New Car!

"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben)
02/10/2016 at 22:08 • Filed to: None

And I got to pick, too! (Within limits!)

So I ended up with a 2016 Cruze RS in Red Hot. It’s loaded with goodies like a sunroof, backup cam, a turbo, satellite radio, remote start, an app for my phone that lets me start it up and lock/unlock, on board wifi....pretty peppy little car. It’s not the DeVille, but it’ll do.

Say hello to Ted Cruze.

DISCUSSION (63)

EL_ULY > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:10

I swear to you that this week i’ve been looking at these and thinking.... I like these a lot. Duuuude congrats! That car is actually a touring car legend!

CB > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:11

I am oddly happy that you went with that as your vehicle name.

So, when does the chromification start? And can you get a landau top for it?

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:11

I had a 2014 Cruze RS as a rental two years ago. It’s a fine commuting vehicle.

Leadbull > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:12

I test drove a Cruze and a Buick Encore a little while back. I can’t say GM makes the most exciting small cars, but they’re certainly not bad.

Your boy, BJR > CB
02/10/2016 at 22:14

Nah it's not the right car. I'm thinking sticker bombing and other obnoxious tuner kid shit. Maybe a custom vape holder.

Übel > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:15

Kinja'd!!!

CB > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:16

Cardboard hoodscoop? Custom vape holder sounds pretty rad.

Your boy, BJR > Übel
02/10/2016 at 22:16

That looks weirdly good.

Your boy, BJR > EL_ULY
02/10/2016 at 22:17

I've never owned a turbo car before. Even the little turbo on this thing is a hoot.

DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:19

Needs some chrome, tufted velour seat covers, a padded vinyl top and some Brougham d’Elegance badges. Also, opera lights.

Übel > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:19

Yeah I tried to find a really ruined one but there weren’t any

EDIT: Tried harder, found one:

Kinja'd!!!

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > EL_ULY
02/10/2016 at 22:19

Touring car legend? :p

CB > DancesWithRotors - Driving Insightfully
02/10/2016 at 22:20

Rear window curtains, too.

Chariotoflove > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:21

Hi Ted! So is this a purchase, or is this the lease you were dreading?

Your boy, BJR > Übel
02/10/2016 at 22:21

Kinja'd!!!

I win.

yitznewton > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:22

Congrats sir. Many happy miles!

Your boy, BJR > Chariotoflove
02/10/2016 at 22:23

It's the lease. Another 2 hours of talking and stating my case let me pick out the car id be leasing. The parameters were true zero down and $250/mo or less.

Under_Score > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:23

Nice purchase! Just for clarification, this is called the Cruze Limited, not the Cruze, for the 2016 model year. That’s because the real Cruze, the new one, still isn’t out yet. :/

Chariotoflove > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:24

And the mileage limit?

pjhusa > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:24

I see an LT in the photos. Your car or some Interwebz pics?

Your boy, BJR > pjhusa
02/10/2016 at 22:26

My car. It's an LT/RS (RS being a package, not a model, I get both badges for the price of one!)

Nibbles > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:26

Hello Ted, and you made a good choice. I know you love that DeVille but your new ride is entirely acceptable :)

Your boy, BJR > Chariotoflove
02/10/2016 at 22:27

12k a year :-/ but whatever, I got something I genuinely like, so the thought of buying it out at the end isn't so bad.

Spridget > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:27

I assume, despite having Daewoo roots and immigrant brethren, Ted Cruze wants to deport the Civics and Corollas?

Your boy, BJR > Under_Score
02/10/2016 at 22:29

I know this, but it's funnier and easier to call it Ted Cruze, instead of Ted Cruze Limited.

Nibbles > Übel
02/10/2016 at 22:29

Are those Volvo wheels? They look like Volvo wheels

Chariotoflove > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:29

Well it sounds like you worked out a decent compromise. Congrats and enjoy!

Your boy, BJR > Nibbles
02/10/2016 at 22:29

Sheeeeiiiiit I don't drive unacceptable cars.

Your boy, BJR > Spridget
02/10/2016 at 22:30

It is part Latino! 15% Mexican part content!

Matt Nichelson > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:32

Congrats on the car! I’m glad to hear things turned out better than first thought. Not a bad deal at all imo.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:32

Friend has one that’s identical. Decent cars.

pjhusa > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:37

Cool! But why the small wheels?

