Nice ride! I just rented a Cruze 1LT 1.4T and liked it quite a lot. I wondered why it pulled after a bit of acceleration and remembered it had a turbo! The small displacement is hardly noticeable. Which brings me to the question, do you have a boost gauge hooked up? It was getting great FE until it became too much fun to drive
I rented it back-to-back with the Focus 2.0 SEL 5-door and like the drivetrain and overall feel of the Cruze a lot better. Another question, what is the pump-type noise when depressing the brake pedal -- an electric boost of sorts?
Anyways, enjoy and keep that turbo cool before parking
-RH77