Your Patriot In The Snow Jeep Patriot Forums My driveway is steep off road, and sometimes in late winter with a lot of packed snow and inches of ice under it i'll need 4x4 locked, low off road gears, esp fully off, and 4 chains. one reason the patriot is better than other 4x4's is they are not really 4x4, but one in the front and one in the back. 481 posts · joined 2008. #2 · nov 18, 2009. nice videos. now all we need is someone with a 4 wheel independent dyno tester . 2007 jeep patriot 4x4 north fd1 cvt, inferno red, trailer hitch, skid plates, front tow hooks, engine oil cooler, cargo nets, cabin air filter, black muffler mod, removed dealer decals.
Your Patriot In The Snow Jeep Patriot Forums 4019 posts · joined 2012. #4 · nov 16, 2014. 99.99% of us, me included, feel the patriot is a tank in the snow. i'm front wheel drive even and all over industrial roads, logging roads in winter. our local ski hill constantly has the deepest, natural base in north america. J. jeepfan82. 5 posts · joined 2006. #11 · dec 29, 2007. handles snow without a problem. we just got about 2 feet of snow here a few weeks back and i must say i've never felt safer driving in the snow. cars were pulling over every where because the couldn't drive straight but i just drove right past everyone. 1105 posts · joined 2008. #20 · feb 26, 2011. srtdodge05 said: the patriot is one of the worst snow performance vehicle's ive ever drove. being fwd it should handle well in snow but this thing sucks. the stock firestone tires were real bad in the snow so i upgraded them fast. Unless you off road the fdii is overkill and your mpg takes a big hit vs fdi. i would not get fdii if you only use the vehicle on road. a big factor in how it will handle the snow and ice however will be the tires. the oem tire offerings on the patriot and compass all suck! you can get tires that will do much better.
Patriot Snow Pics Jeep Patriot Forums 1105 posts · joined 2008. #20 · feb 26, 2011. srtdodge05 said: the patriot is one of the worst snow performance vehicle's ive ever drove. being fwd it should handle well in snow but this thing sucks. the stock firestone tires were real bad in the snow so i upgraded them fast. Unless you off road the fdii is overkill and your mpg takes a big hit vs fdi. i would not get fdii if you only use the vehicle on road. a big factor in how it will handle the snow and ice however will be the tires. the oem tire offerings on the patriot and compass all suck! you can get tires that will do much better. The patriot is powered by a 172 horsepower, 2.4 liter four cylinder engine that’s mated to a five speed manual or six speed automatic transmission. fuel economy for the front wheel drive model is rated at 23 mpg city 30 mpg highway and 26 mpg combined, while the all wheel drive model gets 22 28 24. Jeep patriot 4x4 snow off road 2.0 crdis a jeep patriot good in the snow?thanks to jeep's freedom drive ii drivetrain, the patriot can perform very well in a.
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