Your boy, BJR > pjhusa
02/10/2016 at 22:39

That’s the size they come with

¯\_()_/¯

Funktheduck > Übel
02/10/2016 at 22:51

That must be a really heavy bike

Funktheduck > Your boy, BJR
02/10/2016 at 22:52

Congrats. Looked at these briefly but wanted a hatch for dog hauling

EL_ULY > K-Roll-PorscheTamer
02/11/2016 at 00:01

2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 FIA World Touring Car Champions

Kinja'd!!!

Do you even racing, bro? Legend status indeed achieved

pip bip - choose Corrour > Your boy, BJR
02/11/2016 at 05:36

what you need to make Ted to stand out is a set of Holden badges.

boxrocket > Your boy, BJR
02/11/2016 at 07:02

My phone and computer autocorrects the car model name to “Crude”.

I don’t bother to correct it.

That’s all I have to say about that.

New cars are nice until you realize you want to surround them with bubble wrap and pool noodles on the off chance someone gets too close to it. Especially on a lease, where (if you return it) it has to come back in nearly “like-new" condition.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Leadbull
02/11/2016 at 07:03

I’d have an Encore just on the basis of how cute it is.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > boxrocket
02/11/2016 at 09:13

Are you complaining because new cars are safe? The fuck. I’m personally glad that if some asswipe drives drunk and Leeroy-Jenkins across the median head-on into a small suburban family in their Cruze that three million air bags, crumple zones, and soft-touch materials are there to keep an innocent family+kids from dying.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Übel
02/11/2016 at 09:13

One of my coworkers has a lowered Cruze. It looks like ass. Somehow this look much, much better.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Your boy, BJR
02/11/2016 at 09:14

Those fender flareflareflares are a work of fucking art. Also are those ground effects made of stickerbomb duct tape?

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > EL_ULY
02/11/2016 at 09:15

I work at a GM dealership and I’ve never even heard of this. Holy fuck, that’s awesome.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/11/2016 at 09:20

Misread him, man. You misread him pretty badly. What he was writing was that having a new car makes you want to protect that new car - an opposite situation to “beater fun”. He said nothing about safety of occupants at all, he’s talking about keeping a new car safe.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Your boy, BJR
02/11/2016 at 09:23

It’s good to have counterpoints in your cars. You get to have this as a really good hot hatch, and absence of Cads will make the heart grow fonder - when you get another sled it’ll be like coming home, but in the meantime you get to have fun.

Your boy, BJR > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
02/11/2016 at 09:28

Yeah I feel like such a hooligan in Ted Cruze. I had to resist the urge to ram raid shops all night last night.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Your boy, BJR
02/11/2016 at 09:31

It’s why I’m going for making the Ranchero pretty hot, with a pretty stiff suspension - gonna drive nothing like the barge at all and I was always going to have a barge one day. I’m going two directions from a midsize car to a fast compact and a battleship.

Your boy, BJR > boxrocket
02/11/2016 at 09:32

You did a great job not sounding like a dick there, dude.

EL_ULY > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/11/2016 at 09:37

I thinking of looking for you to ask if any promo was done there about these glorious victories

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > EL_ULY
02/11/2016 at 09:40

HAHAHAHAHA. Promo. About racing. We here at my local Chevrolet (r) Dealership (tm) do not partake in such hooliganizing. Ignore the myriad burnout stripes in the back lot.

EL_ULY > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/11/2016 at 10:28

lol niiice!

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > EL_ULY
02/11/2016 at 11:23

Salesmen are idiots and don’t understand the concept of “breakin periods”. It was a car lover’s nightmare when we got in our first ‘16 camaro SS. Yes, let’s take a car with 2 miles on it and rev it to the moon and back and do burnouts. Fucking great idea.

EL_ULY > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/11/2016 at 11:27

LOL My dealer’s owners like to hang around here and absolutely go ape shit when someone revs an engine

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > EL_ULY
02/11/2016 at 11:35

This place is too big for the owner or even upper management to keep an eye on everyone all the time. Shenigains happen :(

EL_ULY > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/11/2016 at 11:51

that could be fun though

boxrocket > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/11/2016 at 13:57

What RamblinRover said.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > boxrocket
02/11/2016 at 16:08

I should have my coffee before I Kinja. Sorry about that.

boxrocket > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To
02/11/2016 at 21:09

No worries.