phinsup

Yea well, I have to agree, people don't have the money to buy new cars that's why GM and the rest of them are going broke. I guess crazier things have happened, hell who thought a people would be buy $25,000 Hyuandai's 10 years ago?

Rob x-7

hyundai is now trying to sell them close to $40,000- aint gonna happen.



They should try coming out with a different brand to sell higher priced cars- but that ship has sailed. Things wont be the way they were, probably not in my lifetime anyhow.

Coming out with a different brand means new dealerships and service centers, one of the joys of buying a higher end vehicle is enjoying the better service departments.

phinsup

One of the joys of buying higher end vehicles is not having to spend so much time in the service departments LOL



I didn't realize they had a $40k model, one of the ladies amy works with bought the SUV looking thing and she paid around 30k, couldnt believe. You see how horribly those things age? You won't see a whole bunch of 30 year old hyundais running around.

Rob x-7

we all need oil changes!



they charge me $29.99 for a oil change, they wash and vacuum the car.

I get to have starbucks coffee in the waiting room, fresh muffins and bagels, I can watch a DVD on my own viewing screen, use thier computers to browse the internet, or spend time in the "quiet" room reading.



Its actually a JOY to get the car serviced.

Last time I said "sometimes the radio gets static- anything you can do about it? You end up thinking of little things for them to check when you get the oil change so you can stay there longer or get a brand new loaner car, lol

phinsup

My Benz is a 1984, it STILL has road side assistance, you have road side assistance for the life of the car.

1988RedT2

While there may happily be cases where it is true, statistically I am certain that it is false. The more you spend on a car, the more time you're going to be in the service department. Granted there is a sweet spot, where you find well-made cars in the middle of a given manufacturer's product lineup, but generally the high-priced luxury makes and models all suffer from a high incidence of repairs, and those repairs are typically expensive.



And regarding Hyundai, I understand they are much improved and quite reliable, at least for the duration of the warranty period.

Rob x-7

the problem is the more you spend on a car, the more your expectations are of it being perfect.

By perfect I mean no noises, no nothing.



I have complained about radio static and wind noise in the car- well because there is nothing else to complain about!

phinsup

Agreed you can't let the price tell you the quality of the car, you still need to research the model, jaguar and land rover are expensive and considered to be the most unreliable vehicles on the road, hell I won't even drive behind one of them cause you never know when parts will fall off or they will explode. That said, look at the same car, but 5 years old, or even two a lot of the cheap *** cars simply do not hold up, they look like ****.

Rob x-7

that hyundai has some power too, like 350-375hp? what do they call it? genesis?



funny because they really try to hide its a hyundai, very little badging on that car.

phinsup

what model are we discussing here, I need to get up to speed, I'm not plugged in with the mad hyundai scene yo.