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Drove from Gold Canyon, Az to Talihina, OK (1130 miles) and got 29.3 MPG for the trip in my 2007 Patriot Limited Trail Rated. Had a tail wind from Gallup, NM to Oklahoma City. Coming back I went through Socorro, NM and up over the continental divide and got 26.7 MPG.
Great road car!
 
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rpcayer said:
Drove from Gold Canyon, Az to Talihina, OK (1130 miles) and got 29.3 MPG for the trip in my 2007 Patriot Limited Trail Rated. Had a tail wind from Gallup, NM to Oklahoma City. Coming back I went through Socorro, NM and up over the continental divide and got 26.7 MPG.
Great road car!
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Very impressive numbers! And a very good first post! Welcome to the JeepPatriot.com forum rpcayer! I hope you took some awesome photos of the Patriot with the mountains in the background... We don't see many of those here in Florida... :D

Again welcome to the family...
 
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jeepkid said:
how do you know?

like seriosly how do you people find out these numbers?

is there something ido not know?
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Algebra 101....

a/b=c

a = Miles driven since last fill up
b = Gallons of gas used to fill tank
c = Miles per gallon
 
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Jeepkid. It's simple math. Take your total miles and divide the gallons used. Here are some instructions to get you started.

1. Fill the gas tank full.
2. Set your trip odometer to 0 (or write down your starting mileage)
3. Drive until you are ready to fill up again and then fill it full.
4. Write down the number of gallons from the pump read out.
5. Get the total number of miles driven since the last fill up either by checking the trip odometer or subtracting your starting miles from your current miles.
6. Divide the miles by the gallons.

It's just that simple. Some have the EVIC which gives you an overall average since last reset and a few have the ScanGuage which you can buy for about $125 and plug into the diag port under the dash. The ScanGuage is a little more detailed and more of a diagnostics tool that can do a lot more than just tell you the fuel consumption rate, but you get the idea.

The good old fashioned method I describe above is just as good for the average driver.
 
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Ahhhhh as warmer weather comes, so does the really good mileage. 30.6 today with my FD1 5 speed on a 300 mile trip.

However, over the next few weeks I have stuff to haul. Big stuff which will require the J-10 @ 16 MPG. That is going to be harsh. I have about a thousand miles of hauling to do. Expensive.
 
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28.2 mpg last tank! This is the same commute that I have been doing over the last 4 months and as the temp goes up, so does the mpg. (I do have to coast down the hills in N however other wise it is only 27.0 mpg...)

What I did notice is that the tire pressure is around 39 hot (35 cold). I wonder if the increase is simply due to the drop in rolling resistance from the harder tires?
 
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It depends upon your average speed. Below 35 mph almost all your fuel is used to overcome rolling friction (tires), mechanical friction, running accessories, and waste heat. So you will notice a lot of gain in fuel mileage just by putting more air in your tires, not using the air conditioner, and accelerating more slowly.

From 35 on up to fifty five or so, air resistance starts to come into play more and more, until more power is required to overcome air resistance than everything else all added together. The air resistance goes up with the square of the velocity so just a few mph over sixty cost a LOT of extra fuel.

I have an FDII and don't do as well as the 4x2 and higher geared non-off-road versions, but am still averaging around 27 MPG in daily commuting by keeping my speed a little lower and my tire pressures up. On a trip to Kentucky last year over flat Illinois roads, I averaged 30 mpg for over 200 miles, but I also didn't have to stop for any traffic lights :).
 
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MrSensible said:
Jepster, you and I really get about the same mileage. Everyone else keeps complaining about the mileage in the 20s. It's starting to make me wonder what they are putting in our Wisconsin gas that we can do so well.
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It is odd. I ran a tank of pure gasoline, and then a tank of E10 with no noticeable difference in mileage. It sure isn't driving around snow storms that is giving us good mileage.
 
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