“Not Great, Not Terrible”

Consumer Reports has a good review of this Jeep, and I can confirm its mediocrity. The cockpit does feel cramped and closed-in. I went for the model with manual transmission, so at least it felt like driving a real car. There’s no way I’d buy a Patriot with automatic transmission: those felt like I was driving a sewing machine. Hard to believe transmission made the difference, but there you have it.

I always liked to think of the Jeep Patriot as more of a station wagon than a real Jeep. Of course, Chrysler would never market it that way.

Originally I was going to buy a Wrangler (or CJ, or TJ, or whatever you want to call it). But after a little soul-searching (how much off-roading am I going to be doing, really?), I realized I just needed a road vehicle. The Patriot fit the bill: a cheap, reliable road vehicle with a fair amount of covered cargo space in the back, manual transmission, with good fuel economy.

I bought this brand new for about $20,000 in 2009 and sold for about $1,500 in 2019. I noted the details of every fuel receipt, which I’ve preserved here.

  • Final Odometer Reading: 94,379 km
  • Total Spent on Gas: $8,362.68
  • Longest Journey on a Single Tank: 651 km
  • Average Miles per Gallon: 28.42
  • Average Price Paid per Litre: $1.07
Date Price Litres ¢/Litre Kilometers Travelled
2009-04-26 $30.18 38.013 79¢ 428 km
2009-04-25 $36.28 42.732 84¢ 560 km
2009-04-25 $3.12 3.935 79¢ 40 km
2009-04-28 $6.69 8.425 79¢ 99 km
2009-04-20 $10.01 12.612 79¢ 158 km
2009-04-22 $7.79 9.811 79¢ 118 km
2009-04-24 $10.72 13.505 79¢ 113 km
2009-05-02 $15.51 19.533 79¢ 232 km
2009-05-03 $9.84 12.392 79¢ 129 km
2009-05-10 $14.14 16.204 86¢ 169 km
2009-05-12 $4.04 4.633 86¢ 47 km
2009-05-16 $10.01 11.688 86¢ 118 km
2009-05-17 $26.55 30.205 87¢ 399 km
2009-05-17 $14.97 15.534 96¢ 209 km
2009-05-18 $23.01 26.741 86¢ 292 km
2009-05-18 $34.95 39.314 88¢ 530 km
2009-05-17 $9.64 10.723 89¢ 132 km
2009-05-18 $18.06 18.257 98¢ 256 km
2009-05-17 $14.76 16.418 89¢ 222 km
2009-05-22 $25.08 27.047 95¢ 343 km
2009-05-23 $27.63 29.898 92¢ 369 km
2009-06-01 $12.32 13.033 92¢ 137 km
2009-06-06 $25.45 27.539 92¢ 327 km
2009-06-09 $13.66 14.788 92¢ 156 km
2009-06-21 $20.02 21.665 92¢ 246 km
2009-06-25 $13.06 14.133 92¢ 161 km
2009-06-28 $27.63 28.222 97¢ 333 km
2009-06-27 $27.03 27.882 97¢ 320 km
2009-06-28 $19.34 20.927 92¢ 288 km
2009-07-01 $15.72 17.013 92¢ 215 km
2009-07-05 $18.42 19.939 92¢ 241 km
2009-07-11 $25.56 27.657 92¢ 363 km
2009-07-12 $3.12 3.372 92¢ 40 km
2009-07-12 $21.85 22.549 96¢ 246 km
2009-07-12 $12.73 13.782 92¢ 165 km
