I have 1000 miles on it now. Still great. I reread the magazine road test, they must have had a "pool vehicle" that was beat on. This thing handles really good. I left a tailgater in the dust through an "Ess turn" yesterday. He could not stay with me. The Jeep was very stable. (for comparison, I own a C3 vette as well). She's peppy with the 2.4, and I don't mean flooring it. The only problem I see (not really a problem) is driving 20-25 through a small town. You can watch the mpg graph go down in mpg. I t seems like the throttle is sensitive and will stay in a lower gear if you don't keep the pedal steady. If you get up to any speed over say 30-40 and drive steady (i use my cruise always) the mpg is awesome. I took a mixed driving trip to a friends house (about 80 miles) with 7 miles of freeway, the rest blacktop with red lights and I got 29.5mpg. It seems the faster you go there is always a gear to get you mpg's in the 30's. I don't think Jeep has pushed this vehicle very much either. An older couple asked me about it , they were looking to replace thier Liberty. I told them that I loved mine and what the mileage was and they were going to look into one. We only had snow once so far (I'm not complaining after 2014-15) but whatever it does on wet roads you cannot feel it. (yes I have driven Audi's with Quadra-Track and I own a 4x4 Dakota) This is just a "right size Jeep" for me to run errands and do whatever retirees do all day!...It is a Jeep Thing.