Got my First Cruze - replaced a Sonic

Hello everyone! I got my first Cruze, a 2017 Cruze Diesel Sedan with a Manual transmission, this past Monday (6/26/17) after Stella, my 2013 Chevy Sonic RS ("The Cadillac of Sonics") had a Cooling Fan failure that was going to take an unknown amount of time to fix, since the part was on National Backorder. I spend my days at Cadillac Dealerships in the Midwest and Mid-South training sales people (and often times service advisors) about the vehicles (features, benefits, systems, etc.), so I am around cars all day long. I also drive a LOT, and my Sonic RS, which I loved, had just under 160K miles on her. The fine folks at Cannon Chevy-Buick GMC-Cadillac had one Cruze Diesel in stock, I test drove it for about five miles, and decided to buy it. They were great, and I went on my merry way in a nice new car. I had about a 100 mile drive to my next stop, and I averaged 51 miles per gallon on that trip!

I've now put over 700 miles on my Cruze TD "Zool" (yes, named after the minion of Gozer). I filled him up with fuel for the first time today, and found that I got 52.5 MPG on that first tankful of Diesel! I am confident that I'll see numbers higher than that in the future.

I love the car, and the torque is amazing! The shifter works pretty well, too, and the pedals are well set up for heel-and-toe downshifts. Looking forward to many miles with Zool.