2009-07-12 $9.53 9.836 96¢ 135 km
2009-07-13 $27.12 27.007 97¢ 396 km
2009-07-13 $22.02 24.632 89¢ 315 km
2009-07-14 $5.47 6.291 86¢ 75 km
2009-07-15 $1.02 1.382 86¢ 7 km
2009-07-17 $11.07 13.781 84¢ 183 km
2009-07-19 $34.05 40.636 84¢ 534 km
2009-07-24 $19.01 21.998 86¢ 316 km
2009-07-25 $32.22 37.286 86¢ 509 km
2009-07-29 $16.87 19.871 84¢ 241 km
2009-07-31 $10.88 12.812 84¢ 166 km
2009-08-02 $22.12 23.428 94¢ 316 km
2009-08-03 $26.98 31.048 86¢ 426 km
2009-08-01 $24.26 25.559 94¢ 314 km
2009-08-03 $11.36 13.038 84¢ 181 km
2009-08-02 $19.86 20.927 94¢ 289 km
2009-08-07 $20.66 22.483 91¢ 278 km
2009-08-09 $14.32 15.587 91¢ 211 km
2009-08-21 $14.64 15.935 91¢ 188 km
2009-08-23 $24.76 26.945 91¢ 354 km
2009-08-23 $18.46 19.005 96¢ 281 km
2009-08-22 $26.93 27.505 97¢ 314 km
2009-08-26 $17.59 19.141 91¢ 251 km
2009-08-29 $21.37 23.766 89¢ 299 km
2009-08-30 $6.49 7.214 89¢ 107 km
2009-09-02 $40.01 37.964 105¢ 551 km
2009-09-01 $22.06 22.536 97¢ 297 km
2009-09-02 $33.99 31.499 107¢ 394 km
2009-09-07 $28.28 26.566 105¢ 356 km
2009-09-07 $36.44 37.222 97¢ 509 km
2009-09-07 $16.71 15.344 108¢ 211 km
2009-09-03 $16.05 19.605 84¢ 306 km
2009-09-06 $19.43 22.323 87¢ 298 km
2009-09-08 $21.94 24.409 89¢ 319 km
2009-09-25 $25.09 30.511 84¢ 370 km
2009-09-25 $17.84 21.011 84¢ 265 km
2009-10-17 $9.14 11.294 80¢ 128 km
2009-10-18 $9.90 11.388 86¢ 137 km
2009-10-19 $27.06 33.451 80¢ 398 km
2009-10-25 $19.77 21.870 90¢ 258 km
2009-11-01 $8.41 9.304 90¢ 93 km
2009-11-06 $10.30 11.393 90¢ 133 km
2009-11-15 $22.82 25.814 88¢ 294 km
2009-11-15 $30.49 35.291 86¢ 436 km
2009-11-22 $15.27 17.676 86¢ 182 km
2009-12-02 $12.91 15.299 84¢ 180 km
2009-12-13 $15.89 19.288 82¢ 136 km
2009-12-16 $18.13 22.006 82¢ 208 km
2009-12-17 $24.51 27.572 88¢ 297 km
2009-12-18 $18.69 17.649 105¢ 209 km
2009-12-18 $22.66 23.263 97¢ 312 km
2009-12-18 $22.18 22.894 96¢ 259 km
2009-12-21 $27.86 26.306 105¢ 307 km
2009-12-23 $24.06 23.153 103¢ 285 km
2009-12-25 $13.80 13.282 103¢ 158 km
2009-12-27 $10.54 10.148 103¢ 122 km
2009-12-28 $22.20 31.400 70¢ 361 km
2010-01-01 $43.86 42.627 102¢ 489 km
2010-01-01 $5.60 5.472 102¢ 91 km
2010-01-01 $19.67 18.578 105¢ 224 km
2010-01-01 $20.65 23.493 87¢ 291 km
2010-01-02 $40.79 46.404 87¢ 479 km
2010-01-09 $20.78 23.239 89¢ 250 km
2010-01-10 $17.79 19.894 89¢ 225 km
2010-02-07 $26.26 30.214 86¢ 335 km
2010-02-20 $34.32 40.182 85¢ 452 km
2010-03-06 $34.84 38.967 89¢ 453 km
2010-03-13 $31.66 35.409 89¢ 457 km
2010-03-20 $12.16 13.830 87¢ 165 km
2010-04-03 $40.00 43.766 91¢ 565 km
2010-04-07 $25.17 27.536 91¢ 361 km
2010-04-11 $27.44 30.023 91¢ 377 km
