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Traded it at the end of 2015 for a Nissan Altima. Water pump was failing again (3rd pump) and valve cover gasket was failing again (2nd gasket). Got lucky and had the engine light go out just before I traded it. Still, a car with 240,000 km on it is not worth much anyways, so it probably didn't matter. Have now driven the Nissan 80,000 km with absolutely no problems. Such a welcome contrast to the Cruze.

ps. Careful with iOS 7! You can end up getting other people's text messages... Your family members keep receiving iMessages/text messages that are meant for the other person You and your family members must all have individual Apple IDs unless you want to keep receiving messages meant for the other. .. If you and your family members are sharing the same Apple ID across multiple devices, every time you use iMessage to text the other person, whoever else is using that ID will also receive the same message. To stop your kids from receiving messages meant for Dad and vice versa, they will need to set up their own Apple ID, or log in to iMessage using their phone number instead of a group email. The same goes for you and your significant other.

I was so happy to see the Nexus 4 at $200... finally a smartphone I would want that my wife would let me buy! ...but then I realized they're sold out permanently. Bastards! Guess I'll just keep waiting.

Hold on, diesel's more than regular there? That makes no sense... it's less refined! Gas station on the corner here is showing $1.307/l for regular, $1.239/l for diesel. (=$4.95/gal reg, $4.69/gal diesel)

The capacitive touch volume control worked. He showed us that. The screen however, just sat there off the entire time we drove the car, covered in other people's fingerprint smudges. Not exactly a good way to sell a car.

The Cadillac is the only one where you touch the screen, meaning it will get smudged, again and again. Audi and BMW both have the click-wheel interface. Oh, and we didn't get to experience CUE, as the dealer couldn't get the screen to work at all. I took a look and couldn't figure it out either. As far as rear seat headroom, that is my gripe with the Cadillac. I was most comfortable in the back of the Audi, and the BMW was close behind. I had to have my head permanently over at an angle to even fit in the ATS rear seat. it's not a matter of how far back the seat is - leg room is not the issue for me, it's room for my long torso that's the problem.

My father's looking for a new car and is choosing between the 320i xDrive, A4 Quattro, and ATS4. All three have a turbo 2.0 L i4 and AWD. It's interesting to see how different the numbers are for the output, however... BMW 320i xDrive city l/100km 8.9 highway l/100km 5.6 hp 181 tq 199 Audi A4 Quattro 2.0T city l/100km 9.5 highway l/100km 6.3 hp 211 tq 258 Cadillac ATS4 2.0T city l/100km 10.3 highway l/100km 6.6 hp 272 tq 260 Optioned up this way, they are also very very close in price. ($41-42k after fees, tax, and trade) We went out and drove all three back to back to back. I wasn't very impressed by the touch screen on the ATS vs. the wheel navigation of the screens on the other two. The ATS screen looked smudged and dirty when we got in. It also had the least usable back seat. To me, it's between the Audi and BMW, and I can't exactly say why but I have a small preference for the Audi.

Hey thanks guys... I'm officially old now (30).

It's just a renaming to make their other naming conventions make sense... 1=sedan 2=coupe of 1 3=sedan 4=coupe of 3 5=sedan 6=coupe of 5 7=sedan

I only have powertrain warranty left, so they wouldn't be covered. I guess I'll just leave it there.

Noticed that the green paint is starting to come off my Eco badge today. Would removing the badges from the car impact resale value in any way?

Japan's mountain road fans and drifters may disagree with you on that.

I like the size and styling of my Cruze. I just wish it was as efficient as advertized and didn't break all the time. Other than that, I have no further wishes.

Ugliest? You've got to be kidding me. I really like this one.

Drew, I never saw that picture you posted until I just searched for this thread to add this! Wierd!

http://www.engineswapdepot.com/?p=2673 Is it really this simple?

ps. Sorry to bring my anger into your thread, Ocn. I'm glad you like your vehicle and are getting good mileage out of it.

Canadian f/e ratings for - Cruze Eco: 4.6 hwy, 7.2 city L/100km. Beetle TDI: 4.8 hwy, 7.2 city L/100km. What Ocn and I are actually getting: Me: 6.7 L/100km. Ocn: 5.4 L/100km. I do almost exclusively highway. I really hate this lie on four wheels they call Cruze.

I hope so too. Part of me says everything will be fine because so many things have now been replaced and inspected. Part of me, however, still says, "RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! IT'S A LEMON!"

It was all covered under warranty. Only side effect "out of pocket" for me was the extra fuel I spent on the Sierra, probably about $100.

Forgot to wrap this up - got the Cruze back. Running like it did before the issue.

Not sure I'm ready to deal with VW quality issues, but I may glance at them when the time comes. Best mpg I can find for a 2000's Civic with a manual trans is 36mpg highway. The fit is actually worse - 33-34mpg highway Sentra manual trans is 36mpg highway (BTW, the best Versa is also 36mpg highway) SX4 gets a whopping 30mpg highway Impreza's best model is pretty impressive that it gets 36mpg highway while being AWD, but still doesn't meet the requirements Now that I actually look up some numbers, I see that some of the cars I was looking at don't fit the bill either: Chevy Cruze manual - 38mpg highway Chevy Cruze Eco manual - 42mpg highway Chevy Sonic manual 1.4L - 40mpg highway Chevy Spark manual - 38mpg highway Ford Focus manual - 36mpg highway Ford Fiesta manual - 39mpg highway I sometimes forget that the American and Canadian mileage estimates are so far out of wack. Here are the Canadian highway mileage estimates. All numbers are for the MANUAL trans. Our measurement methods are obviously different, but also keep in mind that our Imperial gallon was bigger and they still use that rather than the american gallon when giving us mpg numbers (most people use l/100km now). Civic: 52 mpg Fit: 50 mpg Sentra: 51 mpg SX4: 47 mpg Impreza: 48 mpg Cruze: 54 mpg Cruze Eco: 61 mpg Sonic: 55 mpg Spark: 55 mpg Focus: 51 mpg Fiesta: 55 mpg So when you said 40 mpg highway, that didn't seem like that high of a bar to me, so I didn't even check, just listed some cars.

Civic Fit 2013 Sentra SX4 Impreza

Well, it was Enterprise, so yes it was a fleet sale. Still. One month from Mexico to an Enterprise lot in Canada is still quick.

I agree that no cloth is an epic fail. I dislike leather seats, and certainly don't want to be forced to pay for them.