Got the new car waxed today, especially good coating in the door jams and under the door. Averaging 47 mpg highway and 34 mpg on surface streets. The auto start stop is a nifty feature, at a red light clutch out, and it shuts off, when it turns green clutch in and starts right back up. It's smooth, smoother than any other car with it I've ever been in. 6 speed is slick and has enough torque to cruise 40mph in 6th with a 5 or 4 downshift for a hill. 4 and 5 don't even get used when getting up to speed. 1-2-3-6. It's very smooth for a 3 cylinder, hell it is smooth for any small car. I gotta say every review dogged it as being under powered and while no it's not fast by any stretch of imagination it's like the grom, using your head and planning all your shifts and starts allows you to keep up with any generic mid size V6 sedan. Best part is even having a payment I've cut my fuel usage in thirds and even at current gas prices will be saving me about $100 dollars a month and using it to replace the wife's SUV cuts fuel usage by more than half, so using my car instead of hers for errands and such, the payment is really around $50 a month. And insurance is actually cheaper than the Trailblazer, probably because it has more than 2 air bags,