Just bought a new 2012 cruze eco manual, 17.4K+ttl

Hi. Obermd. I bought the car from 2nd dealer. I tried to bit $17k+ttl for the 1st dealer, but the 1st dealer was firm on 18k+ttl. So I finally settled down with the 2nd dealer.

Hi. Sciphi. I paid the tax rate 6.18%. The tax is a little less than 1,100. The title and license is little over $100. So the ttl is around $1,200. In Texas we do pay car tax. I remember that I pay my old civci around $70 property tax every year.

Thanks everyone. I am enjoying my cruze, I already took two test drive in city highway combination and I got 40 mpg.

When I did my test driving, I coasted whenever possible, is it good for the break in? My driving habit is to coast (set the gear to neutral) a lot. When I anticipate the red light in distance, I coast. My question are:

1. is it bad for break in? because I see that in break in, you should have vary rpm.
2. how does that compares with the tech that leaving the gear in and let the car to rolling. Is coasting save more gas? or let the car in gear and let off gas paddle, save more gas?

Thanks again everyone.

Dan

Nikon1234 said:

Hi. Obermd. I bought the car from 2nd dealer. I tried to bit $17k+ttl for the 1st dealer, but the 1st dealer was firm on 18k+ttl. So I finally settled down with the 2nd dealer.

Hi. Sciphi. I paid the tax rate 6.18%. The tax is a little less than 1,100. The title and license is little over $100. So the ttl is around $1,200. In Texas we do pay car tax. I remember that I pay my old civci around $70 property tax every year.

Thanks everyone. I am enjoying my cruze, I already took two test drive in city highway combination and I got 40 mpg.

When I did my test driving, I coasted whenever possible, is it good for the break in? My driving habit is to coast (set the gear to neutral) a lot. When I anticipate the red light in distance, I coast. My question are:

1. is it bad for break in? because I see that in break in, you should have vary rpm.
2. how does that compares with the tech that leaving the gear in and let the car to rolling. Is coasting save more gas? or let the car in gear and let off gas paddle, save more gas?

Thanks again everyone.

Dan

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Nikon1234 said:

Oh, one thing I noticed on the owner manual, why do I not see the interval to change manual transmission fluid? Aslo went to Walmart and tried to find motor oil. I found out that almost all sythetic has Dexo1 logo on them. Several sythetic blend has Dexo1 logo as well. I did not find any tranditional 5w-30 has Dexo1 logo, even Mobil 1 does not have that. Where to locate the tranditional motor oil with Dexo 1 logo? Thanks.

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During break in vary your engine and road speed. Basically don't sit at 55 MPH all day. For most drivers this isn't an issue because their normal driving routes and conditions enforce speed changes. I even ran my Cruze up to 5000 RPM a couple of times during break in, just to get some high RPM seating done. The biggest issue during break in is to ensure you always have enough space to avoid hard braking. You should attempt to do this anyway, but it's not always possible.

Deceleration Fuel Cut Off vs. coasting in neutral. For this, ignore that it's illegal to coast in neutral in most states. The answer to your question of do I leave it in gear or put it in neutral really depends on what's going to happen at the end of the coast. If you're stopping, leave it in gear until you have to put the clutch in. The Cruze will shut down the fuel injectors whenever you coast for more than a couple of seconds and your RPM is above 1500. The injectors resume around 1200 RPM. In this range the car us using the wheel spin to keep the engine running. If you downshift during your coast the car will fire up the injectors until the drive wheels are reengaged. You can see the car do this by switching to Metric and watching for 0L/100KM on the DIC. The tradeoff when doing this is you slow down faster than when coasting in neutral. If the coast is going to end with a gear change and speed resumption, coasting in neutral will allow you to coast further. I don't think anyone has done a comparison of fuel economy between these two options.

Dexos-1 certified motor oils are all synthetic blend or pure synthetic.