Are yours gas or diesel? Sent from my iPhone
> On May 19, 2018, at 7:10 AM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > >> On May 18, 2018 at 9:25 PM Rick Knoble via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> > >> BTW, you seem to love those Chevy Cruze (s). >> Why? > > With the E250 Bluetec priced beyond my means, they are the only viable modern > alternative to a VW TDI. > > It all started last June when I saw a 2014 Cruze CTD (Clean Turbo Diesel, > which unfortunately uses the same initials as Cummins Turbo Diesel) about 100 > miles away, 90k on the odo, dark green paint over tan leather interior, rare > color combo but exactly the one I'd want,$8999 at a used car dealer in Ohio. > I thought about it for a day or two, do I want to go that high for a car > which will run out of powertrain warranty in a few thousand miles? And it > sold over the weekend, they don't last long at those prices, or didn't a year > ago anyway. > > I started watching the CoPart auctions, if I won't pay retail for one, maybe > I'll build one instead (still watching for an opportunity there, which is why > I'm looking at that abused car in Lansing for a drivetrain/suspension donor > to convert a Cruze ECO to diesel). Every diesel went for 150-200% of what I > was willing to pay, none of them were going to be under $8k after repairs. > > Then I bid on a few gassers. If I could get one for enough less than a diesel > than I could hope to save on fuel with the diesel... A couple of times I was > the 2nd highest bidder, but never the highest. I'd set my price and stop > there. The dealer who's credentials I was borrowing for the auctions told me > I needed to bid more. > > Finally, there was a Hertz owned two month old 2017 Cruze RS, clean title, > 2085 miles, in Cleveland. Literally two months old, made in June, bought by > me in August. I set my price, and once again got outbid. OK, I'll go $200 > more, this is a brand new car. The 4th time I went $200 more, it was mine, > for more than I wanted to pay. > > That led to me shopping for parts cars to afford to fix up my new purchase, > which is how I found the red 2016 3 weeks later, the car I should have bought > in the first place. So now I have two late model cars, one with 2k on the odo > and needing repairs 8 months after I bought it, one with 14k on the odo after > I've driven it 2000 miles that I want to sell to raise money to fix up the 2k > car. > > Last week, I took the 2016 out for my first drive in 70 degree weather, > commuting in winter I could only manage 38-40mpg. It still has winter gas in > it though. Took it to Dewitt for pizza. Followed 50 yards behind a semi going > 68-69mph for most of the way there with a 10mph wind more or less behind me. > Raised the car's lifetime maximum 25 mile average to 59.9mpg indicated. > Going home into the wind, I was only getting about 47mpg indicated, maybe > 45mpg in real life. Now this is what I wanted when I bought these things. > > The red car is just too perfect, bright colored and spotless to drive on the > dirt road I live on. I just need money, I'm getting ready to take many > detailed photos and put it on eBay for $9500 starting bid. Or you can come > get it for $9500. Has a crack in the plastic grille and scratches on two > wheels. Never had a dent or scratch on the body besides the crash damage > which is fully repaired and nearly all of that was damage to bolt on parts > which have been replaced. > > Mitch. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
