Rising gas prices...aren't you glad you bought a Cruze now?

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wildabouthorses

Discussion Starter · Mar 23, 2018

As I watch the gas prices go up here in Oklahoma where we usually have some of the lowest prices in the nation, I am so glad I have a gas saving 2017 Cruze to drive ( averaging 34 city 39 hwy using premium 91). What surprised me when looking at compact cars and smaller how the Cruze mpg beats many. Almost have to get a hybrid to do better gas wise but the cost jumps too so not sure if it's really a savings all around. Ironically the carmakers say the buyers are now buying gas guzzlers because gas has stayed low. Well what do these buyers do when gas starts to go up and up and up back to nearly $4 a gallon? I think us Cruze owners will be laughing and smiling at the gas pumps eh?

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llbanks522

· #21 · Mar 25, 2018

dhpnet said:
They keep doing this and it never ends. First, they said we needed property taxes to pay for schools, police and fire departments. Then they added state and local income taxes to pay for schools. Then, they said we needed sales tax to pay for schools. Then, they said we needed car registration taxes and gas taxes to pay for these things. Then they add bond measures and parcel taxes. Then they added taxes and fees to electric, gas, water, phone and garbage. And they just keep adding more and increasing them endlessly. Despite all of this, every state still says they have the worst paid teachers in the country, and police and fire departments are underfunded, and the roads are the worst in the country, and on and on and on...

dhpnet has hit the nail on the head and really summed up the tax situations in our country. Here in NJ we just recently added $.23 per gallon tax to rebuild our transportation fund to fix our roads. We were smart though and passed a referendum with it that states our politians CANNOT use the funds for anything else but the transportation fund - TIME WILL TELL IF THAT HOLDS. In any event I’m really happy with my 2017 LT - Cruze’s milage, handling, and drivability. (less the auto stop/start).

PS - Didn’t we fight a Revolution in 1776 against some King that taxed the **** out of us? “Just Sayin”

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ProDigit

· #22 · Mar 25, 2018

Cruze is great on gas, but not the best out there.
An Elantra 2.0 beats it by 10MPG on the highway.

If you ask me, I would like a 1,7 to 1,8 liter turbo engine, making 175-200HP, and a final drive that runs the engine at 2,5k RPM at 80MPH.

MP81

· #23 · Mar 25, 2018

2nd gen Cruze is rated at 40 highway with a manual, and 2017 Elantra 2.0 is rated at 36 highway with a manual.

Pretty sure that is four less, not ten more...

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17Hatch6MT

· #24 · Mar 25, 2018 (Edited)

I just filled a tank 471 mi, 11.6 gal (the 'low fuel level' chime sounded at the very moment I was driving by the BP station), & computed 40+ mi/gal actual based on pump gals div. by odo reading (about 2 less than the Trip A mpg estimate for the tank). This included quite a few 70 mph highway miles and some slower speed city, suburban, country driving. Keep in mind I have the hatch/manual rated 38 hwy. Very satisfactory. But I try for economy. Driving the way I do isn't for everyone. No super-hypermiling, just not fast off the line. The opposite of leadfoots who blast from red to red.

ProDigit

· #25 · Mar 26, 2018 (Edited)

MP81 said:
2nd gen Cruze is rated at 40 highway with a manual, and 2017 Elantra 2.0 is rated at 36 highway with a manual.

Pretty sure that is four less, not ten more...

The rating doesn't matter. At highway speeds of 75MPH, the Elantra has 10MPG more (60MPG) than the Cruze Eco (50MPG) instant, and at 100MPH it is 10-15MPG better (25 vs 40MPG instant).
At 60MPH they're pretty even.
The larger engine makes that driving at speeds below 50MPH, it'll lose in MPG to a cruze.

obermd

· #26 · Mar 26, 2018

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ProDigit said:
The rating doesn't matter. At highway speeds of 75MPH, the Elantra has 10MPG more (60MPG) than the Cruze Eco (50MPG) instant, and at 100MPH it is 10-15MPG better (25 vs 40MPG instant).
At 60MPH they're pretty even.
The larger engine makes that driving at speeds below 50MPH, it'll lose in MPG to a cruze.

How much of the time are you actually driving that fast? Living in a 75 MPH state (Colorado) I still don't see 75 MPH very often - most of the time I'm in 65 MPH or slower zones. My 2012 Cruze ECO MT, after 103,600 miles when USAA bought it from me rather than pay to repair the hail damage, averaged 42.5 pump measured MPG.

You can't depend on "instant" MPG numbers for accurate long term MPG. For example, here are some screen shots from my ECO.

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MP81

· #27 · Mar 26, 2018

obermd said:
How much of the time are you actually driving that fast? Living in a 75 MPH state (Colorado) I still don't see 75 MPH very often - most of the time I'm in 65 MPH or slower zones. My 2012 Cruze ECO MT, after 103,600 miles when USAA bought it from me rather than pay to repair the hail damage, averaged 42.5 pump measured MPG.

You can't depend on "instant" MPG numbers for accurate long term MPG. For example, here are some screen shots from my ECO.

How dare you post actual quantatative evidence instead of just...random numbers! The instant mileage readout is rarely accurate, and definitely not something that can be used for any kind of actual comparison.

Exactly - who gives a **** about fuel economy figures at 100 mpg?

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BU54

· #28 · Mar 26, 2018

I bought my '13 cruze in late '13 when gas was $4/gallon. Not long after that it dropped to 2-2.50 and it's pretty much been there ever since. Now in my neck of the woods it's 2.60-2.80 for 87 today.
No I don't wish for gas to go back to $4/gallon because it still costs twice as much and it's a drain on the economy as well.

