• From: Land Of Subarus, Colorado
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Topic: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

We're about to start our tenth Lemons season and we've seen plenty of examples of just about every make and model you could imagine. We saw three Rovers make their debuts this year! However, we've been suffering from a chronic shortage of Hyundais all this time, and we need to remedy that in 2015. We've got one team building a Scoupe, which is great news, and an IOE-winning Lemons racer is now a high-ranking Hyundai USA exec, which is even better news (he has indicated that he will attempt to get some factory help for the Scoupe). But there are some Hyundais we've never seen in Lemons, and it's time we did something about it.

http://autos.starmedia.com/imagenes/2014/05/Hyundai-Tiburon.jpg
Tiburon
Just in the last 18 months or so, I've been seeing large numbers of Tiburons at high-turnover self-service wrecking yards, which means that (A) ugly ones have depreciated to scrap value and (B) parts are easy to find. The Tiburon ought to be pretty quick and could be reliable (we have no way of knowing), maybe even quick and reliable enough to take an overall win in Lemons (now that Audi has an overall win, only Hyundai and Subaru remain as major still-sold-in-US marques that have yet to take a Lemons win). The Lemons Supreme Court will most likely put a 100% stock Tiburon in Class B to start with, just to see how it does, but this could well be a fine Class A competitor.

http://drjldavis.tripod.com/images/George/2005%20Hyundai%20ws/2005%20Hyundai%20RtR%20ws.jpg
XG
Remember the Hyundai XG300 and XG350? They're big, powerful front-drive luxury cars, related to the Mitsubishi Debonair, and they have now depreciated to Taurus-soaked-in-blue-portapotty-juice price levels. They're not uncommon at Pick-N-Pull, which means you can get parts, and I'll put a stock one in Class C to start with.

http://content.onliner.by/forum/26f/685/679962/800x800/06fa3a25a12466996196167f56e7ea2b.jpg
First-gen Excel/Precis
We had a later Excel in an Altamont race, but we've never seen a Lemons example of the car that started it all for Hyundai in the United States. These things were notoriously unreliable and crappy (I saw them appearing in self-service wrecking yards at age 3, which is unheard-of even for miserable shitboxes like the Vega), which makes them ideal IOE competitors. An early Excel that's anywhere near stock will be Class C at any race, of course. The Mitsubishi Precis is a rebadged Excel, so look for them as well.

Of course, we'd be excited about a Pony imported from Canada, but we'd be happy about any not-sold-in-the-USA car.

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  • From: San Luis Obispo
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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

I was just searching "Tiburon" on the CL yesterday.

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

Of course, I was also searching "Sterling," "Lark," "Seville," "AMC," and "Satellite." And all of their mis-spellings….

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

Hmmm, perfect theme for the bunch of rally idiots on my team:

http://libraracing.com/pix/team-photo-after.jpg

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/4798092243.html

endo mi Hyunday tiburon lo vendo en 850 por motivo que no camina pienso que es la transmicion motor esta bien el carro prende bien placas al corriente y todo le funciona tiene 123 millas y tiene sunroof es todo electrico asientos de piel es titulo salvaje para mas información llamar al 714 757 1929 llamar solo interesados no textos no email llamar al 714 757 1929

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

Judge Phil wrote:

Taurus-soaked-in-blue-portapotty-juice price levels

This is an actual professional metric.

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

"pienso que es la transmicion motor esta bien"

How hard could it be?

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

http://images.craigslist.org/00q0q_61yIfiThH0U_600x450.jpg

See, here's an '01 XG300 in California for $1000, and I predict that the sight of cash will make the seller take a lot less. Sell off a few parts, free car!

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  • From: San Luis Obispo
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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

Here is a Tiburon somewhere in the Central Valley for $500 that just "needs a clutch."

http://fresno.craigslist.org/cto/4799826949.html

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

Here is another one, little over the budget smile
https://reno.craigslist.org/cto/4775984695.html

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

Wow - no XG300 yet? 

I definitely want to see one of these stacked up against an Amanti. . .

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

Maybe the old Hyundais are all being shipped to Australia http://www.ercs.com.au/

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13 Reply by Wendell34 (edited by Wendell34 2014-12-14 10:24 AM)

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

fleming95 wrote:

Wow - no XG300 yet? 

I definitely want to see one of these stacked up against an Amanti. . .

Ahhhh…Amanti. That is another one I search regularly. I want to bring the first Amanti. Has there been an Amanti yet? I find the first gen Amanti to be one of the most fantastically awkward looking cars. It is trying to look like a Mercedes, a Jaguar and a Taurus, all in a very Korean car way.

We should do one of these Jeff.
By the way, where the hell have you been? Glad to see you posting up here again.

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

Judge Phil wrote...

The Mitsubishi Precis is a rebadged Excel, so look for them as well.

A quick trip to the "Cars for Sale "section finds this......

http://forums.24hoursoflemons.com/viewt … p?id=28911

Makes for a happy Judge.....just sayin;.....

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

On that subject, why no Daewoo Leganzas or Nubiras? Come on, people, 21st-century technology for scrap prices!

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

I bought a 18 month old 1st gen excel at the insurance auction.  It had done a dorifto into a curb with the right rear.  Was tweaked enough to bend the quarter panel.  Pushed with porta power, big bang and everything popped back into place including the outer sheet metal.  Replaced the kinked rear subframe (as Phil noted, picked up from the DIY junkyard, natch) and sent it off to a happy new owner.  Only car I've driven that felt like it should have one of those warning labels on the dash "Discard when Broken".  If they could have figured out a way to make an engine from stamped sheet metal, it would have been in an excel. Better than the bus I guess.

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

The first-gen Excel had a not-too-terrible (compared to the rest of the car) Mitsubishi 4G15 engine, same as the one in the Colt around the same time. That means powertrain parts would be easy to find in junkyards.

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18 Reply by novaderrik (edited by novaderrik 2014-12-14 04:40 PM)

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

if you do get a Hyundai, make sure you pronounce it like Mya Rudolph did on SNL:

Hi un day aye

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

Judge Phil wrote:

On that subject, why no Daewoo Leganzas or Nubiras? Come on, people, 21st-century technology for scrap prices!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2HFfv9Lp_0

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

I can hardly speak Japanese and now you want me to learn Korean?? Whats next, Mahindra and Tata and Hindustan, and I'll need to learn Hindi or Punjabi??  Do I get college credits for this??

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

"You drove here in a Hyundai to get here tonight. I drove an $80,000 BMW. That's my name!"

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

Elantra GT, with a manual.  $600

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/4800014196.html

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

http://southjersey.craigslist.org/cto/4785463040.html
NJ XG350 ...$700 needs work

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Re: This is getting ridiculous. Where are all the Hyundais?

mechimike wrote:

Elantra GT, with a manual.  $600

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/4800014196.html

140hp stock and 2,635 curb weight. Could be a Class B ringer.

I actually wanted one of these back in 2002 and tried to buy it through CarsDirect. Leather, ABS, traction control as options + manual transmission in blue was a unicorn that we couldn't find on the east coast. Our selling dealer from California was purchased during the transaction, though, and CarsDirect had to "unwind" the deal even after we signed all the paperwork so we never got it. The manual transmission Elantra GT we test drove was spunky and fun with pretty sharp handling and decent power. Selling price was just a hair over $15k as I recall.

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