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Hyundai will always be a hunk of junk to me and I have felt that way day one when they rolled out in the 80's. I have a couple of friends that have Hyundai vehicles and I know.... people say they are great now! Just my thing, I guess.
Oh goody, yet another thread about stereotypes and to show how little people on this forum actually know about cars.
Oh goody, another C-D thread and another set of "holier than thou" posters saying things like "this again". Oh and dont forget the pretentious forehead smack icons.
Now to the subject of the thread. In my life I have driven (in order) Ford ('72 Thunderbird), Ford (81 Escort), Chevy (81 Monte Carlo), Dodge (87 Ram50 which was a Mitsubishi) Nissan (92 240SX), Chevy (2002 Monte Carlo SS), Mistubishi (2007 Eclipse), Chrysler (2006 300), and Ford (2010 SHO).
The only cars that gave me/my family (Escort was parents car) multiple problems were the Fords. It is very hard to not consider Fords junk.
After owning a Subaru and driving it in the winter, I'll never not have one in the driveway.
After owning an Acura, I love it, but they've started raising prices too much and it's no longer the "value luxury" proposition it once was.
Other than that, my family's experience with a variety of brands has shown that you can take any brand car to 200,000 miles if you take good care of it and they aren't harsh miles. But the little things always started to go on the GMs and Fords we've owned, whereas the Hondas/Toyotas seem to never quit.
In NY or NJ you don't really need a vehicle that is AWD or 4WD. But AWD gives you more traction if that's what you want. I like Toyota and Honda, but have a 1988 GMC Sierra step-side truck that I really like. Not problems whatsoever with it. Then there is a 1981 Ford F-150 that I drive perhaps 3,000 miles a year, during the fishing and moose seasons in Alaska. I park this truck all winter long, and by April I get the battery that has been warm and maintained in the garage, install it on the truck, and then start the motor without a hiccup.
In NY or NJ you don't really need a vehicle that is AWD or 4WD. But AWD gives you more traction if that's what you want. I like Toyota and Honda, but have a 1988 GMC Sierra step-side truck that I really like. Not problems whatsoever with it. Then there is a 1981 Ford F-150 that I drive perhaps 3,000 miles a year, during the fishing and moose seasons in Alaska. I park this truck all winter long, and by April I get the battery that has been warm and maintained in the garage, install it on the truck, and then start the motor without a hiccup.
In NY you need at least AWD car, we got hit with a lot of Nor'easter.
In NY you need at least AWD car, we got hit with a lot of Nor'easter.
I live in NY for many years when there was no AWD. I drove RWD automobiles, back then. Not only that, but back in the '60s we used to get big snow falls compared to what New York gets these days. Also lived in Northern NY, across from Burlington, Vermont. The problem here was sleet during the winter months.
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