Well many threads about it, but here is my info, little over 3000 miles last tank was at 24.8 mpg, average range from 22.3(lowest) to 24.8(highest), on about 10 tank fills at this point, now I drive mostly highway probably about 90% like your self but I am not MPG friendly, drive on average 75 to 80 MPH not good for MPG's

 

I have 2010 Sport 4x4 and I drive 70/30 city/hwy and have been getting anywhere from 18 to 22 mpg depending on time of the year. When I bought my Patriot, the window sticker said 22/25 which seems reasonable. Some folks here were able to reach high 20s with 5 MT. You might look into getting 4x4 with 5 speed manual. Good luck and keep us posted on what you decide.

 

I have a 2011 FD1 cvt with the 215/65/17 SRA tires and I'm averaging about 23 mpg so far with 3700 miles on my Patriot. I drive approx 75 miles round trip daily to my work which is 35% city and 65% hwy. I expect the mileage to increase as she breaks in and we switch over to summer grade gas from the crappy winter mix. My 2008 Patriot averaged around 25mpg over 36,000 miles and even got as high as 30 mpg on a long hwy trip with the speed around 60 mph.

 

As stated, there are already a ton of MPG threads with real world numbers. Some get in the high 20's, some as low as the high teens. Driving style, temperature and terrain are going to dictate your results, but it will modify the mileage on any vehicle you get, even your friends Altima will probably give lower results then the window sticker shows. Your friends full size 4x4 likely never sees the 20's for MPG (I'd guess 14/18 mpg for city/highway), but if he only uses it for snow, that may not be a problem for him. If you're driving something now that gets mid 20's to low 30's, you're going to take a slight hit. But, for the capability, money and fuel mileage, you can't beat the Patriot as a good all-around, year-round vehicle.

I used to drive a Dodge Dakota R/T 5.9L that got 12 mpg city, 15-16 mpg highway. Buying the Patriot back in early 2008, when gas prices were getting crazy cut my fuel bill in half as my mileage doubled so it was a win for me. My wifes GMC Sonoma Crew Cab 4x4 does 18-19 mpg highway, so she often borrows the Patriot if she's taking a road trip anywhere as she'll get 25 mpg easy (if she keeps it below 65-70 mph). We do have one member, jeephigh_11, that has highly modified his Patriot with a fuel warmer and a warm air intake (among other things such as high tire pressures and some hyper-mileing driving techniques) and he has reported low 30's for his rig, so it can be done. I pull off the fresh air duct/battery cover on mine in the winter which helps with slightly warmer air in the winter. I keep close to my summer averages by doing this.

 

I get 20 MPG in town and 27 to 30 on the highway. 66000 miles so far and it was like that from day one. I am one who gets better mileage than most, but I also use the Scangage2 mileage computer to help me know when I'm using more or less fuel. Keeping RPMs at or under 2000 while accelerating is key to good mileage. Most people do not consider this kind of conservative driving "fun". However, unlike hyper-miling, the 2k acceleration is acceptable in traffic without making other normal drivers angry.

Just to put this in perspective....I can get 22 with my dad's V8 Commander.

 

After 3000 miles, I get an average of 23 with 60/40 highway and dense traffic.

 

Like was already stated, if you don't mind driving a manual, get a 5 speed. Last fall when I drove mostly city I was getting 24-26mpg with it. Now I drive mostly highway and through the winter with cold temps and crappy gas I was seeing about 22-24 with it, but now that the temps have warmed up, last tank of gas was 29mpg. Best I've ever got is 30mpg. I do think that speed makes a big difference with these. At 65-70mph you should get very good gas mileage, but if you bump that up to 80 like most interstates around here, mileage will probably drop quite a bit.

 

Yes! Cold weather/cold engine is a big factor in mileage. Until it reaches the high 190's mileage very poor.

 

I typically get around 23-24 mpg driving 80% highway and 20% city. During the winter though it was a bit less but I was also warming the car up and sitting in traffic (because people don't know how to drive in snow). The lowest I have ever gotten was just above 20 mpg.

If you need a 4x4 and want good gas mileage then get the Patriot.

If you don't need 4x4 then get a car with better gas mileage.

OR you can compromise and get a Nissan Juke AWD... rated 25city/30highway

 

Where will this end? Each Nissan is uglier than the last.

 

I have a 4x4 with the 5 speed manual. My normal driving around town and going to work is a mix of city and highway, and I average 24-25 MPG. If I could stay strictly highway or take a trip I can get it up to 29-30 MPG

 

'11, back roads to a main road and then city driving. Last tank was 28.02 MPG.

 

Mine (2010 4x4 FD1, CVT, 17" SR-A) average 25mpg. Low about 23mpg, best tanks have hit 27mpg. I am very happy with the mileage on this vehicle considering the fact that it is unstoppable on the road and off road it is capable of going where I need to go. (not very far off road). I do mixed driving, and it does very well. If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't change a thing. The trail rated package is nice, but unless they are giving it away no thanks. A five speed FD1 would be no fun in Northern Virginia traffic, and the bad mileage from the trail rated package coupled with the added expense up front is not a good fit for me.

