[Kontrasts]

Hey all!

I'm George, originally from the UK, living in Australia. Currently in the recruitment process for the Defence Force here.

Figured in my time away from school before I hopefully join the Army, I'd have a crack at doing some DIY mods and maybe a few cheap ones on the 2010 Holden Cruze mum drives. Girl has the 2.0L Diesel engine, so might be a bit interesting for some of you blokes. We test drove the petrol one back in 2010 and it had no get up and go at all so we opted for a manual Diesel. I've only been driving on my own since September, but I've noticed that the turbo lag is a bitch! Really gotta get your revs up if you're planning on changing gear up a hill.

Anyway, thanks for having a read. Feel free to direct me to wherever I should be looking for DIY mods!

 

[Blasirl]

Welcome Aboard! :welcome:

Check out these two threads if you have not already been there:


Gen1 Diesel General Discussion

Gen1 Diesel Technical Discussion

Cheers! ccasion14:

 

[Kontrasts]

Thanks for that!

 

[Blasirl]

Anytime!

 

[Sklyn]

Hey, good to see another SA rep on site =)

Without a turbo, the small engine is pretty slack, but what do you expect?

Seems there is quite a bit of useful info on the forum, even if there might be some slight differences with our aussie models.

 

[Patman]

Welcome

 

[grs1961]

Just remember the Australian turbo-diesel engines (there have been two) are completely different to to US turbo-diesels.

 

[obermd]

Welcome.

 

[carid]

Hi George, welcome on board! Nice to have you here. There is a ton of information about our platform with supporting vendors who can get you where you want to go. Have fun surfing around!