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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Go figure: you get what you pay for, and sometimes not even that (Jaguar, Infiniti). |
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jurassic5
Joined: 02 Apr 2003
Location: PA
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:09 am Post subject: |
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| Hyundai Motor Co.'s Sonata captured one of POPULAR MECHANICS' inaugural Automotive Excellence awards, winning the safety category. |
http://www.strategiy.com/inews.asp?id=20051026061233
looks like they are moving forward and backwards at the same time.  |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 8:16 am Post subject: |
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my korean friend is an engineer at hyundai motors he is in the design and research part of the engines.. he told me that the new sonata is their best work to date! the engine is perfect as it can be!
he was telling me earlier this year when it was not even released to the public.. to bad about the shape of the car or I would have bought it |
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:51 am Post subject: |
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That's what I was thinking, when I was test driving cars last month and drove the Daewoo Matiz ... is this car really Korean?
Then I read up on how it was designed by Italians and engineered by Brits.
Good thing about the former, not so sure about the latter. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:54 am Post subject: |
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| That's what I was thinking, when I was test driving cars last month |
... What? And then you woke up? C'mon, nobody "test drives" cars in Korea. Stop lying. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:48 pm Post subject: |
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| That's what I was thinking, when I was test driving cars last month |
... What? And then you woke up? C'mon, nobody "test drives" cars in Korea. Stop lying. |
I did. |
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numazawa
Joined: 20 Mar 2005
Location: The Concrete Barnyard
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| Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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From what I hear, if they can make it under their own power from the assembly line to the plant parking-lot, they pass with flying colors.
(As an aside to the OP: Will your username self-destruct next month?  ) |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:46 am Post subject: |
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Hyundai's Elantra, Kia's Optima and Suzuki's Forenza sedans--like the other vehicles in the slide show--achieved ratings of "poor," the lowest possible, in two of three Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) crash tests (all the cars received their failing grades on the side- and rear-impact tests).
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:04 am Post subject: |
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| That's what I was thinking, when I was test driving cars last month |
... What? And then you woke up? C'mon, nobody "test drives" cars in Korea. Stop lying. |
Believe it or not, some of us actually have enough of a social life that they we need to own cars. |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:08 am Post subject: |
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| JacktheCat wrote: |
| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| JacktheCat wrote: |
| That's what I was thinking, when I was test driving cars last month |
... What? And then you woke up? C'mon, nobody "test drives" cars in Korea. Stop lying. |
Believe it or not, some of us actually have enough of a social life that they we need to own cars. |
Nothing to do with social life. Since when did Korea car dealers let customers take the cars out for a test-spin? is what I'm asking. |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:41 am Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| JacktheCat wrote: |
| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| JacktheCat wrote: |
| That's what I was thinking, when I was test driving cars last month |
... What? And then you woke up? C'mon, nobody "test drives" cars in Korea. Stop lying. |
Believe it or not, some of us actually have enough of a social life that they we need to own cars. |
Nothing to do with social life. Since when did Korea car dealers let customers take the cars out for a test-spin? is what I'm asking. |
most often you need to make a booking for the test drive especially for new cars.
but sometimes its possible to test drive on the spot...
rare, but possible, secondhand cars no problem. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:07 am Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
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| That's what I was thinking, when I was test driving cars last month |
... What? And then you woke up? C'mon, nobody "test drives" cars in Korea. Stop lying. |
We went for a test drive before we bought our Starex. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| JacktheCat wrote: |
| JongnoGuru wrote: |
| JacktheCat wrote: |
| That's what I was thinking, when I was test driving cars last month |
... What? And then you woke up? C'mon, nobody "test drives" cars in Korea. Stop lying. |
Believe it or not, some of us actually have enough of a social life that they we need to own cars. |
Nothing to do with social life. Since when did Korea car dealers let customers take the cars out for a test-spin? is what I'm asking. |
When you are willing to pay market price for a top of the range Starex, may be? |
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billybrobby
Joined: 09 Dec 2004
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