2010-04-27 $24.58 27.494 89¢ 332 km
2010-05-01 $20.54 21.533 95¢ 227 km
2010-05-28 $20.79 24.065 86¢ 318 km
2010-06-24 $19.67 21.764 90¢ 280 km
2010-06-24 $18.88 20.882 90¢ 269 km
2010-07-11 $14.72 16.839 87¢ 232 km
2010-08-21 $24.51 28.365 86¢ 365 km
2010-08-29 $9.77 11.438 85¢ 131 km
2010-08-30 $29.26 31.837 91¢ 401 km
2010-08-30 $35.18 33.920 103¢ 533 km
2010-08-31 $14.51 13.902 104¢ 213 km
2010-09-02 $44.53 44.721 99¢ 498 km
2010-09-05 $30.63 35.958 85¢ 472 km
2010-09-07 $28.11 25.344 110¢ 318 km
2010-09-08 $46.20 45.121 102¢ 505 km
2010-09-09 $39.84 42.880 92¢ 635 km
2010-09-10 $30.00 32.820 91¢ 378 km
2010-09-12 $19.05 20.844 91¢ 251 km
2010-10-03 $12.36 14.470 85¢ 189 km
2010-10-23 $19.83 22.434 88¢ 254 km
2010-10-24 $36.03 37.566 95¢ 464 km
2010-10-24 $22.59 24.058 93¢ 329 km
2010-10-25 $35.22 36.347 96¢ 515 km
2010-10-29 $31.10 35.185 88¢ 388 km
2010-12-13 $27.88 30.341 91¢ 309 km
2011-01-04 $31.81 32.331 98¢ 311 km
2011-01-14 $27.25 28.123 96¢ 263 km
2011-01-24 $30.00 30.026 99¢ 261 km
2011-01-31 $26.74 26.771 99¢ 237 km
2011-02-14 $28.32 28.639 98¢ 295 km
2011-02-18 $11.37 11.329 100¢ 88 km
2011-09-23 $36.06 34.048 105¢ 310 km
2012-08-13 $27.75 24.147 114¢ 210 km
2012-08-14 $35.21 30.119 116¢ 324 km
2012-08-15 $8.39 6.997 119¢ 173 km
2012-08-21 $36.84 30.473 120¢ 388 km
2012-08-21 $31.94 26.639 119¢ 359 km
2012-08-22 $12.66 10.216 123¢ 171 km
2012-08-24 $29.39 24.309 120¢ 340 km
2012-08-24 $22.57 17.926 125¢ 246 km
2012-08-26 $40.92 40.050 102¢ 546 km
2012-08-26 $13.77 13.514 101¢ 182 km
2012-08-26 $22.18 23.519 94¢ 297 km
2012-08-27 $13.44 14.029 95¢ 209 km
2012-08-27 $20.54 21.857 93¢ 289 km
2012-08-27 $9.35 9.789 95¢ 140 km
2012-08-28 $29.72 28.466 104¢ 418 km
2012-08-29 $20.54 21.270 96¢ 300 km
2012-08-29 $38.62 39.978 96¢ 484 km
2012-08-30 $41.87 41.382 101¢ 450 km
2012-09-03 $36.74 33.232 110¢ 387 km
2012-09-04 $30.09 24.090 124¢ 309 km
2012-09-06 $46.39 35.436 130¢ 472 km
2012-09-15 $35.88 29.435 121¢ 365 km
2012-10-13 $42.44 31.230 135¢ 359 km
2012-12-01 $21.75 17.599 123¢ 189 km
2012-12-08 $19.13 19.060 100¢ 200 km
2013-01-05 $25.35 21.501 117¢ 271 km
2013-01-19 $31.21 27.929 111¢ 312 km
2013-02-02 $40.15 32.149 124¢ 373 km
2013-03-06 $56.24 40.781 137¢ 441 km
2013-03-10 $31.64 22.780 138¢ 290 km
2013-03-19 $32.87 23.874 137¢ 267 km
2013-03-29 $34.47 29.227 117¢ 308 km
2013-03-30 $28.90 23.518 122¢ 280 km
2013-04-10 $35.43 36.162 97¢ 397 km
2013-04-12 $55.81 54.816 101¢ 651 km
2013-04-12 $36.41 38.864 93¢ 483 km
2013-04-25 $25.50 27.849 91¢ 298 km
2013-05-03 $45.17 33.734 133¢ 415 km
2013-05-11 $38.97 26.176 148¢ 306 km
2013-05-30 $42.80 29.888 143¢ 309 km
