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Originally Posted by gordner
I have been pleasantly surprised by every Huyndai product I have rented, they are actually much better cars than one would expect.
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I have to go along with this.
I drove a Hyundai Elantra through the Rockies from Calgary to Vancouver in 2007. I could barely stand to look at the thing, but it was fairly entertaining in the twisties (Rt 6). A nasty rattle in the back turned out not to be the exhaust, but rather the torsion bars which held the trunk lid open had come unsnapped from a plastic support. Ten seconds fixed that.
In the UK, a Kia Cee'd was a decent little car to get around in, although the auto shut off when idling was a bit un-nerving when it first shut off on the M25.
A 2005 trip to the UK netted a Focus (the generation we didn't get in North America). That car was great. The handling saved our lives once, when I had to leave the road surface to make way for a lady in my lane as she overtook another vehicle on a blind crest!
I was foolish enough to rent a 1.2 litre Vauxhall on the last trip to Scotland. It was adequate in most circumstances, but it couldn't handle the long haul up the hill on the A9 south of Inverness. Down to 3rd!
Flip side, a Toyota (equivalent to Yaris) in Iceland. I doubt there was an ounce of sound deadening in the car. It reminded me of that line from Shakespear, "Full of noise and fury, signifying nothing."
But they all got us where we wanted to go.
Best
Les