Any of you own one of these? Jeep Patriot, Ford Escape, Honda Element?

I have a Jeep Compass, A Patriot with different sheet metal. 2.4 with a 5 speed and have been clocking 30MPG, thats 50/50 city and highway driving. The issues with the CVT are with people slaming from reverse to drive and rocking the vehicle when they get stuck. A co-worker has an 08 Patriot with CVT and has 190K with no problems.
A Patriot is slightly roomier than a Compass due to the roof line, I've hauled engines in it and once a 1/4 scale string bass