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Thought I would share this with the fine people here at Jeeppatriot.

About a week or so ago I hit 50k km (31K mi) on the OD.:pepper: I managed to look down just in time to see I was sitting at 49,998 so I quickly jiggled my phone twice to activate the camera (thanks Moto X) and snapped a photo to mark the occasion. The half century mark only took me 4 years and 4 months!!:D
 

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I've taken it up north to cottage country a few times and a couple of times

down to Buffalo for some cross-border shopping but thats it really. I stay mainly

in the greater Toronto area. The secret to longevity is keeping the mileage

down to a respectable annual amount, wash and wax and general maintenance.

My last car a 1992 Eagle Talon gave me 320,000 km of trouble free driving

over 16 years and when I sold it it still looked in showroom condition.

I don't think the Pat will go that long but we'll see.
 
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I have a co-worker that bought a 2010 a couple of months before me and she

has already sold it with 160,000 km on it because it needed $3k of suspension

work. She now drive a 2014 Ford Edge fully loaded with leather seats and

panoramic sunroof-nice vehicle!!!
 
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You're like my idol! Lol I plan on fixing up a yellow 79 ford fiesta 4 speed I have and using that as my daily, and using the Patriot if friends and I wanna go to the lake, or Vegas strip. Ive had a 96 stratus wrecked at 220k miles, and a 12 focus I sold with 55k. The pat is still under 500 and im loving it :)

Your friends car sounds too good to dislike, even though im not a fan of the way suvs are looking (rounded, thata a reason the patriot stuck out with its boxy look)
 
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Yeah I know what you mean about the boxy look. I chose the Patriot

because of the look, smallish size, flexibility and price. All others on the market

were either soap bar looking ugly or too big or not available with a 5 speed. I

love the fact that I lose it sometimes in a parking lot because its buried behind

some huge gas hogging suv. Thats when you realize its just the perfect size!!!
 
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Well thats even better mileage than me!! That should last you a while

mechanically speaking but as for rusting out well that a different story. This is

where you can be proactive with rust inhibitors to save the body and under

carriage.
 
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My 08 when I traded it was rusting bad, even though I washed it after every time I got road salt on it, and underneath really well too. Nothing I waxed was rusty though, good thing I wax everything, inside and out, under the hood, inside doors and hatch, etc.

For my 14 I am going to Fluid Film everything metal before each winter. Have one can, and picked up 3 more cans at Graingers yesterday.

Mine went through 5 PA winters where they use road salt, and had over 135K miles on it. Body looked brand new, as I always kept fresh wax on it and washed often.

I'm that guy at the car wash washing his car anytime I can without the water freezing instantly. Some times I had to dry really fast before it froze, and would leave it running with the heater on high and the fan on high.
 
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