SyntheticShield
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It did take two bottles to fill up the snout on mine. Like it was said, its not a huge expense overall, but in the context of it being a oil, its pricey.
I too have noticed the lack of down shifts when under only moderate acceleration. It seems as ekpolk stated that it does try to make more use of the blower than that downshifts to build power. Its quite nice actually. It does have a slightly annoying delay on the downshifts, though, when you put your foot in it when you are already at speed, particularly around the 40 - 50 mph range.
I know combined city/highway driving is at if not slightly higher than what my 4cyl Focus was, and on the highway only it just flat out exceeds it. That was a pleasant thing to me to be able to step up to such a car and not take a hit in mileage. Yeah, you have to run premium fuel, but I was already doing that in the Focus because I had a chip in it.
I owned a N/A Grand Prix a few years ago that I absolutely love. Ive been a long time Pontiac fan and my Focus was my first real departure from that and while I loved the Focus and it did me good, Im glad to be back with Pontiac. As far as Im concerned the Grand Prix seems to be a great combination of performance and family car functionality. The suspension could be a tad stiffer, but I'll take care of that eventually.
I too have noticed the lack of down shifts when under only moderate acceleration. It seems as ekpolk stated that it does try to make more use of the blower than that downshifts to build power. Its quite nice actually. It does have a slightly annoying delay on the downshifts, though, when you put your foot in it when you are already at speed, particularly around the 40 - 50 mph range.
I know combined city/highway driving is at if not slightly higher than what my 4cyl Focus was, and on the highway only it just flat out exceeds it. That was a pleasant thing to me to be able to step up to such a car and not take a hit in mileage. Yeah, you have to run premium fuel, but I was already doing that in the Focus because I had a chip in it.
I owned a N/A Grand Prix a few years ago that I absolutely love. Ive been a long time Pontiac fan and my Focus was my first real departure from that and while I loved the Focus and it did me good, Im glad to be back with Pontiac. As far as Im concerned the Grand Prix seems to be a great combination of performance and family car functionality. The suspension could be a tad stiffer, but I'll take care of that eventually.