to introduce for the first time my 2011 Jeep Patriot FDII 70th Anniversary Edition.
I called to conclude the deal last Tuesday and picked it up on Friday. I would have liked to pick it up sooner but with working out of town for 12ish hours a day didn't leave me with much options. Well since this is my very first NEW vehicle I would like to tell you all the story
.I first spotted my Patriot last year while driving past the lot and stopped to look at it. I was very impressed with the interior and the colour of the 70th Anniversary. Many months later I went back to the dealer to look at ordering a 2012 or buying an older 08 and was talking with the salesman about this nice 70th Anniversary that I had seen a while back. He said they still had it and asked if I wanted to look at it. After looking at some numbers I walked out because I only just started looking at dealers and didn't want to jump on the first deal I saw. So I started dealing with a couple of dealers and getting numbers from all of them to compare. I had my Uncle call the first dealer to see if he could get me a better deal on the 70th (he is very familiar with this dealer and has bought many a vehicles from them, including a Furious Fuchsia
Dodge Challenger R/T Classic, it appears the only one made without a sunroof.) . They did lower the price on the 70th from when I first talked with them so I went to the dealer with my support group, father, girlfriend, best friend, to see if I could play hardball and get the price lowered even more or have the dealer risk losing a customer. This was a big failure the dealer stood strong and so I walked. Anyway to get to the point the other dealers were really screwing me with my trade in value and I was getting this 70th (limited) for the price of brand new north. So I made the call and began my wait (4 days, I feel sorry for you that had to wait approx. 3 months).
I drove it home and got it all dirty (melting snow). Before I picked it up I got them to add splash guards and utility cross rails.
For its "maiden voyage" my dad and I took her up to Saskatoon this past weekend to watch the Brier.
It had 32 km when I first picked it up (10 km was from my first test drive when I walked away). It now has about 700 km I believe. My first legit gas milage was 19.6 mpg
. A lot lower than I expected. That was pretty much all highway going 100km/h - 110km/h and a bit of easy city driving. To my understanding I believe that new vehicles take a while to get into their groove and improve either gas milage, fee free to correct me.Details about my jeep are as follows:
2011 Jeep Patriot 70th Anniversary Edition
FDII off road group
430 Media Center (without nav)
Utility Cross Bars
Jeep Molded Splash Guards
Bronze Star Pearl
I think I have attatched a picture from when I first walked away. I will try to get more pictures up when I get home.
Thank you all for reading and I look forward to "officially" being apart of this forum
.Braydan
