Originally Posted By: JHL88
Originally Posted By: dishdude
Originally Posted By: gregk24
Originally Posted By: ted s
I would walk before driving a hyndai
Sorry, but they have came a LONG way. I would purchase a Hyundai sedan over a GM unit any day. Not because I am biased, there quality and reliability has improved dramatically. Having said that, I would purchase a Japanese sedan over a Hyundai/Kia. Japanese>Korean>American *In most cases*
Edit: The above comment is directed toward long term reliability, as far as tech goes many domestics are ahead of the imports.
I was going to stay out of this, but since the bashing started I'll join in. I had an Elantra rental that was the worst car I've driven in a long time. It LOOKS nice, but touch anything on the interior and it is cheap hard plastic. It rides nice too. That's where the good ends...
No power, worst steering and feedback I have ever felt from a car. Brakes have poor feedback and feel. This is not a driver's car. I've owned many GM econoboxes and they drive a lot better than the test mule I had, and I never had any repairs on them.
If you're looking for a numb appliance, a Hyundai would work for you. They aren't bad cars, but since your threw the reliability component in it, is there really a difference? IMO, American = Japanese = Korean. Why not buy something that is entertaining to drive, has tech and won't put you to sleep on the way to work in the morning?
And if a boring numb drive is what you're after, fine I can respect that. But don't post saying a Hyundai is going to be more reliable than anything else. They're all the same.
I agree I think all brands are pretty reliable nowadays. it's funny how many people bash GM on this site but I've owned 5 GM vehicles and they have all been great for me all around.
Agreed. I've run every domestic brand truck and had a 99 firebird/6 speed as well as many mustangs and having beaten,abused,pounded and destroyed most every truck as well as my cars I can say honestly that domestic vehicles for the most part are just as reliable as rice.
Np arts wear out. Road conditions,maintenance practices and so many other variables come into play that for someone to imply that imports last longer or are built better is hogwash.
A vehicle is only going to perform as well as the maintenance is performed on it. If you never change the tranny fluid then there's a failure at 150000 miles it's not the equipments sub standard build quality,it's the owners sub-standard thought process.
Every domestic I've ever owned was thoroughly abused and yes when you work a truck had parts will fail however I never incurred a cost that I felt was in some way related to quality control or engineering faults.
In fact let's take a Honda for example. The demographic that buys hondas will for the most part service them according to the manual and as history tells us they "last forever"
Now is that because of build quality or is it because the owner typically maintains their vehicle properly.
Catch my drift.