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Hello everyone, first official post other than the welcome, so, opinions please;
I don't yet have a cruze but I'm looking towards a 2012 cruze eco manual based upon my previous research, but maybe you all can tell me if that's really the best option.
2012 vs 2011; I like to stay away from first years of a given model, but since the cruze was released elsewhere first, maybe a 2011 wouldn't be so bad.
Looking to an eco so as to get the lowest fuel consumption, if it ever gets 5.6l/100 as advertised, that's nearly half of what my current car gets.
I need the car to last me min 4 years, beyond that is cash in the bank (4 years is the payoff if I get a car for ~8000CAD, vs the extra I'd have to pay in gas to keep my 99 regal ls).
I may want to make some modifications to it in the future, from what I've read the powertrain doesn't seem to be affected on the eco vs other models, please lmk if that's not the case. I understand that power mods will lower fuel efficiency, but the mods would likely only come later. I had a GTP that ran 13s up until I had to sell to buy my house, so I'd like to move back into a car with a little better pickup, even if only straight line and even if I need to make it quick myself.
I need this thing to be safe AF for my own piece of mind, it'll be the principle people carrier for my family. The Cruzes as a whole seem to have good safety ratings.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated
I don't yet have a cruze but I'm looking towards a 2012 cruze eco manual based upon my previous research, but maybe you all can tell me if that's really the best option.
2012 vs 2011; I like to stay away from first years of a given model, but since the cruze was released elsewhere first, maybe a 2011 wouldn't be so bad.
Looking to an eco so as to get the lowest fuel consumption, if it ever gets 5.6l/100 as advertised, that's nearly half of what my current car gets.
I need the car to last me min 4 years, beyond that is cash in the bank (4 years is the payoff if I get a car for ~8000CAD, vs the extra I'd have to pay in gas to keep my 99 regal ls).
I may want to make some modifications to it in the future, from what I've read the powertrain doesn't seem to be affected on the eco vs other models, please lmk if that's not the case. I understand that power mods will lower fuel efficiency, but the mods would likely only come later. I had a GTP that ran 13s up until I had to sell to buy my house, so I'd like to move back into a car with a little better pickup, even if only straight line and even if I need to make it quick myself.
I need this thing to be safe AF for my own piece of mind, it'll be the principle people carrier for my family. The Cruzes as a whole seem to have good safety ratings.
Any advise would be greatly appreciated