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269 messages, Last post on Oct 02, 2009 at 9:44 AM
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Replying to: inharmsway (Jan 19, 2008 10:28 am) Very simple. Driving north from Florida in April with the temp set at 75*, the A/C was on lightly. Later in the day and further north, the heat was on. Outside temp was 40 something in Fayetteville, NC when I pulled into a motel for the night. The car's interior temp remained constant without me having to change any settings.
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Replying to: bhmr59 (Jan 19, 2008 6:08 pm) |
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 Will it arrive in the USA.
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Replying to: backy (Oct 25, 2007 5:51 am) This are some pretty major styling differences to me. The hatch lines are sporty, the wagon lines scream SOCCER MOM. The hatch may look a little sportier, but the wagon will be more versatile. The hatch is plenty versatile for what I need. I like the looks of the Elantra touring much better than those of the Rondo. The Rondo looks a lot bigger and chunkier than the Touring, like a small minivan instead of a small wagon. The Rondo has some really unfortunate sheet metal; it's hard to imagine anything plainer. Even if you could convince yourself "plain" equals "clean", the effect is ruined as soon as you put a passenger in the back seat and the thing sags to the ground in back. I've driven a Rondo and would consider buying one over the Elantra Touring if it was just a littler more stylish and if they had slightly stiffer springs in the rear (or at least lines that would visually minimize the effect of the rear sag). The Rondo somes with a larger engine than the Elantra Touring and even has a V6 option. That's what was in the rental I had. For a big, boxy vehicle, the ride and handling were very good. The interior was better than anything I've seen in an American car lately. It just looks like doo-doo on the outside. I wonder how this compares to what we'll get in the U.S.? For example, will it offer the auto climate control here (I doubt it), and will it have ESC standard (I recall seeing something about that in an earlier announcement)? My understanding is that the Touring is not just a body style, it's a high-line trim level, comparable to when the Elantra hatch was released as a GT-only model. I think it will have lots of goodies. It may be that they will decontent it down the road and sell it as an Elantra GLS Wagon or something, but I think the Touring moniker is more about the bells and whistles than the body style.
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Replying to: doohickie (Jan 29, 2008 5:52 am) I very strongly disagree. This is not a minivan design and is not a SUV design. Wagon, Estate, Shooting Brake, maybe, SOCCER MOM = NEVER. |
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Replying to: moparbad (Jan 28, 2008 7:52 pm) Elantra Touring
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Replying to: moparbad (Feb 03, 2008 9:20 am) I like that the sport shifter and suspension are standard, but I wonder how many stick cars will actually be available. A B&M sport shifter is standard in the Accent SE, but I have yet to see one on a dealer lot. Price??? My guess is it will start at a little over the SE sedan's price, since it offers comparable content plus the sport suspension and shifter and a few other extra features like the lumbar support--$17,495 MSRP including destination maybe for a 5-speed? |
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Replying to: moparbad (Feb 03, 2008 9:20 am) |
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Is the 2009 Elantra going to have this or not. There are rumors that's one of the reasons for the USB port (other than to play music from a USB drive). http://www.microsoft.com/windowsautomotive/videos/FiatBlueAndMe/default.html |
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Hyundai sometimes has good attention to detail in other cars like the 2009 Sonata, but they seem to have missed one thing that will prove very annoying. They moved the AUX input from the lower console to inside the center armrest with the USB port. http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/01/hyundaielantratouri- - - - ng8.jpg Normally, that would be a good thing except that they failed to also move the power port. If you have a portable MP3 player or portable GPS that doesn't use that USB port for power, you will have to have to use both the power port and the AUX port and string the power cord across to the external power port. That will be unsightly with cables going both ways and will be a hassle to have to unplug the power port when you want to store everything out of sight. http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2008/02/08chi_i3013.jpg Compare it to the Sonata that has everything in the same location: 
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