Chevy Cruze Eco

[99LeCouch]

My rolling couch is gone, replaced by a 2012 Cruze Eco with the 6-speed stick. First off, this is a comfortable car for racking up the miles in. And so on and so forth...

Onto the MPG's. So far in the 170 miles I've driven it, it's averaged right around 45 MPG, 50 per the DIC. A short 10 mile trip through rural and suburban areas indicated 51.3 MPG on the DIC. That was with 7 stop signs and 2 red lights. Techniques used were P&G, DWL, and keeping a reasonable speed. I did get on it a few times to get up to speed, and during the pulses. I'm not daring to EOC this puppy yet due to the turbo. I still have half a tank to go, so I won't know tank results until later.

It's a fun car to drive, and really hustles when needed. Likewise, go easy on the boost to get good MPG.

This is without my ScanGauge II, which is re-training out in Arizona. Can't wait to get that back so I can see what this car can really do.

[Daox]

Congrats, thats a hefty increase in mileage there.

[99LeCouch]

Thanks!

I did some experimenting with this car. It truly is bipolar in how it can get good fuel economy, and go like stink. Keeping one's foot out of it, 50 mpg should be easily doable. Keeping one's foot down and 35 mpg is more realistic.

Pictures will be up later.

[PaleMelanesian]

This is most excellent!

[99LeCouch]

More photos at a local park made at a flood control dam. This was me messing around with our Canon PowerShot SD780IS point-and-shoot.

[cfg83]

99LeCouch -

Me likey. It's always fun to take pix of one's brand new wheelz.

CarloSW2

[gone-ot]

99LeCouch -- if you're interested, here are some Cruze Forums:

• Cruze ForumZ
• Cruze Talk
• Chevrolet Cruze Forum

...in compliance with "full disclosure laws" be advised that I'm affiliated with all three.

[RH77]

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

[99LeCouch]

Thanks, guys!

Filled up the tank in anticipation of this hurricane this weekend, and got 40 mpg. 7.4 gallons over 296 miles. We'll say there were times I was specifically trying to load up the engine rolled into that figure, and a good bit of idling letting my fiance re-acquaint herself with driving a manual. Not too shabby, considering how the car's been driven so far.

Driving is entertaining. The chassis really comes alive at higher speeds, and settles down nicely at more reasonable speeds.

[99LeCouch]

Got my SGII back today! Firmware version 4.06.

Turns out the turbo is providing a bit of air at highway speeds. My boost gauge was reading right around -1 to 0 PSI at 55-60 mph in 6th gear. This is compared to -10 PSI at idle. Speaking of which, at a warm idle the LUJ consumes 0.2 GPH while coasting in gear, and 0.15 GPH parked. LOD is calculated per gear. Strangely enough, the car monitors and reports FPR! It's usually at 43 PSI at idle and cruising speeds.

I still need to program an Xgauge with a knock sensor to run a few tests on what octane gas this car prefers. And a 0-60 test just to say I've used it!

Overall, the Cruze and SGII play nicely together. Or at least mine is, for the day it's been connected up.