Worst Automotive Purchases
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Discuss your worst automotive purchases.
Pic related- My velosturd. As a DD it serves its purpose with OK gas mileage, but other than that not a huge fan of it.
>>13928622
Got a turbo?
Hate to say I we told you so, but we told you so.
>>13928622
that's what you get for buying any hyundai ever
Why are these cars so fucking heavy?
>>13928637
yes its the turbo
>>13928645
Well the manufactures at Hyundai took all the bad reviews and kinda just squeezed them into empty spaces around the vehicle.
>>13928645
bilt hunday tuff
>that huge, ugly-ass grill
>>13928622
>Bought a Hyundai
>>13928622
>he bought a Hyundai for more than appliance-duty
>it's not a Genesis Coupe
And even if you did buy a Genesis, you should've bought a Mustang.
>>13928710
it seems as if this thread as gone the wrong direction.
>buying a Saab.
>>13928622
I have a Forte 5 door. Same engine, it's not bad for what it is. Not upset about it, at any rate.
>>13928783
> Know what Saab owners do?
> They sob.
>>13928622
>buying a Hyundai
>buying the worst Hyundai in the current lineup
kill yourself
>>13928622
I once bought a Saab 9-5 Aero as a pizza car
>14mpg around town
>Barely scratching 23 on longer runs
>Spending nearly as much on gas as I was making
>Fucking immobilizer kept going off
Oh wait, I still own it. And I fucking love it, but the MPG is murder
>>13928622
OP wins faggot of the year
>>13928803
the veloster turbo is great, fuck off
By far
>>13928802
>V8 mileage in a 4 cylinder car
Stop redlining it at every stop you boy racer.
>>13928900
thats not even an automobile
I haven't had one, but my dad always said the worst decision he ever made was to buy a 1984 corvette, in 1984.
>>13928914
>High Output Turbo
>Implying it gets any better
>>13928924
A Mazdaspeed 3 gets around 30mpg mixed and its much more powerful than that Saab.
Either something is wrong or its being driven hard all the time.
>>13928934
>A car 15 years newer makes more power and gets better milage
Yeah no shit dick
>>13928800
What's a good Hyundai?
>>13928920
It counts IMO
But fine, this pile of shit then
>>13928943
none
>>13928936
YOUR
CAR
IS
BROKEN
>>13928943
literally none. Never buy kia, hyundai and koreans need to kill themselves asap
>>13928962
YOU
ARE
WRONG
You have no idea how cars work
not even that anon, you're straight up retarded
>>13928962
>Still makes good power
>Starts every time without trouble
>Drives amazingly
Seems pretty not broken to me
What's with all the hate? Current gen Elantra and Sonata are both good in their class.
>>13928885
but it's not
it's a decent choice if you want an econobox but they're trying to market it as "sporty" and "fun"
it's not a hot hatch, yet they try to convince you that it is
so people buy one, thinking they'll get a fun, sporty car
instead they get a mediocre econobox
it's shit
>>13928943
Their newer cars are alright, some of the better appliance-tier ecoboxes these days. Don't expect a fun drive though, only the Genesis comes close to that.
>>13928970
Kia and Hyundai are not shit. SsangYong is shit.
![2009_SsangYong_Actyon[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/P1y9XGU.jpg "2009_SsangYong_Actyon[1].jpg")
>>13929018
ho boy
>>13928943
Genesis Sedan.
It almost feels like a 5-series (at 60% of the price). Also dat V8.
>>13928984
they're shit
>>13929031
What if SsangYong made a sedan? Can you imagine?
>>13929059
It's cheaper than 5-Series? Good! I hate high-tech cars.
>>13928900
Whats wrong with it brody? i'm taking classes to get my moto license...gonna start on a ninja 300 and was eventually going to upgrade to an r6. i'm curious as to why its crap when i've read ok reviews.
![ssangyong-actyon-sports-07[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/593rmE2.jpg "ssangyong-actyon-sports-07[1].jpg")
>>13929078
They fixed the hideous front. And they have a truck version.
What's more, these things are actually surprisingly good off-road. They're basic as fuck so there's not much to go wrong, and if something does it's easy to fix. Another side effect is that they're insanely cheap.
The only downsides are the horrible safety rating and the fact that they're not exactly refined cars, but fuck, they seem like almost ideal workhorses.
>>13928622
KEK
see >>13917102
>>13929059
The sedan is pretty neat. Test drove a '14 that had every damn thing on it. Dat V8.
>The price of that car, holy shit.
But I bought the Coupe version.
>>13929097
My favourite model is the Rexton
>>13929179
Meh. It's just a big, generic SUV with abysmal safety ratings.
also obligatory RRRRRRRRODIUS
I bought a Passat once.
I thought I needed something good and economical, and I could do without driving fun if it meant saving money. But it was so catastrophically boring that I sold it after only 6 months.
It WAS really good on gas mileage though. Pic isn't mine, but same year and color.
>>13929088
It wasn't crap, it was a great bike.
I regret it because of this. Freak accident from debris on the road in the middle of a corner and then a 10-15 foot drop into a ditch and a fence. Ruined my ankle for forever.
