CUOTA: Patzquero to Morelia

Greetings from cool California.
We are talking the same road. We still think that for now, until the toll road is complete, supposedly by the time we return in November, the best route for a car is to just drive right through Centro. The semi-ring road doesn't save time, and there are places, (one if you don't take the toll road, two if you do) where it is very easy to miss your turn, and the retorno's aren't close.
Safe travels.