Sounds like the rental company purchased the "Ad Vehicles" designed to get you into the Jeep dealership, the ones you would never buy. I've seen several lately that have been sitting since last September and was told they really don't even want to sell them. Can you say "bait and switch"?

 

The notable exception is that they all have heated mirrors - something that my '08 (which is very well equipped) does not have. I'm a little jealous. Is that standard equipment now or something?

I just got my UK spec Patriot Sport and it has the heated mirrors. The mirrors also power-fold flat against the car which is great for tight parking spaces. You've got to remember to unfold them before driving but it's a real cool feature.

 

I just got my UK spec Patriot Sport and it has the heated mirrors.

Export Patriots have had heated mirrors from the beginning. The mirror folding with earlier models is manual though.

 

im quite happy with my strip d down Sport 4x4..
JEEPS are meant to get you where a car wont..:smiley_thumbs_up:

 

This simply shows that the PAT is an all around vehicle...
Of all the vehicles available out there, they still chose the PAT and its good to hear that...

 

They all have the yucky steel wheels

Hey now some of us like our steel wheels!

My Pat was a dealer rental. It was mostly stripped down but that's how I like my vehicles. All I need is 4WD and A/C.

 

Jeep Patriot is a horrible rental vehicle. they are usually bare bones and do not have the seat height adjuster. throw in the fact that rental car companies poorly maintain their vehicles (minus a few good companies like National and Avis), and you end up having a bad experience with the Patriot that leaves many with a bad taste in their mouth about the product. rental car companies LOVE the Patriot because they are dirt cheap to buy as fleet vehicles from Chrysler, and can be classified as an SUV so they can charge more for it.

i like the Patriot as a product, but i try to avoid having them as rental vehicles for the above stated reasons.

 

This means that some jeep are used for rentals. That's nice to hear. I just thought that only SUVs are for rentals. LOL.

 

I bought mine from a rental company for only 12g'sand it had about 20kmiles on it!! Still runs great at 42kmiles. I always go this rental company to get my cars.They are cheap and are usually in excellent shape

 

I think down here Enterprise Rentals use them, and people here BEAT THE PISS out of them. I remember asking to turn one on when I was searching for a Pat, the engine was knocking!! screw that, everyone beats on rental cars, I'd never buy one