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Ordered winter tires/wheels for it from Discount Tire Direct. Tires are Nokian Hakkapelitta R low rolling resistance snow tires, and wheels are 16" Rage A5 wheels that weigh 17 lbs apiece. Considering the OEM wheels and tires are 36 lbs, having a 40 lb setup for the winter is an okay compromise. I got the Nokians since they are supposed to be excellent in inclement weather. Cost was far too much.

3rd tank, 45.2 mpg. And it has just over 1k miles on it.

You posting pictures of your cruze makes me want to post pictures of my new Focus! They are both great cars, and I was leaning heavily toward a cruze until I started selling Fords lol


Love the black!

Washed/clayed/Duragloss 105 sealant today:



Hi, everybody!




Random shot:




Collinite 476s carnauba wax will happen tomorrow morning after the Duragloss has time to cure.

Later on I helped the neighbors wash that gold mist metallic GP and their Grand Cherokee lurking in the background. They look a million times better after the quick wash they gave them.

Dave I will take my Regal if you can snooker GM into building me a 3.0 Buick V6 Turbo... In the same color as your car...lol

I'll work on it, Don.

LeSabre in Buffalo wrote:3rd tank, 45.2 mpg. And it has just over 1k miles on it.

Very nice mileage!! Dang, you really are putting the miles on that thing.

About 300 miles a week. That's not much for me. I'll really pile on the miles this fall for work.

Moar pikshurs!

This is the Duragloss topped with Collinite 476s. It went on easily, and even removed easily! I was shocked by the last one, as Collinite 476 is not known for easy removal.

As you can see, it's even shinier with the Collinite:



Trunk with microfiber used for dusting:


Down the passenger's side:




Reflections:







It was a lot of work, but the results speak for themselves.

I know it's not true but every time I see a close-up of the paint, I keep thinking it's rock chips...

PRD2BDF wrote:I know it's not true but every time I see a close-up of the paint, I keep thinking it's rock chips...

I keep thinking it's dirt or dust. Even when it was just clayed it looked dirty. It does look great in the sun, and hides dirt excellently since it looks dirty to start. If I had to do it again, I'd get a flat black, not the metallic. Oh well, at least it's a color I can quite easily live with.

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We're going to have to have a black car shine-off. Lol.

You probably have an advantage since your car has 1,000 miles while mine has 97,000 miles.

LOL, mine's shinier! Kidding!

I hope there's some meet we can both make, as I'd love to have a friendly shine-off!

Orange Peel on new cars makes me sad. But I love a *dang* clean black car!

orange peel in general makes me sad ..unless its on an old jalopy

LeSabre in Buffalo wrote:LOL, mine's shinier! Kidding!

I hope there's some meet we can both make, as I'd love to have a friendly shine-off!

Im gonna come lay in between and get a tan!

BonneMe wrote:Orange Peel on new cars makes me sad. But I love a *dang* clean black car!

Orange peel? Where is there orange peel? It does look kinda peely in the photos thanks to the metallic flake in the paint.

LeSabre in Buffalo wrote:

BonneMe wrote:Orange Peel on new cars makes me sad. But I love a *dang* clean black car!

Orange peel? Where is there orange peel? It does look kinda peely in the photos thanks to the metallic flake in the paint.

I can see it in the comparo that I posted of yours and mine, look closely at the cars reflected, you can see it.

That has got to be the shiniest Cruze that I have ever seen.

The paint looks perfect to me? idk whenever I think of orange peel I think of this: