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Is There Room in the Luxury Market for Hyundai?

4239 messages,  Last post on Dec 02, 2009 at 6:53 AM

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What is this discussion about? Hyundai Equus, Hyundai Genesis, Car Comparisons


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Re: Interior [houdini1] by fintail
Jul 09, 2009 (7:43 am)
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Replying to: houdini1 (Jul 09, 2009 2:56 am)

Wood veneer paint - lower line IKEA furniture.
 
Dashboard wood tends to be a very thin veneer for safety reasons too - splintering etc. Even on 50+ year old MB it is this way, although the wood along the windows and pillars is much thicker.
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Re: Interior [fintail] by fezo
Jul 09, 2009 (12:13 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 09, 2009 7:43 am)

Not my old 54 300B. That sucker had a solid piece of wood dash. We pulled it out, stripped it and refinished it way back when.
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Re: Interior [fezo] by fintail
Jul 09, 2009 (1:23 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (Jul 09, 2009 12:13 pm)

Yeah, the Adenauers and pontons were the last of the thick wood everywhere. My fintail has a veneer dash, but the windshield and side windows are framed with that thick solid wood that people often remove and refinish (but seldom get the color right).
 
The 1960s W112 coupes have a lot of thick wood too - a good quality refinishing in proper colors and textures can run several thousand dollars.
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Re: Interior [fintail] by fezo
Jul 09, 2009 (2:12 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 09, 2009 1:23 pm)

Oh, we certainly did not get the color right. A real collector would cringe at the things we did to that car. Fun though.
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Re: Interior [fezo] by fintail
Jul 09, 2009 (5:55 pm)
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Replying to: fezo (Jul 09, 2009 2:12 pm)

I bet you refinished it in a light color - everyone seems to do that, thinking it is Heywood Wakefield furniture or something.
 
Back when you had the car, it was just an old beater - and in that condition it would be the same today. I don't hold it against you
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Re: Interior [fintail] by fezo
Jul 10, 2009 (7:46 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 09, 2009 5:55 pm)

Whew! Yeah, but a great old beater it was. To this day one of my brothers in convinced we'd have made a fortune if we restored it. to his last day my dad thought that.
 
Yeah, we did the wood in a teak. It looked good with all the other silly things we did to it.
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Re: Interior [fezo] by fintail
Jul 10, 2009 (8:43 am)
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Replying to: fezo (Jul 10, 2009 7:46 am)

A truly pristine Adenauer is worth a bit...but it is cheaper to buy a house in many places in the US than to get a heap to pristine status. You didn't lose anything, and the fun has a lot of value, too. No harm done.
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Re: Interior [fintail] by fezo
Jul 10, 2009 (10:29 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 10, 2009 8:43 am)

Yeah. That was always my thought.
 
I wonder if we will ever get back to luxury Hyundais in here again... One of the great topics where no one will ever change anyone else's mind....
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Re: Interior [fezo] by fintail
Jul 10, 2009 (10:52 am)
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Replying to: fezo (Jul 10, 2009 10:29 am)

That's why I had no bad feelings about going off topic
 
I don't know how it is elsewhere, but I haven't seen a Genesis coupe or sedan other than on a dealer's lot in maybe 6 weeks or more.
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Re: Interior [fintail] by british_rover
Jul 10, 2009 (11:23 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 10, 2009 10:52 am)

I have didn't have a kid on the way I would trade in my jeep to get the cash for clunkers money on a four cylinder Genesis coupe...

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