RE: SOTW: Hyundai Coupe V6

[v15ben]

Ted Rolson said:

Or maybe i should type in korean, offer my ground working jobs much cheaper, claim im better, use low grade materials and pay children and poor people 2p and hour.
HYUNDAI Groundworks, (7 year work warranty)

You've never been to Korea, have you?
I do enjoy reading your opinions though as I needed a laugh and didn't realise it was still 1982

[Ted Rolson]

v15ben said:

You've never been to Korea, have you?I do enjoy reading your opinions though as I needed a laugh and didn't realise it was still 1982

I wish it was 1982, Britian had something going for it and it wasnt all smart arse PC bks thats plagued us now.You make a statement by what you drive, its true.Your openly showing people you are a fool, all the other options yet you choose a dull underpowered korean stbox.A true petrolhead does anyway.

[Ted Rolson]

v15ben said:

You've never been to Korea, have you?I do enjoy reading your opinions though as I needed a laugh and didn't realise it was still 1982

Also Ben, in 1982 british cars were better than a Matiz, and also i laugh at you, picturing you trundling about in your matiz.I have a 200 mile trip to do, shouldn't take long in a British V8 Twin turbo.

[TankRS]

Ted Rolson said:

Also Ben, in 1982 british cars were better than a Matiz, and also i laugh at you, picturing you trundling about in your matiz.
I have a 200 mile trip to do, shouldn't take long in a British V8 Twin turbo.

I'd say its going to take you about the same amount of time to do the 200mile trip, given that your bound by legal speed limits, and the fact that your big thirsty twin turbo v8 is gonna be needing a top up while the little efficient Matiz may take its time getting to top speed but will get there in the end and won't be drinking fuel like a horse finding water in the desert.
Tortoise vs hare spring to mind

Also wondering if you have seen my answering your point on Top Gear hating the Hyundai coupe?

[Munter]

Ted Rolson said:

Your openly showing people you are a fool,

Now if that's not irony. I'm not sure what is.

[RobCrezz]

Not a bad SOTW!

But if I wanted this sort of thing, my money would be going for a Prelude Vtec.

[Mr2Mike]

Ted Rolson said:

Also Ben, in 1982 british cars were better than a Matiz, and also i laugh at you, picturing you trundling about in your matiz.

Define better. Did they have better economy, reliability, rust resistance and warranty than the Matiz? Was e.g. the Triumph Acclaim, or Morris Ital really better than the Matiz in all these areas?

Ted Rolson said:

I have a 200 mile trip to do, shouldn't take long in a British V8 Twin turbo.

That would surely depend on how quickly the AA/RAC transporter arrives?

[v15ben]

Ted Rolson said:

Also Ben, in 1982 british cars were better than a Matiz, and also i laugh at you, picturing you trundling about in your matiz.
I have a 200 mile trip to do, shouldn't take long in a British V8 Twin turbo.

You're right there. I'd rather be driving an Ital or Allegro than a Matiz
Come back when you've found any British V8 Twin Turbos available in Korea, in a car at least.
Thanks for laughing too, I'm doing the same right back at you

[Low Pro]

Thanks i am looking to get hold of one of these

Turbobanana said:

Good shed.

I sold these for 4 years when new, and to address a few nay-sayers:

Yes, it only had 167 bhp but was very torquey. Hyundai's line was that the engine was deliberately detuned to preserve reliability (don't forget this, as a 52 plate, was sold with the UK's first 5 year warranty). In any event, the 2.0 four only had about 140 bhp, so the V6 was a reasonable upgrade.

6-speed was standard, assuming you didn't go slushbox (which was acually a lovely, lazy cruiser)

Handling is OK but very tyre-dependant. Standard rubber was Hankook (Korean: jobs for the boys?)and was OK but many people upgraded wheels and bought cheap tyres which resulted in understeer and oversteer - often at the same time.

Sunroof was standard, although you could allegedly special order one without. 1.6 had no sunroof, 2.0 and V6 did. If you're over 5'11" you'll end up reclining quite a bit to get comfortable.

I don't wish to defend it though: trim was awful, brake discs last about a week and remote alarms worked when they wanted to

Overall though, a decent car which was roomy, looked good and was generally very reliable. You wouldn't put half a decade of warranty on it otherwise, would you?