Here's my two cents. 1. Practicality. I wanted a vehicle I can take the wife and two kids in comfortably on road trips so we didn't use her Subaru for everything.
2. Price. No further explanation needed here. The best value in its class (IMO).
3. Gas mileage. A 4-door V6 or V8 truck was what I dreamed of getting, but couldn't justify their gas hog nature.
4. Comfortability. This vehicle had more than ample leg room for my 6-2 frame.
5. I just liked the look of the Patriot over similar vehicles in this class. It was one that just seemed to call out to me the first time I saw one. Hard to explain it any other way.

 

I thought all along that if Jeep could make a decent crossover that they would sell well.
I like the fuel mileage and the looks.
It has plenty of power.
True, it doesn't have the prowess my Cherokee had, but a jump in 10 miles per gallon make up for the difference.
Face it, I won't be rock crawling or off roading.
All I need is a small CUV that can pull my boat.
So the Patriot meets my needs perfectly.
But best of all it's a Jeep.

 

basically i bought mine because i liked the features the limited has, for the price and the fact it is a nice looking suv. its 4x4 so thats awesome since never know when i may need to be off road chasing a tornado. biggest things i dont like is never owned a 4 cylinder before and wonder if it can handle running 2 times the speed limit for hours on end plus i never cared about fuel mileage of effencey so i wish it would have at least a large V6 or small V8. other than that it is a great little suv

 

I made up a spreadsheet and kept adding and subtracting parameters as they filtered in.

I was looking for ability to haul my stuff for work so I needed a specific amount of cargo space and it had to be configured right...so all the curvy SUVs dropped out. So did the ones with grocery getter rear sills...I need the flat floor/sill arrangement, not a trunk.

I was looking for fuel mileage so all the V8s, most of the V6's dropped out, leaving the SUVs and CUVs with 4 bangers. Wish they sold an inexpensive diesel. But they won't...

I was looking for price...my work involves a lot of driving along industrial roads, logging roads and onto mill sites, dam sites, mines, etc. So we trash vehicles and additionally put on a ton of miles. My insurance lady tells me I drive over triple what they expect a local driver to do and around double what they expect a Fraser Valley resident commuting into Vancouver to do...so lots of kms. So you end up sort of having to throw the vehicle away after 5-7 years.

So I weighted each attribute I needed/wanted with a numerical value, has Excel do its thing and even cheating the Patriot came out on top in every scenario I built. Everytime. This process took 6 months. Not steady but poking at it after supper, pull up a website, input some data, look at what happened.

I'm now 13,000km (3 months) into my Patriot and couldn't be happier.

 

Because I'm man enough to not need to compensate for a small...uh....thing with a wrangler or other hard core offroad vehicle. Plus it has good gas mileage and the color compliments my driveway.epper:

 

The gas mileage, with the 4WD capability in the snow. The wagon style body that can carry more cargo than the Compass. Jeep reliability, to match our other vehicle, a Liberty. Since I work for Chrysler, employee pricing

 

I really cannot understand what the big deal with fuel economy is... i usually drive 15,000 miles a year at the low end to somewhere around 30,000 miles a year and have never cared how much fuel i use. plus more fuel used means more emissions into the atomsphere so i can get much more severe weather and much more violent tornadoes to chase. the more violent the more money i make chasing them.

 

Fine.
We get it.
You are different.
Stop spamming every thread with your position on fuel mileage.
We got it the first time, certainly the second time, for sure the third.

And a question: if you are chasing one of your storms, filming so you can sell a DVD and you see a house get torn apart that you just saw Mom and kids run into...do you stop filming your DVD that you can sell and rush to help any survivors or do you keep on filming...so you can sell more DVDs?

 

depends... greensburg kansas we did search and rescue, joplin we hung around for a little while and helped with radio communications for first responders. all depends on the event and what other storms are in the area.

 

I bought mine as a replacement for my 96 XJ Cherokee. I don't go rockclimbing (at least not in a vehicle) or mudding, so I didn't need that kind of 4X4 system. I wanted something similar in appearance to the XJ, and similar in utilitarian design. Got what I was after, handles rain and snow better and more stable than the XJ, way better gas mileage and I just like it.

