[s-cars] The Audi as a Fiat

[David Kase]

A quick flash here...a neighbor (textbook John Q. Public) bought a '99 
Hyundai Sonata new.  He drove it 100k miles and gave it to his son. 

His son took the car to the garage as it was handling strangely.  The 
garage (a trusted source) found that the entire front subframe was 
completely rusted out.  The one control arm had started to separate from 
the subframe (hence the handling problem).

A new subframe? $1900 plus labor.

The neighbor called Hyundai and they said "tough cookies, PA treats 
their roads in the winter and that is what caused it".

Well, we live in rural PA with minimal road treatment need, not 
Pittsburgh with tons of salt due to the hills. 

I will never buy a Hyundai.

Dave K.

lebakken1 at netzero.net wrote:

> Combine that with what I see from the likes of Hyundai - the Sonata is a pretty damn nice car. Probably not something I would own (a bit vanilla) but certainly from a quality/price/warranty standpoint, John Q. Public will give it a serious look. 
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