 

Thanks guys, this is a great thread and always very helpful. The reason the Patriot Sport has come into the question more and more is that my budget for my new car is $22000. A critical factor in my decision is that the other cars ('11 Jetta 5cyl. SE, '11 Fusion V6 SE) dont have 4 wheel drive, which would be nice on those few days a year in upstate NY that I have to be at work. I'm weighing the advantage of 4 wheel drive very heavily in my decision. Going to AWD fusion I would tack on an extra $6000 and the AWD jetta is still slated not to hit markets until 2013. I need a new car, being that in a year I'll tack on 20,000 miles. Currently Im driving a Mercury Grand Marquis, which if any of you know is a V8, I need better mileage. I still have yet to take my snow tires off and with proper cruise and coasting techniques Im hitting under 23 mpg this spring. Once I stop being lazy I'll have the summer tires on and I'll be able to hit 24, but with winter slush and cold I'm lucky to get 18-19.

 

You sure won't get that big luxury car ride out of a Patriot. LOL
You know the Dodge Caliber is built on the same platform as the Compass and Patriot. Is the AWD Caliber cheaper than the Jeeps?

 

With driving deliberately for best gas mileage, I get the mileage in my signature with my 2008 FDI 5MT. I considered the 2008 Liberty with a V6 and 6MT, but it's gas mileage was about a quarter less than my Patriot's. I wanted to subsidize the mideast terrorists as little as possible.

According to the guvmint fuel mileage website, the 2008 Patriot FDI 5MT annual petroleum use is 14.3 barrels and the 2008 Liberty 4X4 6MT's use is 19.0 barrels.

FWIW and YMMV.

 

24.8 mpg avg for my first 2400 miles - could do better but I tend to have a heavy foot

 

The EPA fuel economy ratings have a purpose.

Seriously, there are two factors that will affect fuel economy with the patriot on the highway. Transmission and speed. They seem to get a lot worse fuel economy at 80mph than 55mph, more so than other vehicles I have experience with. The manual will do better than the CVT.

 

This is very true, with my heavy tires driving in the summer (well spring now too sicne it's finally here) I avg 8.5l per 100kms (27"ish mpg) and I have a FDII but I drive 95kms\h (59mph) on my commute to work with is about 65 miles (130 round trip) This is all measured by my scan guage. I've always gotten decent mileage with my cvt, its all in the speed you drive and not letting the enginer rev alot. I do have a warm air intake which has helped my mileage go up. Once I get my 18" compass rims installed with lighter tires i expect my mileage to go up even more.

 

According to the EVIC I'm currently averaging 10.5L/100KM in mixed driving, with the majority of it being city driving. This works out to be about 22.5mpg (US GALLONS)

I'm driving a 2011 Patriot Limited FDI (Latitude X) that is little over a month old with about 3500KMs (2100 miles) on it.

 

The Juke is a Joke! Ha ha ha.

 

In my exp. so far with the 4x4 we have (previously owned a 4X2 'till it was t-boned) you will be lucky to get 25mpg, just as the salesman said.
However, what you will also get is a Jeep! and that is friggin' awesome!

 

25mpg where? My FD 1 5-speed gets 23-24 city and easily 28-30 on the highway....

 

Interesting....
My best highway mileage so far in the 2011 4X4 is 9.1 (about 25.7)
However, in my 2010 4x2 the best highway mileage was 6.9 (about 33.9)

these are the best numbers, not the average.

 

Just had a trip this weekend. Strictly hiway mileage. Made 7.2 litres per 100km (32.7mpg). That's exactly what the Jeep.ca website states.
However, my average over the last 3 months is only 9.4 litres per 100km (25.1mpg) 60% city

 

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My mileage last tankful has declined somewhat. Possibly the weather as its been wet and windy.

 

Best I did so far was 552KM with 1 tank (i put 49L of gas that night in the tank so i still had like 2-3L left in it)

The needle was starting to go --below-- the empty mark.

I'll try to beat that this summer... but so far im fine with doing around 500 to 525km with 1 tank....

 

I managed to fit 12.9 gallons in the tank last week. So I had just over half a gallon left. My signal goes on at 11.5 gallons. I drove about 38 miles after that. I had a terrible head wind for that last 30 miles or so.

 

Niplips...Strictly hiway mileage. Made 7.2 litres per 100km (32.7mpg). That's exactly what the Jeep.ca website states.

congrats. Patty mpg works as advertised.

Now if you cruised within posted speed limit, you would have done better the govt EnerGuide numbers. LOL.:smiley_thumbs_up:

 

Actually, I did drive the speed limit. And more than 70% of the trip was pure flat highway. lol

I'm not sure how much better I can get the mileage.

 

my FDII numbers on my fuelly in sig...

 

09 fd2 cvt getting 23 average (just dividing gallons mileage etc...) figured like 26highway i did get 20 average one time with heavy city driving still beats my wrangler at 15mpg downhill with the wind

 

I just drove to Scranton, PA and back which is about 700 miles, round-trip. On the way there, 250 miles were on the highway, the remaining 100 were on windy roads through the mountains, I got 25.4 mpg. I forgot to reset the trip odometer in Scranton when I got gas, so I couldn't track on the return trip, but I took the highway for the entire trip to avoid a bottleneck in a small town.