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Honda Civic vs. Hyundai Elantra

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Re: 08 Honda Civic LX v/s 08 Hyundai Elantra SE [mjoshi] by backy
Mar 25, 2008 (7:40 am)
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Replying to: mjoshi (Mar 25, 2008 3:00 am)

Take those depreciation numbers with a grain of salt. For example, four years ago I bought a loaded (as loaded as you could get then) Elantra GT for $13,200 + T&L. Right now Edmunds.com estimates that I could get about $8000 for that car in a private-party sale, about $7000 for a trade-in. So the car has depreciated either $5200 or $6200 in four years, depending on whether you would trade the car in or sell it yourself (I sell my cars myself). Do I think that in the next year, my car will depreciate another $6000-7000 or so? I don't think so. If Edmunds.com's predicted depreciation for the 2008 Elantra SE were to come true for you, it would be worth less than $3000 after five years. I think that is utterly ridiculous, unless you plan on trashing the car and driving it into the ground in the next five years.
 
Also consider that you are not comparing apples to apples in comparing the price of an Elantra SE to a Civic LX. The SE has much more equipment than the LX. A closer comparison would be the Elantra GLS with preferred package to the LX, or the SE plus moonroof to the Civic EX.
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Re: 08 Honda Civic LX v/s 08 Hyundai Elantra SE [thegraduate] by targettuning
Mar 25, 2008 (12:23 pm)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Mar 24, 2008 12:22 pm)

Well, if I wanted an exciting ride I'd have a Corvette (and I do want one) but a small sedan for daily use and occasional longer road trips I like quiet and smooth. The Civic is OK but just OK and if you compare it to the current generation Elantra in those categories alone it is no contest. The Elantra handles well enough that it won't fall on its side on curves and again that is good enough. I could speak in a normal voice while conversing in the 2007 Elantra we rented last fall but have to speak over the interior/wind/tire noise in our Civic. I guess I just want peace and quiet now. When I was younger the louder the exhaust and intake noise (cowl induction) was on my SS-454 Chevelle (1970) the better.
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Re: 08 Honda Civic LX v/s 08 Hyundai Elantra SE [targettuning] by thegraduate
Mar 25, 2008 (12:46 pm)
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Replying to: targettuning (Mar 25, 2008 12:23 pm)

The Civic appeals to people who want some excitement; remember not everyone can AFFORD a Corvette, or can fit their kids in a Corvette, or can pay the gas bill of a Corvette, or insure....etc. So they compromise... and get what they can afford, or fit into, etc... It doesn't make one better than the other, only different.
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Re: 08 Honda Civic LX v/s 08 Hyundai Elantra SE [thegraduate] by backy
Mar 25, 2008 (12:55 pm)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Mar 25, 2008 12:46 pm)

Sorry, I just don't see the Civic as an "exciting" car. The Si maybe, with its 200 hp engine. But a Civic LX? Nope. "Quirky" is I think more apt, with the bi-level gauges. Otherwise it's ho-hum, small-carsville--very well done, but nothing to raise my pulse. Now, if I could have found the quantum torpedo controls on the control panel of the Civic LX I rented a few weeks ago, then that could have been exciting!
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Re: 08 Honda Civic LX v/s 08 Hyundai Elantra SE [backy] by thegraduate
Mar 25, 2008 (1:40 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Mar 25, 2008 12:55 pm)

Comparing a Civic to an Elantra, I'd call the Civic exciting.
 
Comparing a Civic to a Corvette, not so much!
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Re: 08 Honda Civic LX v/s 08 Hyundai Elantra SE [thegraduate] by snakeweasel
Mar 25, 2008 (2:00 pm)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Mar 25, 2008 12:46 pm)

The Civic appeals to people who want some excitement;
 
 
 
Excuse me but if a Civic puts some excitement in your life you must live in a monestary,
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Re: 08 Honda Civic LX v/s 08 Hyundai Elantra SE [thegraduate] by backy
Mar 25, 2008 (2:51 pm)
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Replying to: thegraduate (Mar 25, 2008 1:40 pm)

What is it exactly that makes a Civic LX more exciting to you than an Elantra SE?
 
* The extra 2 hp (but less torque)?
* The spiffy plastic wheel covers (vs. the five-spoke alloys on the Elantra)?
* The extra noise in the cabin smacking your eardrums?
* The firmer ride (where each bump = excitement... uh, no, we won't go there)?
* The tighter cabin (so you can be closer to those you love, especially in the back seat, with not even a center armrest to keep you apart)?
* The thought that if you go around a curve too fast, you don't have the "electronic nanny" ESC to help keep you on the road? (I guess that could get the heart a thumpin' and the corpuscles a-jumpin')?
* The realization that you'll be on your own as far as paying for any problems anywhere from 2-5 years sooner than with the Elantra?
* The sudden realization that the big blue digital readout in front of you is NOT the outside temperature, the big round gauge in front of you is NOT the speedometer, and now you know why those flashing red lights are coming up behind you?
 
Or maybe something else?
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That "Hondaness" by sandman46
Mar 25, 2008 (3:32 pm)
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It's that certain intangible feeling that one gets in a Honda or a Toyota...something that just can't be put into words. That's what puts these two car makers at the top...the benchmark so to speak. It's like class...either you have it or don't. Hard to explain...but it was in every Toyota that we've owned and now with our Honda.
 
The Sandman
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Re: 08 Honda Civic LX v/s 08 Hyundai Elantra SE [backy] by snakeweasel
Mar 25, 2008 (3:39 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Mar 25, 2008 2:51 pm)

Or maybe something else?
 
It is something else. Its putting on that huge exhaust that makes the car very loud (and slower), and a stupid looking spoiler that looks like it was made in a high school metal shop, as well as stupid looking lighting effects. So that they can go down the street looking like big wigs in a fast car that in reality will lose to a 3 year old with a big wheel.
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Re: That "Hondaness" [sandman46] by backy
Mar 25, 2008 (4:39 pm)
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Replying to: sandman46 (Mar 25, 2008 3:32 pm)

Yes. With the Hondaness plus $2.00 I can get a small beverage at Starbucks.
 
 

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