How many of these do you think were made?

"CalzoneGolem" (calzonegolem)
03/23/2018 at 11:30 • Filed to: Found on Craigslist

4x4 Jeep compass with a stick.

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After reading the add I have an intense desire to never give this dealership any money ever.

DISCUSSION (32)

DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 11:34

Hmm, I wonder what my payment would be if I were to purchase this vehicle and pay it off, say, weekly?

CobraJoe > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 11:36

I did find one Dodge Nitro in RWD format with a stick for sale too.

Talk about rare but not desirable.

punkgoose17 > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 11:37

If my name were Morong I would not put it on my business.

Also the dealership seems sketchy just from the thumb nail.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > CobraJoe
03/23/2018 at 11:39

Didn’t someone on here recently buy a stick shift Nitro?

CobraJoe > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
03/23/2018 at 11:43

I guess I didn’t see the post if someone did.

Honestly, I did consider it briefly... but overall it sounded like it wouldn’t be as fun as a RWD tall wagon could be.

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > CobraJoe
03/23/2018 at 11:45

Dodge Nitro...Damn I haven’t heard that name spoken in a while

Nibby > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 11:46

BURN THEM ALL INTO OBLIVION

Wacko > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 11:46

wait 9000$ american for a 2011 compass? and no mention of mileage

Kinja'd!!!

CalzoneGolem > CobraJoe
03/23/2018 at 11:49

I see a Nitro Detonator on my daily commute. Looks like this:

Kinja'd!!!

ShrimpHappens, née WJalopy > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 11:50

It doesn’t have all the fancy bells and whistles that just end up costing money in repairs

This is one of my pet peeves in car buying. Well maybe not a pet peeve, but it’s curious and it annoys me. At least in new car buying, the salesperson spends all this time talking about how amazing and advanced the car is, but as soon as you sit down with the finance guy, he’s like, “Yeah, this is pretty much the biggest POS ever and all that stuff’s gonna break, so you’d better get this extended warranty.” Nah man, we’re talking about a Subaru here, not a Range Rover.

CalzoneGolem > DAWRX - The Herb Strikes Back
03/23/2018 at 11:51

What if I wanted to make ~150 payments?

CalzoneGolem > punkgoose17
03/23/2018 at 11:52

It gets Morong every time I hear it.

and 100 more > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 11:52

Lots, actually.

That being said, all the Magna/NVG T355 5-speed manuals they used are starting to destroy themselves. I had a manual with FWD that was truly, truly a piece of shit. I’m watching old forums for the Patriot, and it seems more and more of the 5-speeds are dying in one way or another.

But that’s okay! The other option, until 2012, was a Jatco CVT, and those have been even more problematic than the manuals.

Starting 2012, they switched to a conventional 6-speed automatic, which by all accounts are much better. Except for the high-end, FD2 AWD models, which still came w/ the CVT because of different gearing in the differential, and the incredibly low sales volume of this trim that wouldn’t justify creating a second diff option for an already-ancient platform.

The “last year” of the Patriot/Compass lasted about five years. some would say it was about 8 years too long.

CalzoneGolem > and 100 more
03/23/2018 at 11:55

I forget that this was the budget Jeep and the manual is cheaper.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 11:56

I drove one a few times when I worked at a Jeep dealership. Even considered buying it.

You could. Only get the manual in the most basic trim. Didn’t even have power windows. Actually I think that was a Patriot. I liked the looks of the Patriot much more. One time I told a fellow salesman that the Compass and Patriots were the same car and he looked at me like I had theee heads and said “no one is all round and the other is square.”

CobraJoe > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 11:56

Based on looks alone, I could drive that (in a different color).

It’s everything else about it that made me wary.

CalzoneGolem > CobraJoe
03/23/2018 at 11:57

It’s like a younger distant cousin of a G-Wagen.

TheTurbochargedSquirrel > CobraJoe
03/23/2018 at 12:00

I can’t find it now but I remember seeing a red Nitro or maybe a Jeep Liberty or Patriot that someone posted as a kind of “I just picked this up, it was cheap. Oh by the way it has a stick.” Sure they are interesting as a RWD CUV with a stick but at the end of the day they are still late 2000's Chryslers.

CobraJoe > TheTurbochargedSquirrel
03/23/2018 at 12:07

Honestly, I could probably live with the interior quality, but there’s not much else to compensate for it.

If it came with a hemi... that’d be a different story.

Spanfeller is a twat > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 12:17

This compass might be the worst compass into financial stability

ranwhenparked > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 12:18

Possibly more than there were 500Ls with any transmission.

SmugAardvark > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 12:18

11,362.

Just a guess, and not even an educated one. But I’m sticking with it.

CalzoneGolem > ranwhenparked
03/23/2018 at 12:19

A coworker has a 500L. It is a sight to behold.

CalzoneGolem > SmugAardvark
03/23/2018 at 12:19

I believe it completely.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > CobraJoe
03/23/2018 at 12:27

The Nitro was hands-down one of the worst cars I have ever driven. And I drive cheap cars.

ttyymmnn > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 13:00

Kinja'd!!!

CobraJoe > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
03/23/2018 at 13:47

I wonder how it compares to the ‘09 Corolla my wife used to have? That’s the worst car I’ve ever experienced. I’d imagine that at least the Nitro could provide a comfortable driving position.

PotbellyJoe and 42 others > CobraJoe
03/23/2018 at 13:53

Which Corolla trim? the base versions were jouncy at best due to cheap struts and suspension not playing well with the eco tires. IMO.

No, the Nitro was not even comfortable. Sitting still wasn’t even good in that car.

Quadradeuce > Wacko
03/23/2018 at 14:04

96K according to their website.

Quadradeuce > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 14:07

$60/week? How about $135/month if I check “very poor credit” on the calculator on their website.

Kinja'd!!!

That whole Craigslist ad is pretty much why everyone hates dealers and their sales staff.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CalzoneGolem
03/23/2018 at 14:12

Every time I see one I want to kick it and imaging it rolling off into the distance like s soccer ball

CobraJoe > PotbellyJoe and 42 others
03/23/2018 at 14:31

I can’t really remember the trim, but I’m pretty sure it was a base or near base version. Jouncy, numb, uncomfortable, buzzing, lazy transmission, unresponsive engine.... Literally the only good thing I can say about it was that it got good gas mileage.

Maybe the redeeming factor of interior room and utility of the Nitro isn’t enough to make it better than that corolla, but I’d have to experience it myself to know for sure.