Impressive MPG! Hope that is true to fact for you unlike the MPG on most gas Cruzes that are @ 10 % optimistic for time being.
Bought One. New Owner Impressions
Hello everybody. I have been lurking for a while but finally decided to join now that I took delivery of my 2.0 TD (purchased in Ohio). it was interesting that the dealer actually had 2 of them in stock. In short, I love it! It's got enough diesel character to keep a hard core diesel guy like me happy, but it is also tame enough for the masses. It's a lot of fun to drive and the torque is quite nice. From a standstill, if you floor it, there's a very small lag while the turbo spools up and then plenty of tire spinning fun as it launches hard. It's obvious that Chevrolet did their homework on this one. The drivetrain seems to be very well sorted and I like how the manumatic will let the engine go up to its 5000 RPM redline. (Not to get into break-in discussions, but I always break 'em in hard and have had very good luck that way.)
I have test driven several Golf/Jetta TDIs but none of them ever said "buy me!" like this one did. Props to Chevy for coming to market with something like this. I found the dealer was willing to knock $1000 off the price with a little bit of back and forth, which I think is more than fair. To anybody considering one of these, I highly recommend finding one to take for a spin. Only nit with the car is the seats aren't the most comfortable I've sat in. They weren't horrible after some time on the highway, but they weren't great either. Maybe I can play a bit more with the adjustments to find a comfortable position.
I did a quick computer fuel mileage check and found that over 44.6 miles of highway driving at an average speed of 72.1 mph with some up and down hills yielded 51.1 mpg.
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I have test driven several Golf/Jetta TDIs but none of them ever said "buy me!" like this one did. Props to Chevy for coming to market with something like this. I found the dealer was willing to knock $1000 off the price with a little bit of back and forth, which I think is more than fair. To anybody considering one of these, I highly recommend finding one to take for a spin. Only nit with the car is the seats aren't the most comfortable I've sat in. They weren't horrible after some time on the highway, but they weren't great either. Maybe I can play a bit more with the adjustments to find a comfortable position.
I did a quick computer fuel mileage check and found that over 44.6 miles of highway driving at an average speed of 72.1 mph with some up and down hills yielded 51.1 mpg.
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I just took it on a long trip today that involved 95+% highway, but over an hour of that was stop and go NYC traffic. The 25 mile loop (very cool feature, by the way, the 25, 50 and 500 mile loops) dropped to about 28MPG in the traffic and hit a high of 55.5 at highway speeds. There was a bit where I was closer to 65MPH for a while, but 80% of the time, the cruise was set at 73. This includes two rest stops and about 4 red lights. I am impressed wih the computer readout of MPG on this particular trip.
Now, spending that type of quality time with a car in a day gets you very familiar very quickly with the car. I have to say that I was able to find a comfortable position in the seat, but over time it really became apparent that this car has a lot of quality bits to it. It was very quiet on the highway, felt very solid, almost like a Mercedes or BMW and not the least bit of driver fatigue in 8+ hours of driving. This is seriously an impressive car all around. My other car is a Mercedes GLK250, so I am very familiar with the "German feel" and Chevrolet comes vey close with this car. The steering feel was very impressive, with a very nice amound of feedback that never felt artificial. I read an article about them changing the steering in the diesel and it's way different than my friend's LS.
Anyway, loving the car!
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Now, spending that type of quality time with a car in a day gets you very familiar very quickly with the car. I have to say that I was able to find a comfortable position in the seat, but over time it really became apparent that this car has a lot of quality bits to it. It was very quiet on the highway, felt very solid, almost like a Mercedes or BMW and not the least bit of driver fatigue in 8+ hours of driving. This is seriously an impressive car all around. My other car is a Mercedes GLK250, so I am very familiar with the "German feel" and Chevrolet comes vey close with this car. The steering feel was very impressive, with a very nice amound of feedback that never felt artificial. I read an article about them changing the steering in the diesel and it's way different than my friend's LS.
Anyway, loving the car!
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