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Re: 15,000 mile service and inspection [nj2pa2nc]
by backy
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May 31, 2006 (3:01 pm)
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Replying to: nj2pa2nc (May 31, 2006 2:47 pm)
You are fortunate to have such a great dealer for service.
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Re: 15,000 mile service and inspection [backy]
by nj2pa2nc
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Jun 01, 2006 (6:11 am)
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Replying to: backy (May 31, 2006 3:01 pm)
we agree. It is hard to find a dealer like them. That is why we continue to use them. Alot of times if they were doing extended service we would drop the car off Saturday morning, get a loaner car and bring it back Tuesday night. Before my father passed away and was in the hospital on his final days they told us to keep the loaner car for the week or longer. As you can tell they go out of there way and we love to deal with them (no b.s.)What warranty work have you had done?
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Re: 15,000 mile service and inspection [nj2pa2nc]
by backy
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Jun 01, 2006 (6:21 am)
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Replying to: nj2pa2nc (Jun 01, 2006 6:11 am)
On my 5-door, not much--it is only a little over 2 years old. The driver's side vanity mirror cover broke off (it had help) and the visor was replaced. There was condensation in one of the headlight covers and that was fixed. That is about it for warranty claims; it has been a very reliable car. I follow the manufacturer's recommended service on it, including oil changes every 3000-3500 miles (first three years of maintenance were included in my purchase price). I had some warranty work done on my '01 sedan during the 5-1/2 years I owned it, the biggest of which were an 02 sensor replaced and some clutch bushings replaced. It was also a reliable car; my sister recently bought it from me. I followed the manufacturer's recommended servicing on that car too, and it didn't cost much. The only real expensive servicing on that car if you stick to the manufacturer's service schedule is every 60k miles.
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Re: 15,000 mile service and inspection [backy]
by bhmr59
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Jun 01, 2006 (5:20 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Jun 01, 2006 6:21 am)
Many years ago a friend who owned his own non-franchised car repair shop told me than "expensive" service for any car occurs at 30K and intervals thereof AND the most expensive service came at 60K and intervals thereof.
I thought that was good info for anyone considering a used car. (A used car with 65K could, provided all service was performed, be worth a little more than the same make/model/year with only 55K).
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Re: 15,000 mile service and inspection [bhmr59]
by backy
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Jun 01, 2006 (6:36 pm)
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Replying to: bhmr59 (Jun 01, 2006 5:20 pm)
That might be true in general, but the there is little difference in services on my MPV for 30k and 60k. On the Elantra there is a big difference, mainly because of the timing belt. But it is good advice to check what service has been performed on a car before buying it. For example, I bought a used car in January with 84k on it. I found out it had not had the (expensive, including timing belt) 60k service, so I was able to negotiate that into the deal. I've found most used cars with over 60k (or 120k) have NOT had the 60k service performed--that is one reason the car is for sale!
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whoo hoo....great fill-up
by iowaelantra
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Jun 08, 2006 (7:30 pm)
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Just filled the tank today. On the last tank I got 423 miles to the tank and the MPG figured out at 37.69. I'm in heaven.
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Too fast, too much in the first 1200?
by hyundaio
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Jun 30, 2006 (4:19 pm)
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Long Story short, I picked up my new 2006 GT Automatic and left on a road trip. Typical highway driving 65-70 for a couple hundred miles, stop for the night, drove 500 miles, stop, spend a few days, drove 600 more miles.
Got home and read the owners manual: "For the first 1200 miles, don't drive faster than 55 mph." 
Any comments how this may have hurt my new car. Anything I can do about it?
great car, btw. If it would have been a rental I would have been very happy with it.
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Re: Too fast, too much in the first 1200? [hyundaio]
by backy
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Jun 30, 2006 (4:27 pm)
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Replying to: hyundaio (Jun 30, 2006 4:19 pm)
You probably didn't hurt it driving at those speeds, as long as you varied your speed somewhat (e.g. didn't cruise at one speed for hours). Doing things like full-throttle acceleration is worse than cruising at 70 mph, which on the AT Elantra is still at pretty low revs.
Anyway, you can't turn the clock back now so don't worry about it.
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Re: Too fast, too much in the first 1200? [backy]
by tsgeisel
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Jun 30, 2006 (4:47 pm)
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Replying to: backy (Jun 30, 2006 4:27 pm)
Just as a note, the manual also says that there's no break-in period for the car as well.
I did my best to keep it at 55 for the first 100 miles (and even then didn't always succeed), but after that, I just gave up. But I did work on varying the speeds for the first 1200.
55 mph? I'd be roadkill on some of the freeways around here at that speed.
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Too Fast?
by dovid2
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Jul 03, 2006 (8:34 am)
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We bought an Elantra GLS in 2000 (same engine as yours). The first thing my wife did was take a 500-mile road trip, getting a ticket for going 93. When she got home, she asked me what the light on the dashboard saying "OD off" meant (higher revs, for one thing). The break-in is meant to help set the rings and prevent oil burning later in the car's life. After 85,000 miles, the car does not burn any oil. I think the beta engine is made out of titanium,
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