2013-06-03 $40.00 28.675 139¢ 373 km
2013-06-08 $28.10 20.146 139¢ 241 km
2013-06-14 $43.04 30.983 138¢ 371 km
2013-06-22 $34.55 33.451 103¢ 423 km
2013-06-29 $33.91 23.762 142¢ 267 km
2013-07-06 $33.75 23.098 146¢ 313 km
2013-08-08 $30.01 21.148 141¢ 245 km
2013-08-17 $36.90 36.976 99¢ 397 km
2013-08-19 $20.01 14.302 139¢ 193 km
2013-08-28 $37.52 37.120 101¢ 414 km
2013-09-02 $27.83 28.300 98¢ 377 km
2013-09-10 $32.28 23.307 138¢ 255 km
2013-09-15 $20.00 14.548 137¢ 198 km
2013-09-25 $26.41 19.638 134¢ 218 km
2013-10-04 $20.82 22.254 93¢ 231 km
2013-10-06 $35.69 34.818 102¢ 424 km
2013-10-06 $30.20 32.585 92¢ 439 km
2013-10-12 $35.14 26.845 130¢ 331 km
2013-10-24 $30.02 23.286 128¢ 248 km
2013-11-03 $41.24 32.269 127¢ 344 km
2013-11-09 $43.55 34.080 127¢ 418 km
2013-11-14 $37.39 29.119 128¢ 349 km
2013-11-16 $31.60 24.703 127¢ 306 km
2013-12-08 $31.57 33.126 95¢ 362 km
2014-01-17 $28.72 26.634 107¢ 292 km
2014-01-19 $32.20 38.835 82¢ 452 km
2014-01-19 $40.05 37.419 107¢ 441 km
2014-03-21 $40.14 34.591 116¢ 367 km
2014-03-22 $43.94 39.308 111¢ 476 km
2014-03-23 $46.84 41.094 113¢ 527 km
2014-04-06 $32.17 22.575 142¢ 252 km
2014-04-17 $17.55 12.029 145¢ 130 km
2014-04-26 $17.87 12.247 145¢ 145 km
2014-05-11 $21.79 14.932 145¢ 150 km
2014-06-08 $50.83 36.863 137¢ 383 km
2014-06-29 $40.03 27.820 143¢ 316 km
2014-07-05 $35.28 24.017 146¢ 293 km
2014-07-09 $32.38 21.891 147¢ 232 km
2014-07-17 $38.41 27.457 139¢ 320 km
2014-08-02 $41.18 30.530 134¢ 333 km
2014-08-03 $14.87 11.273 131¢ 155 km
2014-08-28 $24.05 20.441 117¢ 190 km
2014-09-01 $24.42 22.130 110¢ 289 km
2014-10-05 $40.00 30.101 132¢ 346 km
2014-11-23 $22.00 20.691 106¢ 256 km
2015-01-20 $19.29 19.310 99¢ 217 km
2015-02-14 $8.45 11.360 74¢ 118 km
2015-03-15 $20.01 16.691 119¢ 165 km
2015-04-04 $17.00 14.420 117¢ 163 km
2015-05-16 $18.00 23.360 77¢ 223 km
2015-06-11 $22.00 17.199 127¢ 190 km
2015-07-24 $26.17 20.785 125¢ 226 km
2015-07-25 $35.02 27.380 127¢ 294 km
2015-07-25 $29.28 23.628 123¢ 330 km
2015-07-26 $22.08 19.052 115¢ 243 km
2015-08-02 $27.00 22.333 120¢ 309 km
2015-08-03 $37.27 29.840 124¢ 444 km
2015-08-03 $31.93 25.567 124¢ 277 km
2015-09-19 $16.83 20.649 81¢ 239 km
2015-09-19 $19.65 24.219 81¢ 307 km
2015-11-07 $29.37 33.448 87¢ 394 km
2015-11-07 $11.08 13.499 82¢ 193 km
2015-11-29 $14.35 18.927 75¢ 196 km
2016-04-16 $17.83 24.851 71¢ 259 km
2016-07-30 $18.76 16.052 116¢ 166 km
2016-07-31 $16.06 14.353 111¢ 166 km
2016-08-19 $15.36 18.844 81¢ 205 km
2016-10-01 $18.16 20.695 87¢ 195 km
2016-12-22 $34.34 32.369 106¢ 297 km
2016-12-22 $16.75 15.785 106¢ 212 km