BU54

· #29 · Mar 26, 2018

MP81 said:
Exactly - who gives a **** about fuel economy figures at 100 mpg?

I would be much more concerned about a ticket/losing my license. Here in Hellinois you can get a reckless driving ticket for anything more than 20mph over the limit. That's a class A misdemeanor. Up to 1 year in jail and 2500 fine.

MP81

· #30 · Mar 26, 2018

BU54 said:
I would be much more concerned about a ticket/losing my license. Here in Hellinois you can get a reckless driving ticket for anything more than 20mph over the limit. That's a class A misdemeanor. Up to 1 year in jail and 2500 fine.

Yep - same here in Michigan, at least the 20-over being Reckless and a misdemeanor. I'm not sure what the fine/jail time is, but its four points on your license.

eddiefromcali

· #31 · Mar 26, 2018

Premium (91) is $4.09 here in SoCal....good thing I went E85 and only paying 2.49 with an average of 22mpg. My 25 mile drive to work really sucks. I go from 2,500ft elevation to 1,000 and then back to 2,500...with hills in between and lots of traffic going from 20-80mph. I cant get the awesome mpg some of you report on your 1.4s

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obermd

· #32 · Mar 26, 2018

BU54 said:
I would be much more concerned about a ticket/losing my license. Here in Hellinois you can get a reckless driving ticket for anything more than 20mph over the limit. That's a class A misdemeanor. Up to 1 year in jail and 2500 fine.

In some parts of Texas (85 MPH), Wyoming (80 MPH), and Utah (80 MPH) I can see people cruzing along at 100 MPH. However I don't think this happens very often simply because these areas are also very windy and high speeds combined with high winds makes for a very unstable road feel, regardless of vehicle.

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MP81

· #33 · Mar 26, 2018

obermd said:
In some parts of Texas (85 MPH), Wyoming (80 MPH), and Utah (80 MPH) I can see people cruzing along at 100 MPH. However I don't think this happens very often simply because these areas are also very windy and high speeds combined with high winds makes for a very unstable road feel, regardless of vehicle.

And clearly at 100 mph, your goal is getting somewhere faster - not maintaing fuel economy.

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1988gmc355

· #34 · Mar 26, 2018

dhpnet said:
They keep doing this and it never ends. First, they said we needed property taxes to pay for schools, police and fire departments. Then they added state and local income taxes to pay for schools. Then, they said we needed sales tax to pay for schools. Then, they said we needed car registration taxes and gas taxes to pay for these things. Then they add bond measures and parcel taxes. Then they added taxes and fees to electric, gas, water, phone and garbage. And they just keep adding more and increasing them endlessly. Despite all of this, every state still says they have the worst paid teachers in the country, and police and fire departments are underfunded, and the roads are the worst in the country, and on and on and on...

I have been real happy with my state and county, until last year and this year. All the April 3rd ballot measures are to add a tax, increase a tax, or not allow one to end that was passed years ago. All these ar for school, police, EMS, fire, etc. So do you really vote that stuff down? Or when is enough enough, my property valuation went up, my insurance has gone up.

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BU54

· #35 · Mar 26, 2018

In Hellinois there's so much "school" taxes there should be enough money to eliminate the federal deficit. I remember back in the 70s when lottery came to Hellinois it was supposed to bail out the school system, hah they just ended up with more debt. Then there was a push for river boat gambling and they again used schools to push this through but gambling had to be on the water and on a boat that actually left the dock. Long story short there are no more boats and it's all land based and boy do they protect the gambling area. Yup you guessed it the school system still needs more $$$.

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obermd

· #36 · Mar 26, 2018

1988gmc355 said:
I have been real happy with my state and county, until last year and this year. All the April 3rd ballot measures are to add a tax, increase a tax, or not allow one to end that was passed years ago. All these ar for school, police, EMS, fire, etc. So do you really vote that stuff down? Or when is enough enough, my property valuation went up, my insurance has gone up.

Unless they can tell me exactly why they need the money I vote against tax increases. My pay isn't going up, why should the government's?

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1988gmc355

· #37 · Mar 26, 2018

obermd said:
Unless they can tell me exactly why they need the money I vote against tax increases. My pay isn't going up, why should the government's?

They tell us exactly what it is for, not bad things, but at what point do we say no, no matter what? Our sales tax is 8.975% and some areas are 10%. They could ask for more new taxes if they wouldn't also ask to keep ones going that should expire. I am about to the point to say no on everything.

How am supposed to get ahead when my raise used up by an increase in property tax and insurance.

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obermd

· #38 · Mar 26, 2018

1988gmc355 said:
They tell us exactly what it is for, not bad things, but at what point do we say no, no matter what? Our sales tax is 8.975% and some areas are 10%. They could ask for more new taxes if they wouldn't also ask to keep ones going that should expire. I am about to the point to say no on everything.

How am supposed to get ahead when my raise used up by an increase in property tax and insurance.

Even with total disclosure I frequently vote against tax increases.

Michigan

· #39 · Mar 26, 2018

KenH said:
I'm only averaging 19 mpg city on 89 octane... very little Idling, and I don't have a lead foot. ?

I just came from a gas guzzling Chevy Blazer (16 mpg) to a 2018 Cruze hatchback and I am super happy to be getting 36 mpg on 87 octane. I havent had it on the freeway yet, but expect some nice numbers there when I do.

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rry3158652

· #40 · Mar 27, 2018

Agree! Is this about the price of gas or a speeding ticket?

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