Hi all. I've been on this site for a while, just never posted. It helped me decide on the 2008 Patriot we've had for a little over 6 months now. Just thought I'd give a little report.
2008 Jeep Patriot 4x4
It had 7 miles on it when we purchased it (5 of those were our test drive) it now has about 11,200. This is my wifes primary vehicle. As you can see she puts ALOT of miles on this thing. Oil has been changed three times so far (at the dealer) and is ready for the fourth change in about a week. We have had zero problems with this car. Wife LOVES it.
Now for the vacation report. We decided to head to the MUCH cooler Colorado mountains for our summer vacation. Friday morning when we left from home it was 41.
Our route was from Ada, OK to Dumas, TX the first day them from Dumas, TX to Salida, Co. We spent four days in and around Salida. Our route back was from Salida to Guymon, OK then from Guymon back to Ada.
Our average MPG for the entire trip was 25.02. The best I recorded was just over 29 and the worst was a little over 22. We drove a total of 1,662.3 miles on this trip and used 66.423 gallons of gas.
Here are some observations:
For best fuel economy straight flat roads and speeds of 65 mph or below will give you the best MPG. Keep the RPM's as close to 2,000 as possible. The interstate was where we got our worst fuel economy. It really drops when you get past 65 mph and the RPM's have to stay above 2,500 to keep speed.
Almost forgot to mention we had about 700-800 lbs of people and luggage loaded in this thing. Myself and my wife and my two kids 13, and 9, plus luggage for 7 days. BTW the 13 year old is 5'11 180 and the 9 year old is 5' 110 so you might consider them adults by size.
I was supprised that we actually got over 25 mpg driving in the mountains. The little jeep engine seemed just a little underpowered for climbing the high mountains around Salida. It did it but the RPM's were between 3 and 4 thousand just to maintain 40-50 mph. However I guess it made up for it coming down
How did it handle in the mountains? Like a freaking mountain goat. I was really supprised at how sure footed it was winding around some of the mountain roads. Guess I shouldn't have been after all it is a Jeep. We didn't take it off road (wifes car and she said NO) but we did take a rough steep switchback dirt road 3/4 the way up a small mountain side. It handled great. My oldest said it was grinning from headlight to headlight when we stopped at the parking area to take pictures. After all it is a Jeep right :smiley_thumbs_up:
2008 Jeep Patriot 4x4
It had 7 miles on it when we purchased it (5 of those were our test drive) it now has about 11,200. This is my wifes primary vehicle. As you can see she puts ALOT of miles on this thing. Oil has been changed three times so far (at the dealer) and is ready for the fourth change in about a week. We have had zero problems with this car. Wife LOVES it.
Now for the vacation report. We decided to head to the MUCH cooler Colorado mountains for our summer vacation. Friday morning when we left from home it was 41.
Our route was from Ada, OK to Dumas, TX the first day them from Dumas, TX to Salida, Co. We spent four days in and around Salida. Our route back was from Salida to Guymon, OK then from Guymon back to Ada.
Our average MPG for the entire trip was 25.02. The best I recorded was just over 29 and the worst was a little over 22. We drove a total of 1,662.3 miles on this trip and used 66.423 gallons of gas.
Here are some observations:
For best fuel economy straight flat roads and speeds of 65 mph or below will give you the best MPG. Keep the RPM's as close to 2,000 as possible. The interstate was where we got our worst fuel economy. It really drops when you get past 65 mph and the RPM's have to stay above 2,500 to keep speed.
Almost forgot to mention we had about 700-800 lbs of people and luggage loaded in this thing. Myself and my wife and my two kids 13, and 9, plus luggage for 7 days. BTW the 13 year old is 5'11 180 and the 9 year old is 5' 110 so you might consider them adults by size.
I was supprised that we actually got over 25 mpg driving in the mountains. The little jeep engine seemed just a little underpowered for climbing the high mountains around Salida. It did it but the RPM's were between 3 and 4 thousand just to maintain 40-50 mph. However I guess it made up for it coming down
How did it handle in the mountains? Like a freaking mountain goat. I was really supprised at how sure footed it was winding around some of the mountain roads. Guess I shouldn't have been after all it is a Jeep. We didn't take it off road (wifes car and she said NO) but we did take a rough steep switchback dirt road 3/4 the way up a small mountain side. It handled great. My oldest said it was grinning from headlight to headlight when we stopped at the parking area to take pictures. After all it is a Jeep right :smiley_thumbs_up:
