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badwrench -> RE: WOULD SONATA OWNERS BUY ANOTHER HYUNDAI (7/29/2007 10:54:24 AM)
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Hi all, New to the forum but not to Hyundai. I have owned a 1996 Sonata (sold), 2000 Elantra (owned) and a 2006 Sonata (leased). Would I "buy" another Hyundai? No. Then again, I wouldn't buy any other new car either. As my forum username implies, I am not mechanical by any means (not yet anyway). However, I know when a car has problems. I agree with the poster who said that every manufacturer and model has some lemons but I believe that Hyundai has more than the average because of poor quality control. With that said, what are you expecting for a such a cheaply priced car? A Mercedes? My lease is on it's second year with 14.5k miles. Already I can hear some thunping in the fornt suspension that should not be there. Nothing I have to fix right now but if I were to own it, you can bet that I would be repairing something in the next year that I wouldn't have to with a different brand with better quality control. Still, Hyundais have been good to me. The '96 Sonata with 100k plus miles on it is still running arround for the guy I solf it to without any major work required. The '00 Elantra has lived through 2 accidents and 70k miles without any major work on it (besides changing the damaged parts in the accidents). This latest Sonata, I'm not so sure of but then again, I don't care all that much since I am handing in the keys next year and deciding if I want to lease again or if the classes for wrenching have taken me far enough to own a used car that I can make worth the money. One thing you can't beat is how Hyundai has done what most of us always talked about as young kids - if only that car had a Honda accord rear end, Nissan Altima mid-styling and a Toyota Camry front end ... then it would like like a new Sonata. Lexus *ahem* I mean "Veracruz" anyone? Felix
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