[UglyBoost91]

Hey Guys!

I became a proud new owner of a 2011 Eco manual, Black/red sport cloth a couple months ago, and have gone through my first oil change, so it's now time for some racin'!

I will be at the SCCA Oscoda event this coming weekend (July 15-17th) if anyone wants to join.

Just wondering if anyone else has raced their car yet? I have been fairly active in auto-x events for the past few years with my other cars, but I would love to be one of the first to auto-x their cruze. My only concerns are the LRR tires, they don't hold on the best under extreme cornering :banghead:
In my pre-lim testing, leaving the stability control on actually seems to help bring the rear end of the car around as the front end starts to under steer.

I would love to go heads up with someone in a Non-eco and the multilink rear suspension, which is supposed to handle better than the Eco's torsion beam. Then again, the Cobalt was the fastest FWD car at Nuremberg, so who knows...

I'll make sure to take lots of pics!

Eric,

 

[UglyBoost91]

Too bad your not closer to Michigan!

So everyone else on here is just a lowly MPG saver? hehehe

 

[UglyBoost91]

I have to friendly disagree with you a bit Nightdrv. Besides tires, My buddy (a rabid Volkswagen fan) loves the way the car handles, and I can easily hang with his base GTI on most turns.

And braking, in my eyes, is FANTASTIC. I can rip my eyes out with the car, and it will easily stop as fast as a co-workers SRT-4. Have you seen the braking distance numbers? More than some performance cars. Rear drums are more than ok for occasional hard stops.

Don't get me wrong I'm not going to race the car on a track, but for an autocross, it seems like it will be ok, given it's an economy car after all. You must have come from a really nice car to think the ECO handles bad and stop Dangerously!?

A good friend of mine has won many SCCA 1st place titles in his stock ford escort...

 

[UglyBoost91]

You would think people would remember that the ECO has fuel max tires on it before they complained that the tires didn't grip like "other" cars that got 15 mpg.

I think NBrehm knows it has the LLR tires on it', he's just stating proof to their poor grip