Dances said:
's is not a plural marker. You mean "Hyundais" here.
This is a run-on sentence. You want a "?" after "bone yard". Use a
speling checker, and remember that "there" != "they're" != "their", eh?
OK. Look. Yeah: it's a real pain to have to read peoples' bad use of
English on the Internet and try to figure out what they mean. Misuse of
apostrophes is galling to me too, since I attempt to write clearly and
have acquired a reputation for effective writing.
I feel that before a person posts, that person should learn how to write
English. It's not that hard. However, I'll allow that for some folks,
it's harder than for others.
However, and note this well: it's _also_ a pain to have to read
excessive verbiage auto-tagged onto the beginnings and ends of posts,
as, "...-0500, twfsa staggered into the Black Sun and said:" Out of
kindness, I'll refrain from calling this blather what it is... This is
worse, you know, than "Do you Yahoo?" since, after all, this is
essentially a joke between you and yourself: you have control over it.
It's just excessive blather to others. I really don't give a flying f---
about your private in-jokes.
Give me a break: please put yourself into the shoes of others and stop
this, especially before you pick at other posters' scabs for their bad
netequette.
Your points about cars, however, are well-taken.
1975: "Japanese cars suck! Honda cars/motorcycles are *never* going to
have the resale value of Ford/Chevy cars!"
Stuff changes. I'd say Hyundai (now) = Honda (1985) . ICBW.
It would be nice if they [Hyundai cars] would run 200K [miles] with
[regular maintenance.]
Since recent Hyundai cars sold in the USA have a 60,000 mile
bumper-to-bumper warranty and a 100,000 mile powertrain warranty, I
don't think 200,000 miles is out of the question. I can't speak for
this, though, as my Tiburon is only 2.2 years old and only has 22,000
miles on it. I *can* say that it's had zero mechanical problems except
for the time I ran over a raccoon, which caused $80 worth of trim
damage.
So if I were to buy a Hyundai I would have to run it in the ground, or
trade it on another Hyundai.
Can you provide supporting evidence for this statement? Or did you mean
"If I were to buy a Hyundai, would I have to run it into the ground?" ?
"Supporting evidence?" Is the OP on trial?
Cars depreciate faster than anything except computer equipment. Given
that, the smart thing to do from a pure financial standpoint is this:
Buy a car that has a good repair record and is 1 or 2 years old, then
drive that car until it falls apart. This means you can't show off a
new car every 3 years, but it also means you will spend much less money
on cars. YMMV, naturally.
If you want specific advice, you need to say what model you're
interested in, what your plans are, and what's important to you. HTH,
Valid (I can pass judgment, too).
I'll add:
I bought a 2000 Sonata with 107k on the clock. It's in excellent shape
for its age; obviously driven mostly on the freeway. The underside steel
looks like new. However, contrast this with a car driven 100,000 miles
through New York City potholes and slush. Cars will, of course, wear
very differently in different climates, different terrain, and different
driving conditions. It's complicated.
Back in Connecticut during the 60s, I saw people having their Borgwards
and Peugeots rebuilt at 200,000 miles. Undoubtedly Volvos, too (the
first two were built like German and French Volvos, respectively). Some
cars are really built to last. I'm not sure that the jury's in about
Hyundai yet -- from reading over the Consumer Reports charts, I get the
sense that Hyundai hasn't fallen into a groove yet. Those charts are, in
my opinion, built on rickety information. Nonetheless, with a grain of
salt, one can spot trends with them.
Richard
