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Old 03-18-2020, 01:34 PM
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Agreed. Hyundai and Kia have changed over the years. Hyundai used to have the crappiest cars-not anymore! We rented an Elantra on our trip to Canada a few years ago and were so impressed-that since we were already ready to get a new car, we ended up buying a new Sonata (a bigger version of the Elantra). The Sonata has gotten 41 + miles per gallon on trips to SoCal-and has a cruising range of 570+ miles.



It has every feature that you could want-the window stick was almost $28,000-but we got it out the door at a shade less than $20,000 with no trade in-as it was "aged" had been on the lot for 100+ days-so Hyundai was also offering an incentive to sell. The car had 4 miles on it-so not a lot of test drives. We dealt with the internet guy solely through email, until we actually went to the dealership. We financed it and will be paying it off early.


We are very happy with the purchase. We originally wanted a Kia Optima-but they were more expensive (?-parent company of Kia is Hyundai) and the Optima had way more road noise.


The reason that we wanted a Kia originally is that we have a Kia Soul that now has 228,000 miles that we use for our daily commuter car. Still going strong and oil changed once a month (or sooner, depending on mileage).


Our 2007 Chevy Silverado that we bought new (and has 105,000miles) sits in the garage and waits for purposeful trips (to the dump, Home Depot, etc).


Congrats on the new car Lynn!
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