Well, you didn't post much about it, if at all. Depends on the truck's history and so on. The risk of buying used. Who knows, the Cruze might not be any better. The previous owner might have driven it like he stole it.
The TB was a high-miler I picked up for $288 from Copart with a clean title and a pile of records sitting on the seat. It had a rebuilt 4L60E, and it was crap. The sunroof was duct taped shut and that was it. It was cheap 4x4 and a platform I was familiar with. It's just a pile, and not worth my time to do anything aside from tow with. It's not good daily material.
On the Cruze. It's only got 50k miles. It was leased by a salesman at a GM dealer. It was garaged. It's about the cleanest Cruze in general that I have seen.
It has LED Plate Lights, Vent Visors and Huskyliners. NO MORE MODS. Yet.
My only real complaint was that it ate 2 ignition switches... within a year. Luckily my buddy at the dealer got them done on the cheap so... other wise it needed brakes it 40k and the electronic power steering I think had to be replaced.
It's a fun little car in all but it's also a little car. My sister has the ecotec and that thing makes the tb look like a race car. (Read it's a sled. The diesel should be alright) It drives well it just doesn't suit me. My seating position to be comfortable puts the door pillar inline with my body so checking my blind spot means I'm checking the pillar... and getting in and out is a roll forward and then out instead of just sliding. For my sister it's great. She can't reach the pedals in the tb with the seat all the way up so it fits her very well. With me driving no one except a small child is sitting behind me.
For a short chunky dude with big thighs, I fit alright. I also eat the wheel. Fortunately, I bought it as a commuter. It's my daily. It's supposed to take me and occasionally a female companion.
My only complaints so far, is the placement of a few switches, and the tiny console. It's 151hp and 264ft lbs. It moves fine.
It has some quirks that set it aside from the gas Cruze. Like a special wheel pattern, which I can't find in a 16" wheel except for that stupid Chevy Orlando, and the steelies I'd fit with snows are pricey. For the $3,500 I screwed the dealer out of, I bought a GM Extended Warranty (bumper to bumper coverage 5/60 from MY PURCHASE) so it's covered until it has 110k, or the end of my loan term.
Congrats. Make sure to tune it so it rolls coal and you can screw with the big diesel truck guys
It has DPF and DEF, and it's a bitch to delete...not until it's emissions exempt in 12 years.
