Wife and I finally got sick of the 2006 Durango's various little problems building up... it did have over 97,000 miles. Turns out, for two more years worth of payments and $50 more per month (compared to what we were paying for the Durango), you can get a lot.

Wife's new toy: brand new 2012 Jeep Compass 4x4.

 

reminds me of a BMW X3 Mopar edition..nice ride for her though. I see you already updated the sig!

 

Let the modding begin!

 

Very nice. You should be getting special treatment for a while.

 

It reminded her of the 1999-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokees... she used to have a 2004 that was "taken" from her (totalled in an accident).

Unfortunately, due to this body style only being out for two years so far (2011 and 2012), there aren't a whole lot of "mods" for it yet. The only two power upgrades I can really find are exhaust, which she'd never go for, and a drop-in K&N filter. The rest are all cosmetic.

I'd better. I was the one that found the thing and convinced her that a 1.5 hour drive was worth it to go investigate this Jeep. She thought it was too far away, and it took quite a bit of convincing to get her to make the trip. I am originally from a small town, so I am used to taking hours to get anywhere. She is from the twin cities area, so she is used to everything taking less than an hour.

Thanks for the comments guys!

 

Better looking than a Patriot! Say hello to 18-25mpgs instead of 12-17!

 

My brother had a 2008 Compass, and sold it because of the gas lol
I liked it alot, Im not a fan of the newer front end tho. I kinda liked the older one more.
Sucked it only had a 4 cylinder motor. A V6 would have made it alot meaner lol. I did learned to drive a manual with it. lol

 

I have read about a lot of problems with the 2007 and 2008 models. That would make a little sense, since they were the first of their kind for an all new design.

2009 was a little better, and 2010+ are supposed to be good. 2011 was when they changed the body style to make them look like small Grand Cherokees.

Our first fill-up got us 20.6 MPG, and that was 70% in town, 30% interstate at 80 MPH. Lots of stop and go for the in town driving, helping my sister and brother-in-law house shop.

That was also with whatever the dealership put in for us (they filled it up completely while we were signing the finance papers), so I am assuming it was the cheapest stuff... meaning 89 octane with 10% ethanol, which actually means 85 or 86 octane. I put in regular 87 octane with no ethanol, and I've also read that up until the first oil change, a new car's engine is "breaking in" and won't get the best mileage, so I am hoping it has no where to go but up from here. Never owned a new car before, so this is all new to us. We usually buy two or so year old vehicles.