Click on the Video Tab at http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/MediaNav/modelId=100506107/firstNav=Gallery# to view the video. It's a pretty bad review, but the most disappointing finding for me was they only saw 19mpg mileage over the course of the review. Not a long-term test, I know, but still not good.

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Remember that the Compass is different and you cannot compare it directly to anything currently out there. A RAV4 is not a good compartision as it is almost 50% more expensive. It isn't a Toyota Matrix either as the Compass is significantly larger and taller.

I wonder if Edmunds used "real life" gas mileage estimates and NOT the gov't's over inflated estimates. In a couple of years, when the new mileage procedures are put in place, I would suspect ALL vehicles will see less estimated MPG figures.

Those who test the car's performance always get worse gas mileage. It isn't so much real life versus test environment as it is trying to find out what the vehicle will do at it's limits. This is not how one drives to maximize mileage. I have always managed to average in the EPA range with cars.

Jeeps, however, are a bit more difficult. We tend to put on big tires, winches, running boards, trailers, and other "stuff" that fight the wind. I tend to get just over city mileage on my Jeep Wrangler and my Cherokee before that. Strip off the extra metal, put on skinny tires and inflate them to the maximum allowed: I guarantee you will think the EPA is a bunch of lead foots!

I wonder if Edmunds used "real life" gas mileage estimates and NOT the gov't's over inflated estimates. In a couple of years, when the new mileage procedures are put in place, I would suspect ALL vehicles will see less estimated MPG figures.
Whatever it says on the window sticker, I always add 2 to 4 mpg to reasonably estimate what I will get if I am actively trying to get good mileage. I will always get exactly what it says if I'm not mindful of trying to save fuel.

My first fill on the Patriot was 25.5 MPG in hilly highway driving and some stop and go in town. As the car wears in and I learn how to drive this perticular vehicle I expect that to go up. :)

Typical. I am getting 24.5 in winter with long warm-ups. The sticker says 24 highway but I have gotten 26 when being conservative. I suspect that if I were in perpetual stop and go then the economy would be much worse, but then it is in all cars except strong hybrids that shut down...