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I was reading a post about this guy asking how reliable these jeeps are and it got me thinking. This thing better be reliable, I want to give it to my son when he get his license. I know it’s about 15 years away, but I’m hoping for the best. It would be a good car to give to a teenager. Lots of room and not real speedy to get to crazy with. Who knows what the automobile market will be like then. Just a thought.

308 Miles and one way to go if I want to keep the convenience of this lift style.

 

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So what's the question? ;-)

 

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Yes. The patriot is the perfect vehicle for the 21st century American. Buy one, buy 2, heck, get one for every driver in the house!

 

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#4 · Jun 27, 2008

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Question is

drenglish said:

So what's the question? ;-)

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How many cases of beer can his kid fit in the back?

 

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Question is what is your current mileage? Sorry for the confunsion. Finally got my 2.99 gas card. Yea

 

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at least 6 cases easy,
bottles, or can?

 

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Mmm BEER

 

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Stop talking about beer...im at work on a saturday night and all i want to do is have a tall cold beer...sigh

 

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Now that you mention it, I think I have a mug chilling in the freezer.

 

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#10 · Jun 29, 2008

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J'sjeep said:

Question is what is your current mileage? Sorry for the confunsion. Finally got my 2.99 gas card. Yea

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Glad somebody brought this up. I am very pleased to report that after being 8,000 miles old, my FD1 2.4L Patriot Sport just now managed to acheive a TANK AVERAGE of 25 miles per gallon. I can only calculate tank average because I don't have a scanguage. This is the best I have ever gotten and hopefully a sign of what's to come. I do moderate hyper-mileing but am not psycho about it. With a tank average of 25, that means I'm getting at least 30 on the highway! Woo hoo!

Letting your son have a Patriot at that age is the best thing you could ever do for a kid. Hopefully, gas won't be $80.99 dollars per gallen by then.

 

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My lifetime avg is 27ish. My commute is just about all highway, and better than 30.

 

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I see between 21 and 22 mpg every week for my work commute and it's all stop and go driving. I also do a little bit of hypermiling tricks but nothing too crazy. I run 38psi in the tires, I shift into 6 at speeds below 45mph and occasionally do the neutral roll down hills or when rolling towards a light. It's not second nature for me yet though so sometimes I forget to do any of those things...still, I'm very happy with 21-22mpg city average. I used to get 12-13mpg in my Dakota.

 

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I got 26.5 on this last tank. This is low for me.

 

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#14 · Jun 30, 2008

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Total mileage on the odometer after six weeks of ownership is right about 3,100.

Lowest MPG tank so far was a hair over 26, highest was a hair over 33, during my recent road trip to Mississippi.

It will haul a LOT of beer. And when you fold the back seats down, it has plenty of room for, er... uh... snuggling. Yeah, that's it.

 

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I've never reset the EVIC. My lifetime mileage is (right now) 11.4L/100km, which is about 21mpg. Typical for me during the warmer weather seems to be around 19.5 to 20 mpg. The best I have ever seen, after travelling for a few hours on backroads, is 10.5L/100km, or about 22.5mpg.

Typically, I drive primarily stop and go city driving. Very little highway or backroad driving.

 

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18mpg for short 140mile stint. Three passengers loaded with gear and my 14ft aluminum
w/25hp. Average speeds 65-70 w/ac on. First road trip, infact has been on freeway twice for about 3 miles each time in just over 1K. CVT a little odd, but handling,ride and
was amazed how quiet the interior was. I wonder if wind deflector on hood helps because the prior two highway trips noticed more wind noise and a whistle that someone said goes away with the blower on. At times blower was not on and did not hear. Overall very pleased with this vehicle!