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conorsdad -> Hyundai: Korean for "CRAP" (9/18/2006 12:49:38 PM)
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I regret the day that I bought my 2001 Elantra (used in 2003 with 14,000 miles on it). From almost day 1, the car has a hesitation problem. Whenever the car has been sitting for more than an hour or so, the car hesitates and bucks for anywhere from 10-30 seconds....very dangerous trying to pull out into traffic when the car is hesitating and will not go over 5 mph. Also, as of late, the car is getting very poor gas mileage. Maybe 20 mpg at the most (mix of highway and in-town driving). The car has been back and forth from the Hyundai dealer (Dickson City Hyundai in Dickson City, PA --biggest bunch of con artists and sheenies around). They somehow can never find a problem. Now that the warranty has run out (their wonderful 100,000 miles warranty doesn't apply to used models--even if you buy it from the Hyundai dealer), the car has taken to stalling in the middle of traffic. Please note that this car has been impeccably maintained...oil changes every 3,000 miles, new spark plugs, etc. It is a piece of garbage and I will never even consider a Hyundai again. I'm in the process of unloading this pile of crap, and am going to buy either a Chevy Cobalt or Saturn Ion. No more Korean garbage for me. The people who buy these piles of garbage, thinking they are getting a lower-priced Honda Civic or Toyota Corolla are being duped. The sad thing is, out of our two cars, the more reliable car is my 1996 Honda Accord with 110,000 miles on it. The car still runs like new, with no problems other than wear-and-tear. The Elantra with 40,000 miles on it is a headache. That shows the major quality difference between Hyundai and Japanese companies like Honda.
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