 

more fuel use also helps the mid east countries that Obama's wars destroyed rebuild.

 

1. It's a Jeeply looking Jeep with round headlights and boxy design.
2. It has pretty good space for it's size, so I can carry more stuff.
3. It has reasonable fuel economy compared to the other SUVs.
4. It can go offroad to just the right amount I'm prepared to go.

 

I bought mine for mileage. I was driving 1000+ miles a month when I bought it to replace my HHR. The HHR was useless on snow. The Patriot is great in snow. I even used it to pull the CJ with a snow plow out out from being stuck once! The cargo capacity is excellent. I seldom drive of the road, but I will not stay home because of a blizzard. It's a Minnesota thing. The other thing is I'm a Jeep guy, I had a hard time being seen in that Chevrolet.

 

I bought it for the price, and space.
I was never a fan of jeeps for daily drivers,
Had an xj, had other jeeps in the household, 2 wranglers, 2 GC's, liberty,
But for daily driver I prefered smaller and sportier,
Now with house in upstate ny, and 1 in pa I am always hauling stuff around,
So suv suit my needs, I also surf fish and like taking the jeep on the beach, but that is a perk not a must for me.

 

Well first it's a Jeep.
Second down under they dropped the price - couldn't believe how cheap it was
And still retained the Jeeps hard edged tough DNA . The boxy look and big snout are very unique.
Also good mileage and not too big to be a pain parking wise. I live inner city so this is important.
Also drives well

 

Reasons are two fold, why a 4x4, and why a Patriot.

I'd had a Forester for 5 years, but it was time to change. I like the higher driving position, and the extra space inside for our camping gear, that a 4x4 offers.

I like the look of the Patriot, there's not many going about. The price was good, and there's gadgets aplenty inside.

 

I drive 100 miles a day for my commute to work. I needed decent mileage, and good 4x4 capability. Coming from a Chevy Tracker, one of the few vehicles to make my driveway in winter, and a 4cyl, I didn't want to be buying more gas either.

I originally looked at the Liberty, but mileage wasn't good enough.

I need the mileage, the clearance, 4x4 capability, and the room in the back for stuff.

Over 90K miles now, and going to trade for a 2012 soon.

 

wait you are going to give up the lifetime warranty? I am going to drive the wheels off mine

 

gas mileage for me although I am starting to wonder why else I bought it? In my ignorance I thought this could provide a replacement for the cherokee XJ but now I start to wonder. Not that I am trashing the Pat, but compared to EVERY other jeep platform there is so little available for aftermarket parts. I would gladly pay some extra money for better suspension and with most jeeps a 2" lift will allow for 32" + tires!!!
But, i shouldnt complain...the mileage is fantastic and it makes a perfect camping/fishing wagon.....I think maybe this is my issue :S

Rant finished

 

AWD, MPG, heated seats and cost.

 

i can see the awd, and the heated seats being important but cost and mpg... not really.

 

I wanted heated seats and the PAT cost less than a Forester.

 

I traded my 98 Grand Cherokee for my Patriot. It was getting alot wrong with it, and would've became a money pit if I fixed everything that needed to be fixed. I was better off trading it, and the MPG were killing me. This way I was able to stay with a 4X4 with better MPG, as well as stay with the JEEP brand. Those that say Patiorts aren't a real JEEP are just full of crap!

 

Jeepboi.. not everyone cares so little about mpg and cost. If you have all this extra money i'll be willing to help you with that.

 

At first I thought he was joking or being sarcastic,
Now I don't know.

 

If mileage were not an issue for me, I'd be driving a Wrangler Unlimited.

 

Same here. :smiley_thumbs_up:

 

1. Wanted something fun to drive
2. Wanted something good on fuel
3. Always wanted a Jeep
4. Loved the look of these since they were introduced
5. Practical wagon type vehicle for my family

 

In order of importance....

1. Ability to get through all but the most severe winter weather conditions
2. Relatively decent fuel economy for it's features
3. It's a Jeep and looks like one!
4. Towing with 4WD/AWD to help with poor ramp conditions

That's what I wanted going in. After driving one I was pleasantly suprised to find that unlike my XJ I actually was comfortable in it and it didn't drive or handle like a truck.