bobolicious

..i *almost* bought a 2000 sonata the other day but i resisted. gotta continue the hunt for a nice elantra [or tiburon].

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SILENTBOB SL2

Man, at the rate people seem to be switching to Hyundais here this might as well be Hyundaispot.com

bobolicious

QFT

hyundai aint so bad after all :]

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SL2 Cruiser

A buddy of mine is a mod over at hyundaiperformance.com and has an 03' Elantra 5spd that suprises quite a few cars. We're supposed to line em up one day.

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OBX header, Magnaflow cat, ebay muffler
MSD coils, 9.3mm wires
Ported/Polished TB, WAI
Prothane motor mount inserts
Still slow.

GoldieGoldie97

the newest elantra's are zippy little things, especially the manuals. i wouldn't mind trading mine in for a tibby/elantra one day to save on gas prices! silly v6.

Artificialist

I still remember the Hyundai that my dad used to have. 1987 Excel, what a pile of junk. That in mind, it was more reliable than mom's 1985 Nissan Maxima.

My mom STILL has memories of it, so when she went looking for a new SUV, and asked for my help, she told me she wouldn't consider anything Korean. Ah well, I can't blame her, as Kia Sephias and Rios, and all Daewoos have proven to be almost as bad as that Hyundai Excel, some even worse.

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GoldieGoldie97

lol i keep telling you people, although hyundai owns kia, the products they produce are vastly different in power, style, and overall quality. it is widely known that the products that honda and toyota put out in the 1980's were crap as well, although slightly better made crap. today, hyundai has met and exceeded all of it's goals to match the korean dominators in every column of car production.

1987 excel was a joke, and if you're comparing it to the current hyundais, then you are too

97dbsl2

hyundai was good until they used kia transmissions. Now just like the kia you need a new automatic tranny every 30k or so.

GoldieGoldie97

lol what are you talking about? every part on my car is stamped HMA, and even the new KIA optima's are using the Hyundai 5 speed auto's. hyundai doesn't use kia parts, only kia uses hyundai parts on the drivetrain to ensure they're at top quality.

Artificialist

At least during the 1980s, Hondas and Toyotas had a 4 speed automatic transmission as an option. They also weren't so prone overheating like the Hyundai was. Of course, Honda had a terrible system of vacuum lines that made most early emmission control cars look simple. That, and on many Toyotas, you could get multi-port fuel injection, instead of those terrible feedback carbs that were on most 1980s compact cars.

Something to remember is that my dad looked at the Alabama built Hyundai Sonata, but he found the Pontiac G6 to be a better deal. Better seats, better styling, better price. Now, if Pontiac would quit being cheap about factory tires (Uniroyal tiger paw) and use what the Hyundai used (Michellin Energy S then the G6 might handle better and be quieter too.

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