I find the hinge of the lid to be the most annoying thing of all really.

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I find the hinge of the lid to be the most annoying thing of all really.

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yep, i commute with 2 large duffels and a cooler in the trunk

constantly hit the cooler with the hinge

 

We want to see pics of your trunks . So we can compare them to a real trunk !

 

Yup, that's what it is. The floor of the trunk in the diesel sits higher up compared to the others. My buddy and I compared his eco and my car side by side and the trunk is deeper in his car.

 

Not (honestly) throwing rocks, but the placement of both the diesel fuel filter (behind front wheelwell) and the diesel emission fluid (DEF) tank sure LOOK like "...stick it anywhere it'll fit..." exercises more than TRUE designed-in engineered incorporations! Just MHO.

 

I guarantee this car was designed with OUT the diesel in mind.

 

Yes, the hinges are really annoying. Cant tell you how many times I have closed the lid only to open it back up and re position stuff.

 

These hinges are an old GM design that is very common. My 3 Pontiacs (01, 03, 07) used a different system that was under the trunk lid, external to the trunk, and so didn't have those huge arms and torsion members negating a couple square feet of trunk space, but the 2 Chevy Luminas (95, 00) I had before them had this identical trunk design--which made it a huge frustration to load up moving to and from college twice a year.

 

Simple, two-rod, torsion bar "lift" mechanism has been around for eons and proven reliable, but GM Daewoo took the "cheap" route so WE're stuck with 'cheap' result.

 

My 98 Buick had it. My Subaru has the arms but they are enclosed inside the panels stealing space to prevent hitting stiff in the trunk.


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This car was designed with a diesel in mind, for europe as this is a global vehicle. But the DEF tank is definitely an add-on as were the first country to receive it. Correct me if im wrong but I believe europe is getting the DEF soon as well to meet the new regulations.

 

Exactly. The 2.0 fits snugly under the hood, which was clearly designed to accommodate a much larger engine than the normal Cruzen options (2.0L diesel or 2.0 turbo/2.4 in the Verano).

DEF tank is definitely an afterthough but wasn't required overseas.


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Not an engineer, but just a thought; given the diesel's high mileage, couldn't they have put the smaller Eco fuel tank in the diesel and used the extra space for the DEF tank? That is, unless the smaller Eco tank isn't really that much physically smaller.

 

Wouldn't be a bad idea, except that the Eco tank isn't physically smaller. Capacity is limited by the fuel pump assembly (stupid) to shed a few pounds of weight.


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Mercedes Benz puts the DEF tank in the spare tire well, so it's not just Chevy.

 

Don't they also use those horrible "run flat tyres" as well?

 

Here are some pics I did of the Diesel and the ECO Trunks with some measurements.

http://www.cruzetalk.com/forum/64-c...m/64-chevy-cruze-diesel/14035-just-picked-up-my-replacement-eco-2-0-diesel.html

 

Make you wonder.

So you have 12-20 engineers sitting in a room contemplating the def placement and not one of them raises their hand says...."hey...this is a dumb idea???".

 

What are you smoking that you think an engineer was consulted on this, it's beancounters, all the way down.

 

Has anyone found a "donut" spare to use? I don't mind leaving it in the trunk, the idea of no spare is not appealing.

 

I guess if I have to put up with poorly designed hinges and less trunk space to get this great engine...so be it. It's worth that sacrifice. If I had the continuous need for more trunk space, I might have to consider a TDI Passat Sportwagen instead. (yeah, I know that's a cuss word around here...lol) Thank goodness it's just me and my lovely bride.

 

I'm beginning to think I'd like to have the spare tire well open for a spare... Got my second flat in two months today. :angry:

Both required a patch from the inside of the tire (plug wouldn't work). Fortunately, the first flat (November) occurred just as I was arriving home from work; the second occurred this morning as I arrived at work...and fortunately, there's a tire shop "next door".

If I would have been out on the road somewhere, I'm not confident that the factory-issue fix-a-flat would have worked.

Either these Goodyear's have wimpy puncture resistance, or I'm particularly unlucky...

 

Another post somewhere the OP said he was having terrible trouble with the original Goodyears. Knock on wood...at 6500 miles, mine's still doing well.

 

Has anyone figured out a donut spare that will fit? Can you buy the jack and lug wrench as a kit with one part number? We have snow tires on now but I want an actual spare.

 

I can't remember who it was, but I thought I remembered reading in a thread a while back from one of members on here who had purchased a spare for their CTD that they leave in the trunk. For some reason the member "diesel" comes to mind, but I could be wrong.

 

I'd like to use a donut of possible as we use the trunk for work.