2010 Jeep Patriot First Drive

Almost driving rain, something if a part of the country can just remember, is pounding the windscreen of the Jeep Patriot as we head off the bitumen road and onto the rain-sodden gravel track.Despite the rain, the Patriot feels amazingly sure-footed as we hit the dirt. So, ignoring the lever for the full-time 50:50 torque split four-wheel-drive and sticking with the default part-time AWD-setting,