Shaun. Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 No .. No .. not as a replacement. The Mrs is looking at changing cars and likes these Hyundai Tucson's 4x4 thingies (2.0 Diesel version), wondering if anyone has any experience of Hyundai cars or the Tucson and can pass on some advice ? Shaun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chp03bcd Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 I think Hyundai offer the longest warranty of any manufacturer, somewhere between 7 and 10 years. I guess that's a reasonable sign that they are built pretty well......or that they are really really cheap to fix(!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 good review here http://www.whatcar.co.uk/car-review-full.aspx?RT=674 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun. Posted September 15, 2007 Author Share Posted September 15, 2007 They come with a 5 year warranty which is quite good. Thank's Ian for the link, it seems to be a balanced middle of the road result for the car - not sure if that's good or bad ! Just wondering if we have anyone with any personal experience on these Tucson's or Hyundai themselves. Shaun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 I've got a Getz 1.3. I bought it off a mate who worked at a dealership as my 306 had blown up. It was a showroom car and they needed it gone as it was a pre-reg and I bought it at cost (about 65% market value). This things build quality gives my Supra a run for it's money, it is rock solid, and I really abuse it. I picked it up with 12 miles on the clock (10 of those were our testdrives) and it now has 21,000 miles, 21 very hard thousand miles at that. I've had it flat out in top for 25 miles every night for 18 months, then I changed my route home to B-roads and really give it a work out. So far it's cost me a pair of front tyres (at £15 each). Servicing is pricey imo, A-is £95, B- £295 and I think a cambelt is £495, and I believe parts are as expensive as any other Oriental manufactorer but I couldn't tell you as I haven't needed any. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rznut Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 Our company was trialling a Tuscon as a company car for team leaders so we took it for a couple spins and had a good poke around it.. It's not a bad car.. and I'm sure its good value for money.. but with the auto 2.0l engine I found it is quite gutless and it sounds like it too, especially trying to accelerate up any form of hill with 3 or 4 passengers. Mechanically they are built well but I found the quality of some of the fittings quite poor, after opening the lift back window I knocked the rubber window seal and it started to lift.. seems like it was glued on with chewing gum.. The ruber would just lift out of the frame using my pinkie finger, also several other rubber/plastic fittings would easily come loose or pop out with not much effort. The other car up for choice was the Toyota RAV4 which we went with nation wide... although it does cost a fair bit more I'd take one for test drive if you can, you might find its worth the extra money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geneb Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 they dent really easily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun. Posted September 16, 2007 Author Share Posted September 16, 2007 Thanks for the replies ... ok so seems the build quality may be good on the whole so I think I need to have a poke around at one and take a test drive. I had considered the RAV4 as it's made by that company ... ah yes, Toyota, but the Mrs is smitten with the Tucson Shaun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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