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(02-01-2013, 08:16 AM)2MuchDub4U Wrote: Heyo, so my cousin is looking to buy a new car and she wants a Hyundai Elantra -__- please help me talk her out of it, she said she wants a - Sedan 4 Door, with Heated Seats and a Deck that allows her to hook her ipod up too,must be new and must look sexy, she is looking to put a down payment of 5,000 and looking to pay about 300 a month on car payment, and doesn't want to pay more then 19,000 to 21,000 on the vehicle, she told me not to bring her a ford, but all minds can be changed so if anyone has any good ideas, please shoot them at me I don't want my family having a Hyundai lmao!

You may not want to hear this ... but I went through the same thing 12 years ago with my wife's sister. Tried talking her into a Focus; she liked the car but too much money.

So against my advice she bought a Hyundai Accent for less than 10k. She put almost 240k on it, did the brakes twice (cheap as dirt, I did it) changed the oil regularly, recharged the a/c once and we did a tune up couple of times (dirt cheap) and that was it. 100% reliable and dependable, it didn't drop pieces or fluid on the driveway, and she got more than $1000 for it on a trade in for VW Golf City, which she got for less than $14k. She never actually said "I told you so" but when she told me she did all her research and wanted the Golf, I didn't try to talk her out of it - I just helped her get the deal she wanted.

I recently rented a Hyundai Sonata and I have to tell you - there were things I didn't like about the car, but IMO Hyundai is about as close to Japanese quality as you can get without actually being there.

The Pony was a joke but they have seriously upped their game - it's hard not to put a Hyundai on almost any shopping list today.