Well my wife and I went to go look at a 4x4 Latitude with the 2.4 here in town. Unfortunately it was already sold. So they handed us the keys to a FWD Latitude, since that was the only 4x4 they had. We have never been in or driven a Patriot and wanted to get a feel for it, to make sure it meets our needs.
Everything was great, ample room and ride comfort was much improved over her Hyundai Veloster. The major complaint I had was the noisy under powered engine. This thing was a dog. I may be a little biased, since my daily is a 600HP supercharged Tundra, but this thing could barley merge into traffic on the HWY. Smash the gas and I thought it was going to blow up it made so much noise and not going anywhere.
So we got back and I told the sales guy my concerns and I don't see this thing towing anything. Well we soon realized it had the 2.0 motor. That being said the 2.4 only has 15-20 more HP/TQ. Doesn't seem like a hole lot more. Is the 2.4 that much better in the real world? I know it's not a race car, but that 2.0 was just sorry.
Anyone have some real world experience with the 2.0 vs 2.4? The other dealer in town has a 2.4 FWD. I may try to see if I can test drive it. The original dealer is trying to work out a trade with the one 6hrs away in Oklahoma. Hope they can work something out and save us a trip. I just want to make sure the 2.4 runs and performs a little better, especially since we plan to tow 1500lbs.
Everything was great, ample room and ride comfort was much improved over her Hyundai Veloster. The major complaint I had was the noisy under powered engine. This thing was a dog. I may be a little biased, since my daily is a 600HP supercharged Tundra, but this thing could barley merge into traffic on the HWY. Smash the gas and I thought it was going to blow up it made so much noise and not going anywhere.
So we got back and I told the sales guy my concerns and I don't see this thing towing anything. Well we soon realized it had the 2.0 motor. That being said the 2.4 only has 15-20 more HP/TQ. Doesn't seem like a hole lot more. Is the 2.4 that much better in the real world? I know it's not a race car, but that 2.0 was just sorry.
Anyone have some real world experience with the 2.0 vs 2.4? The other dealer in town has a 2.4 FWD. I may try to see if I can test drive it. The original dealer is trying to work out a trade with the one 6hrs away in Oklahoma. Hope they can work something out and save us a trip. I just want to make sure the 2.4 runs and performs a little better, especially since we plan to tow 1500lbs.