2016-12-23 $32.28 35.189 91¢ 413 km
2016-12-23 $13.20 14.627 90¢ 168 km
2016-12-23 $9.00 9.842 91¢ 143 km
2016-12-24 $31.40 32.808 95¢ 426 km
2016-12-25 $12.51 14.067 88¢ 175 km
2016-12-26 $30.28 30.416 99¢ 327 km
2016-12-26 $23.31 28.951 80¢ 369 km
2016-12-27 $12.93 10.455 123¢ 127 km
2016-12-27 $17.93 14.506 123¢ 205 km
2016-12-28 $30.84 24.844 124¢ 299 km
2016-12-29 $14.83 17.057 86¢ 199 km
2017-01-02 $17.28 19.453 88¢ 216 km
2017-01-03 $31.46 32.214 97¢ 360 km
2017-01-04 $30.58 32.407 94¢ 393 km
2017-01-05 $21.04 22.849 92¢ 272 km
2017-01-05 $33.23 34.148 97¢ 356 km
2017-01-05 $13.72 16.266 84¢ 204 km
2017-01-06 $13.05 14.661 89¢ 219 km
2017-01-06 $41.01 39.372 104¢ 483 km
2017-04-30 $26.19 20.378 128¢ 188 km
2017-06-22 $36.50 32.042 113¢ 412 km
2017-06-22 $25.83 23.608 109¢ 302 km
2017-06-23 $22.81 19.022 119¢ 232 km
2017-06-24 $17.39 16.901 102¢ 228 km
2017-06-27 $34.65 28.426 121¢ 385 km
2017-06-27 $27.33 25.209 108¢ 339 km
2017-08-07 $49.44 36.377 135¢ 411 km
2017-08-12 $16.23 19.128 84¢ 215 km
2017-09-24 $20.17 22.686 88¢ 240 km
2017-12-29 $24.80 18.250 135¢ 154 km
2018-02-03 $37.44 26.763 139¢ 252 km
2018-06-13 $42.96 37.994 113¢ 365 km
2018-06-22 $52.87 38.617 136¢ 423 km
2018-06-24 $46.17 35.003 131¢ 463 km
2018-06-25 $32.17 22.052 145¢ 348 km
2018-06-25 $41.89 31.287 133¢ 401 km
2018-07-21 $41.77 27.320 152¢ 304 km
2018-07-21 $45.26 31.023 145¢ 394 km
2018-07-21 $37.39 27.513 135¢ 341 km
2018-07-22 $40.24 28.150 142¢ 357 km
2018-08-05 $36.48 25.000 145¢ 290 km
2018-08-25 $38.50 37.449 102¢ 394 km
2018-09-01 $22.74 15.482 146¢ 184 km
2018-09-03 $26.40 17.852 147¢ 263 km
2018-09-04 $55.48 37.014 149¢ 506 km
2018-09-06 $58.47 41.207 141¢ 514 km
2018-09-07 $34.29 27.021 126¢ 368 km
2018-09-07 $45.92 31.911 143¢ 438 km
2019-06-04 $17.10 10.897 156¢ 106 km
2019-06-28 $33.93 22.334 151¢ 198 km
2019-07-18 $26.23 19.890 131¢ 243 km
2019-07-29 $32.61 22.970 141¢ 281 km
2019-08-26 $40.30 31.267 128¢ 317 km
2019-08-27 $31.34 26.141 119¢ 320 km
2019-08-27 $29.04 21.215 136¢ 312 km
2019-08-28 $24.82 20.925 118¢ 321 km
2019-08-29 $28.60 24.117 118¢ 290 km
2019-08-30 $23.11 18.880 122¢ 298 km
2019-08-31 $27.72 24.125 114¢ 363 km
2019-08-31 $14.33 12.690 112¢ 202 km
2019-09-02 $16.84 17.381 96¢ 194 km
2019-09-03 $16.56 16.247 101¢ 230 km
2019-09-04 $9.16 8.987 101¢ 118 km
2019-09-04 $26.90 20.707 129¢ 317 km
2019-09-05 $35.17 26.467 132¢ 376 km
2019-09-06 $19.97 15.370 129¢ 213 km
2019-09-06 $29.30 22.911 127¢ 318 km
2019-10-26 $41.25 36.427 113¢ 418 km
2019-12-04 $51.20 39.417 129¢ 434 km
2019-12-15 $41.58 30.822 134¢ 366 km
2019-12-30 $36.70 26.422 138¢ 320 km