I just passed 5,000 miles yesterday on my Silver, 6 Speed Cruze so wanted to post up some things I like, and probably more things I wish the car had.
Fuel mileage is great. I've filled up 8 times so far, averaging a little over 52 MPG's with about 80/20 highway/city. Highway driving, I usually stick between 75-78 MPH commuting from Rock Hill, SC to Columbia, SC, about 72 miles one way. The only reason I put where, is if you are so inclined, you can look at the elevation changes, not too many big hills, but some smaller ones. The road noise is pretty decent, coming from a Chevy Sonic, it's not surprising. Clutch is light, radio is pretty decent. I had some Android Auto issues in the beginning, where it wouldn't connect, but I haven't had an issue for a while. No issues so far in terms of reliability. The OnStar WiFi is pretty nice, I am going to continue with the service. Very good reception. No rattles or squeaks, the engine is really quiet. Hill hold is strong, stronger than in the Sonic. Plus, it works nose up or down, I think the Sonic was only nose up. I could be wrong.
Things I wish it had / things I don't like:
I really love the mileage. Filling up every 4th day instead of every other is great. The car is ok, I didn't test drive until I picked it up after paying for it. It's not bad, it's just when you spend 15 hours a week in a car, you quickly find it's faults. I don't drive it on the weekends. I have a few other cars I drive then. I can't tell you how people like the back seat or how the trunk space is (I've only opened it once to throw some jumper cables and some emergency things in). Overall, I would buy it again, just because of the mileage alone. Of course, I wouldn't mind a 20 gallon fuel tank! Having never bit the bullet when the TDI was out, I jumped on the opportunity to get the Diesel Chevy. I'm glad I held out, the timing belt in the VW was my main hold up. With my mileage, doing it every 3 years seemed crazy. I hope to keep the Cruze to 250,000, but I did plan on keeping my Sonic to 200,000 Miles and pulled the trigger on the Cruze with 110,000 on the Sonic.
Anyway, not much of a write up, I guess just getting things off of my chest.
Fuel mileage is great. I've filled up 8 times so far, averaging a little over 52 MPG's with about 80/20 highway/city. Highway driving, I usually stick between 75-78 MPH commuting from Rock Hill, SC to Columbia, SC, about 72 miles one way. The only reason I put where, is if you are so inclined, you can look at the elevation changes, not too many big hills, but some smaller ones. The road noise is pretty decent, coming from a Chevy Sonic, it's not surprising. Clutch is light, radio is pretty decent. I had some Android Auto issues in the beginning, where it wouldn't connect, but I haven't had an issue for a while. No issues so far in terms of reliability. The OnStar WiFi is pretty nice, I am going to continue with the service. Very good reception. No rattles or squeaks, the engine is really quiet. Hill hold is strong, stronger than in the Sonic. Plus, it works nose up or down, I think the Sonic was only nose up. I could be wrong.
Things I wish it had / things I don't like:
- I have the leather package group - no lumbar support adjustment, no where on the manual is it even an option.
- The driver seat is terrible, reminds me of the Sonic. I'm 6'0, 210 lbs and the bottom cushion, left side just doesn't have enough support. You can feel the metal piece in the seat. I imagine this will only get worse with more miles.
- Non-sliding sun visors. I drive South in the AM, North in the PM. The sun is always on the drivers side and the visor doesn't extend to where the sun is. The only 2 chevy vehicles I have been in that doesn't have this is the Sonic and the Cruze. I would have paid a few hundred extra dollars for this. Seriously.
- No HomeLink available. Just a nit, but still, really?
- Front cupholder is in an awful spot. It's right in the way of the shifter. Not a great design
- No auto up/down on ANY window. The cheaper Sonic at least had it available on the driver's window. Yes, it was an LT too.
- No sunroof option for the manual.
- No Auto Dimming Rearview Mirror option
- The door pockets hold a lot of stuff, but it's so high that you have to use your right hand to get things out. Kind of stinks when driving down the road.
- First gear is different. I don't know why, but it's just different. I currently own 3 other manual cars (plus have owned maybe another 20 or so in my lifetime), and it's just hard to get used to. I don't know why.
I really love the mileage. Filling up every 4th day instead of every other is great. The car is ok, I didn't test drive until I picked it up after paying for it. It's not bad, it's just when you spend 15 hours a week in a car, you quickly find it's faults. I don't drive it on the weekends. I have a few other cars I drive then. I can't tell you how people like the back seat or how the trunk space is (I've only opened it once to throw some jumper cables and some emergency things in). Overall, I would buy it again, just because of the mileage alone. Of course, I wouldn't mind a 20 gallon fuel tank! Having never bit the bullet when the TDI was out, I jumped on the opportunity to get the Diesel Chevy. I'm glad I held out, the timing belt in the VW was my main hold up. With my mileage, doing it every 3 years seemed crazy. I hope to keep the Cruze to 250,000, but I did plan on keeping my Sonic to 200,000 Miles and pulled the trigger on the Cruze with 110,000 on the Sonic.
Anyway, not much of a write up, I guess just getting things off of my chest.