Help getting a daily driven car?

BlackZ71Silverado · September 13, 2012

I have been getting 36mpg to work and back, parents getting 34, and brothers wife 28-30. I got mine because it's fuel efficient, not for speed. If you want a car for speed get a camaro 6.2L. I can tell you there is nothing wrong with the 1.8L engine, runs great.

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hzhardy · September 13, 2012

How about we put the 6.2 in the Cruze?

hzhardy · September 13, 2012

The Cavalier wheel base was about 1/8 inch shorter than a c6 vette if i remember correctly. I so bad want to do a drive transplant in one of those, or even bolt a northstart out of the XLR to vette drive train.

scott26 · September 13, 2012

No one has mentioned it yet but we just got a 2012 Mazda 3 with the Skyactive engine up to 48 mpg highway (typically around 45 mpg for me so far). We also got the hatchback version which gives us plenty of room I was even able to fit my Giant Road Bike in there today for a ride. I also love the sporty handling I can take corners like no other, although that may not be a concern for your mother.

hzhardy · September 13, 2012

No one has mentioned it yet but we just got a 2012 Mazda 3 with the Skyactive engine up to 48 mpg highway (typically around 45 mpg for me so far). We also got the hatchback version which gives us plenty of room I was even able to fit my Giant Road Bike in there today for a ride. I also love the sporty handling I can take corners like no other, although that may not be a concern for your mother.

I had an 08 mazda 3 and loved it. It was the best car I have ever owned to date. i bought it new for 27000 loaded with everything including nav. i put about 110000 miles on before it was totaled. ran like a dream and very zippy with the best handling with super tight steering. i do not know how i never got a ticket in that car lol. i drove about 90 every where

Daryl Z71 · September 13, 2012

No one has mentioned it yet but we just got a 2012 Mazda 3 with the Skyactive engine up to 48 mpg highway (typically around 45 mpg for me so far). We also got the hatchback version which gives us plenty of room I was even able to fit my Giant Road Bike in there today for a ride. I also love the sporty handling I can take corners like no other, although that may not be a concern for your mother.

I had an 08 mazda 3 and loved it. It was the best car I have ever owned to date. i bought it new for 27000 loaded with everything including nav. i put about 110000 miles on before it was totaled. ran like a dream and very zippy with the best handling with super tight steering. i do not know how i never got a ticket in that car lol. i drove about 90 every where

Do you have a 6.2?

hzhardy · September 13, 2012

No one has mentioned it yet but we just got a 2012 Mazda 3 with the Skyactive engine up to 48 mpg highway (typically around 45 mpg for me so far). We also got the hatchback version which gives us plenty of room I was even able to fit my Giant Road Bike in there today for a ride. I also love the sporty handling I can take corners like no other, although that may not be a concern for your mother.

I had an 08 mazda 3 and loved it. It was the best car I have ever owned to date. i bought it new for 27000 loaded with everything including nav. i put about 110000 miles on before it was totaled. ran like a dream and very zippy with the best handling with super tight steering. i do not know how i never got a ticket in that car lol. i drove about 90 every where

Do you have a 6.2?

No, but I have a 6.0 in my 05 Denali is that close enough... oh wait my 1939 ford has a 383 stroker. That 6.2 for you metric folks

hzhardy · September 13, 2012

To me it is sad that the 6.2 is considered a big block. What happened to the day of 396 454 & 502s? Now those were big blocks. My dad's 95 Silverado 3500 dually was bad ass with its 454. We towed so much stuff with it no problem and fast as hell.

STINSAN3 · September 13, 2012

No one has mentioned it yet but we just got a 2012 Mazda 3 with the Skyactive engine up to 48 mpg highway (typically around 45 mpg for me so far). We also got the hatchback version which gives us plenty of room I was even able to fit my Giant Road Bike in there today for a ride. I also love the sporty handling I can take corners like no other, although that may not be a concern for your mother.

She did say that she liked those too.The Mazda 3.

sk · September 13, 2012

Here's another vote for the Cruze!

The daily commute was starting to wear on my truck (and my wallet!) so instead of replacing the Silvy we decided to keep it to use only when we needed a truck and bought a 2013 Cruze for me to drive back and forth to work. Plus, our oldest son will need a car in about 5 years so we figured if we bought new and were the original owners with a warranty then in 5 years we could hand the car over to him and we would know what shape it was in and what was done to it.

We've only had it about 3 weeks but LOVE it! My wife will be driving it sometimes and wanted a stick so we got the LT (you can't get a manual trans in a Cruze LTZ). Over the 3 weeks we have averaged about 33 mpg, and that's with about 50/50 city/highway driving and only about 800 miles on it. I expect the mileage to go up a few mpg as the engine gets broken in. The 1.4L turbo has plenty of get-up-and-go for daily driving, and the trunk is actually HUGE for a car of this size. We got the RS package which adds some sporty features, and the 2013's have lots of additional safety features (blind zone alert, rear cross traffic, rear backup camera). The MyLink radio is awesome, and the upgraded Pioneer package is pretty decent too.

Tell her to get a 2013 Cruze!