An ex employee had good luck with the cruzes, Drove the cr-p out of them both. The 1st one had abou 120K on it, picked it up for 1800. ran it up to 170K and it was totaled. 2nd one 144K paid about 2200 for it, ran it up to 190k just normal maitenance tyep stuff. the first one did get a new A/C compressor otherwise brakes, tires oil changes. they were both manuals