Just curious: What makes you think this? What do you think the result of having the 4 will be over an extended period of time? For my purpose, only the girlfriend and I will ever be travelling any distance in the Terrain and will not be towing anything. Anyway, as I say, just curious as to what gives you this mind set.NHOJWOLFE said:I think in the long run this car is simply too heavy for the v 4.
Its an in-line 4 not a v4NHOJWOLFE said:I think in the long run this car is simply too heavy for the v 4.
Seveniron said:Just curious: What makes you think this? What do you think the result of having the 4 will be over an extended period of time? For my purpose, only the girlfriend and I will ever be travelling any distance in the Terrain and will not be towing anything. Anyway, as I say, just curious as to what gives you this mind set.![]()
GM/Ford (yes its a tranny designed by joint venture of GM and Ford) geared the tranny just for this. Final of 2.77, keeps the engine in the sweet spot for most passing situations up to 75mph (2nd gear)oracle said:My opinion is that you need that extra power in certain situations, I agree that 99% of the time you don't need the extra 2 cylinders but as my wife told me about her CR-V (i4) that we traded for the Terrain is that doesn't have guts when merging at higher speed or when you need it to accelerate fast at the light,etc. She actually asked me to find a 6 cylinder.
I agree that sometimes the I4 engines in a ~2500 lbs vehicle can't deliver the ponies you need to not put you at risk.
Considering cars of the past, say like in the '80s, this modern 4 banger is even more powerful than some V8s back then! My Dad drove a Chevy Suburban for 20+ years that had the old 350 V8. It only mustered 160 horses! 4 cylinders back then were lucky to get over 100 horses. This 180 horse inline 4 is the best engine on the market for this class of vehicle, IMHO. It's not a completely new engine, only the addition of DI, and has stood the test of time so far. I'm sure it will be as good 10, 15 or 20 years down the road if you keep this nice SUV in your garage that long.NHOJWOLFE said:I think in the long run this car is simply too heavy for the v 4.
I don't have that issue whatsoever. I don't need to be first off the line and if someone can't merge onto a highway they shouldn't be driving. I could take my JD and still get in on the highway if I needed to.oracle said:My opinion is that you need that extra power in certain situations, I agree that 99% of the time you don't need the extra 2 cylinders but as my wife told me about her CR-V (i4) that we traded for the Terrain is that doesn't have guts when merging at higher speed or when you need it to accelerate fast at the light,etc. She actually asked me to find a 6 cylinder.
I agree that sometimes the I4 engines in a ~2500 lbs vehicle can't deliver the ponies you need to not put you at risk.
I agree but no matter how much you plan there are unexpected events that you can't control. Our main freeway is extremely dangerous in my opinion, too many cars going way too fast on never perfect conditions, here in Canada is either wet, snowed, iced or under constructionbrisket_lover said:I don't have that issue whatsoever. I don't need to be first off the line and if someone can't merge onto a highway they shouldn't be driving. I could take my JD and still get in on the highway if I needed to.
Yup.brisket_lover said:I don't have that issue whatsoever. I don't need to be first off the line and if someone can't merge onto a highway they shouldn't be driving. I could take my JD and still get in on the highway if I needed to.
Why? Aside from the early 2002 engines having bad timing chains, meaning they would fail around 120-140k miles, Ecotecs are some of the BEST engines in GM vehicles. What did they tell you specifically?SuperMat64 said:I have a lot of mecanics in my family and they all telled me to stay away from the Ecotec 4 cyl engine...
Head over to any of the Acadia, Enclave, Traverse or Outlook forums and you will see 3.6 problems.SuperMat64 said:I don't know what you are talking about for the 3.6L : 3.0L DI. The new 3.0L DI engine is a variant of GM’s family of high-feature DOHC V-6 engines that also includes GM’s 3.6L DI engine in the Cadillac CTS—an engine named to Ward’s AutoWorld’s 2009 “Ten Best Engines” list for North America, for the second consecutive year.
I respect your opinion, but i still don't like 4 cyl engines. When i purchased my Terrain i had a road test using the 4 cyl and i have not hated it but not liked it too... Maybe the reason is that i went from a Nissan Maxima with a 3.5L of 265 hp. I was impressed of it's power for a 4 cyl, but not as an engine. I'm used to have V6 engine and as long as the fuel will be (sorry for the word, i'm not sure it exist in english) purchasable i will be driving V6 enginesbballr4567 said:Head over to any of the Acadia, Enclave, Traverse or Outlook forums and you will see 3.6 problems.
BTW, the DI Ecotec was named to named to Wards 10 best as well.
The problem with the Ecotec is that it hates crappy oil filters. It needs good premium oil filters and a number of motors were getting #3 piston destroyed because the "good" ole Fram was causing oil starvation issues especially at lower RPMs and just killing the engines.
That is LITERALLY the only problem that the Ecotec has. Normal maintenance and it will reward you with plenty of miles.