>>13928885
>the veloster turbo is great, fuck off
Hyundai technician here; it's shit.
It's an accent with a go-fast body, a motor that can barely get out of it's own way WITH a turbo, backed up with a terrible transmission.
>>13928943
>What's a good Hyundai?
A well taken care of Elantra RD, or anything with a Beta I.
>>13929205
Oh christ, a grey one, too. You really got the most boring of all boring grey sedans on the market, anon. Good for people that just want to get from A to B, terrible if you're looking for fun.
>>13929221
>Hyundai technician here
Is the 2007 3.8 V6 reliable?
What about the 2008 Sonata?
>>13928943
The civic
I bought a 1972 Pontiac Lemans Sport Convertible (auto, 5.8L v8), with 86,000 miles and almost everything completely original and running but in desperate need of repair and cleaning, and shoved it in my garage where it has sat for 3 years.
>>13929308
>Is the 2007 3.8 V6 reliable?
If you don't mind spending money at the dealer on maintenance; yes
If you don't, 100% reliability it will eventually start to leak oil from the front valve cover onto the alternator. After that it'll leak from the timing cover. Also the power steering pump high pressure lines are known to leak.
>>13929308
>2008 Sonata
Don't see too many of them roll through for anything but LOFs and maintenance.
>>13929221
yeah thats it exactly
>>13929221
jackal m8 tell us your hyundai horror stories
>>13929306
That's just the thing. I thought I could do without fun, at least until I was making more money. I was wrong. That's why I got rid of it so fast.
>>13928622
disappointing, i like the look of them.
>>13929378
I test drove the non-turbo one when I was looking for a new DD and it was god fucking awful and that's from someone who DD'd an '05 Accent for 8 years.
>>13929360
Most of them aren't all that bad, save a few.
The Entourage is probably the worst thing Hyundai ever made, they fall apart and they suck to work on.
The Veloster is literally an accent made to look fast.
Anything with the dual clutch trans in it gives people the impression that the transmission is slipping - it's literally an automatically shifted manual - yet they refuse to comprehend that's normal.
The Accents, Elantras, Sonatas, Tucsons and Santa Fe's are pretty good as long as you keep up on the maintenance.
The SUVs (Veracruz, tucson, santa fe) eat brakes every ~30k because they're pretty heavy.
The Genesis cars are fun. The Equus cars are neat, but expensive.
I don't have much experience with the hybrid cars, but I personally don't care for any hybrids.
>>13929332
what about the Entourage in general?
>>13929455
I never heard of this Entourage model.
Are you telling me that the Accent is better than Veloster?
>>13929477
See >>13929455
>>13929508
>the Accent is better than Veloster?
Yes; it's an entry level econobox instead of an expensive entry level econobox tarted up to look fast.
>>13929088
Its an R6 and not an R1...
>>13929378
First time I saw one was at the Phoenix auto show before release. Thought that it was pretty different and looked like hyundai was moving into the right direction. How wrong I was.
Do Koreans ever participate in motorsports? Seems like Japan got their shit together when they got competitive. I can't see a legitimate sports car coming out of Korea right now.
>>13929378
I think they look pretty good actually, but yeah after driving one for a couple of months it isnt that great
>>13929455
The funny thing is that when i bought my velosturd the dealer gave me a bad battery. I didn't find that out till i found myself shit out of luck 40 minutes away from home.
>>13929572
I think hunday has their own rally team but I could be talking out of my ass. But yeah I had the same impression of the veloster
>>13928659
Look at you being all cute and underrated up there.
>>13929646
hyundai driver detected
>>13928795
It was a bad decision for a number of reasons.
1. I bought an old C900 Saab. Most of the engineering on this car is ass-backwards. Parts are way too expensive and difficult to service.
2. It can't really do more than go fast in a straight line and a lot of cars do that better. It handles like shit on most corners.
3. If you try to sell this thing back to the hipster Saab fanboys, most of them won't even take it if it isn't 100% immaculate. Actual people know to stay away from these pieces of Swedish shit like the plague.
In short, I have to give this car away because selling it seems impossible
>>13929690
Why? I was complimenting him.
>>13929031
that looks cancerous
Worst for me was 2010 mazda 3. Was replacing an older 6 cylinder falcon. Falcon was sold after much whinging by the wife about how much fuel it used (i was happy to get rid of it had 300k kilometres on it was a bit tired) bought the mazda 3 cause a family member was selling at a very good price. The 3 ended be more expensive to run than the falcon, fuel usage was slightly better but servicing costs and all the things that fucked up on it (TCM went at 30k klms). The interior is complete garbage quality, the doors are heavy as fuck to open and close compared to the falcon it replaced and the air con cant handle an australian summer. For the life of me i cant see how this became the highest selling car in Australia
>>13929646
im the OP you retard
>>13929221
I don't know why the veloster is so slow. I have a forte 5 with the same engine and can run a 6.3 but yet the veloster runs a 7
>>13929207
Sorry to hear that, well if it makes you feel better, i'm going to be riding a moto in NYC so i'll probably have a life expectancy of 1-2yrs.
>>13929559
I really dont see a point of a having an overpowered bike especially in NYC. its not like i'm going to be able to gun as there's too much traffic here.
