So it looks as though I can acquire one of these for $800 CDN. Owned by somebody's Dad, supposedly well looked after, 200,000 km or so. The only other info I have is that it's an automatic. (Seeing it tomorrow.) This would be a "Spare Car The Kid Can Drive" sort of deal. Do I: jump on it? Buy & flip? Run like a rabbit?
What goes wrong with these things? What never breaks? What should I look for that's a deal-breaker? I know exactly zip about them, so any knowledge you have will boost mine. TIA.
It doesn't seem to be affected by the galactic recall of Takata Shrapnel Packs, so that's good news. Anything else?
They weren't extremely great at anything. The 2.7V6 was a turd, timing belt jobs suck, changing rear plugs is a PITA, the trans were still in the finicky stages of Hyundai development. At 200K, it's due for timing belt and plugs for sure. Do not flush these transmission. drain and fill only. IIRC, about 16-17mpg was pretty normal for around town driving. The suspension is super soft. Wallows like an 80's lincoln on worn out suspension, and htat was new.
There's nothing inherently wrong with them, but at this point in their life there will be a lot of little maintenance things that will nickle and dime the E36 M3 out of you. The good thing is overall, it's fairly easy to work on.
For $800 CDN (the price of one-two standard car payments) you can afford to buy it. Drive it till something goes catastrophic and junk it. Any repair of $100 I wouldn't bother with.
My sister bought one a year old to haul her vet equipment around in (against my advice) and racked up 100K miles in two years. She then sold it to our mother who drove it another 80K miles. Neither one did any significant maintenance and at 230K miles it wasn't much (had lived a hard and neglected life).
As a nearly free, occasional and kid car, I'd say go for it. I don't think I'd trust it to cross country trips or as an only car if you have to get to work.
In short, the one night stand you need to get your confidence back but good god don't ever get caught with it in the long term.
This is all good advice & much appreciated. Thanks!
A buddy bought one new and put a ton of miles on it, over 200,000, and it never needed anything.
1999 was the start of Hyundai's 10 year/100,000 warranty. They knew they had a decent product, but needed to shake off the image of Excels past. It may not be exciting, it may not even be mildly fun, but it should be a decent appliance
In my experience, they seem to have blown struts often.
Dont get it...I swear, everytime someone on my commute is driving like a mouthbreathing dolt, their vehicle of choice is a Hyundai crossover. I think there must be fumes inside that create asshats out of regular people.
4cylndrfury wrote: Dont get it...I swear, everytime someone on my commute is driving like a mouthbreathing dolt, their vehicle of choice is a Hyundai crossover. I think there must be fumes inside that create asshats out of regular people.
Must be a locale.... here it's german automobiles and Toyota Siennas
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