Boy, there's a memory. Used to know a girl in college that was nicknamed "Handles". She'd been picked up so many times at the tavern I worked at, she was reputed to have grown "handles".
Only way I get 33mpg on the interstate is 75mph or more, if I keep my 2012 1LT automatic at 65-70mph I consistently get 36-42mpg.32-33 mpg on the interstate isn't very good for a car of this size in reality, there are bigger cars with more options that can offer that kind of mileage.
Actually its not just mine, two of my relatives as well as the cruze we have at works gets very similar MPG results(all 1.4T automatics, varying model years). What was the outside temperatures when you did your limited testing? Any wind? Cold temperatures(35F or below) and any head or cross wind is the only thing that gets that low of MPG on the highway(besides high speed).Sounds like yours is better than this new one.
Temps 44-46 on the evening trip, 38-41 on the return morning trip. As stated, virtually no wind. Both trips identical 32.5 according to the computer.Actually its not just mine, two of my relatives as well as the cruze we have at works gets very similar MPG results(all 1.4T automatics, varying model years). What was the outside temperatures when you did your limited testing? Any wind? Cold temperatures(35F or below) and any head or cross wind is the only thing that gets that low of MPG on the highway(besides high speed).
I think I remember you Jimmy Baby! :valantines:Boy, there's a memory. Used to know a girl in college that was nicknamed "Handles". She'd been picked up so many times at the tavern I worked at, she was reputed to have grown "handles".
I was just trying to point out that results may vary and the numbers you claim are not what I see every day(88,000 test miles now). Two trips doesn't equal the thousands of miles I have driven the automatic and if 32-33mpg highway no way I would have almost a 36mpg average over those miles.So...I'm lying?? Why on earth would I ever have ANY reason to do that? It sounds more like you are being defensive, and therefore more apt to stretch the truth. I don't have a dog in this fight. I simply stated the TRUTH about THAT car on two trips as well as my OPINION on some other factors. That's all there was to it. If your's and your relative's get better mileage, wow, super, good for you.
Having driven a rental 2013 1LT AT for three days I can vouch that driving this transmission efficiently is a challenge, especially coming from my ECO MT. However, on the open road with cruise control on all LT automatics should get the same fuel economy (+/- 1 MPG) at the same speed. If the rental you had didn't then I would suspect something else such as under-inflated tires or lack of routine maintenance. Rentals are notorious for both.Not once did I say you are lying yet you somehow have the audacity to claim I'm stretching the truth? More likely one needs to learn the idiosyncrasy's of the automatic and hence why it seems whenever a manual transmission cruze owner drives one they can't seem to get decent MPG. I have no idea why the 5 cruze automatics I've driven all get the same MPG as my car EXCEPT to say it has to be the driver. I fill the tank, get on the interstate, set my cruise control at 68mph and ramp off 4+ hours later and typically get 39mpg(pump calculated not DIC).
That's why if you read my earlier post I said that something else was going on with the rental. On cruise control all LTs should get the same MPG +/-1 on the highway at the same speed. 32.5 MPG is low for the LT Automatic at 68 MPH. It should be at or just above the 38 highway MPG advertised as that's what most of the are seeing.My driving background, or anyone else's has nothing to do with putting the cruse control on 68mph and seeing what the computer says at the end of the drive. It has nothing to do with owning a MT and driving an AT as has been suggested. Fact is the car in question got 32.5 mpg, twice. Each on back-to-back trips on the same stretch of interstate. The car is not broken in, it's tires were not inflated to max psi.
I'm sorry that someone had to get completely confrontational and defensive about it. But that's the internet for ya!