Been looking at some cars...Jap vs America

That was the first post. You are not keeping up with the conversation. Read the line by "his" above.

Tha Elantra it is...What a GREAT car...Seattle Blue,Gray Intreior...Will probably wait till after Christmas to get it but have tried it out and LOVE it...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say and $4,000 can make a car 'look' better ;)

mike

Those previous GP's were ugly in my opinion (blobish, unclean lines). The new ones are aggressive and cleaner in terms of their lines. It's all opinions. :-) Everyone has 'em.

"benick" wrote in news:DOCdnVyeHqT6_vnYnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@neonova.net:

If you like the Elantra, take a look at the Kia Optima. Looks even better than the Elantra. It's a couple of thousand more but has about 30 more HP. Gas mileage is about the same. Same warranty.

I was recently given a Kia Optima as a rental car, it was a 2005 with 14k miles and it buzzed like a lawnmover, I kept hitting my knees on the dash and head on the handle above the drivers window, it would shift to second gear before getting through an intersection and bog down so I ended up having to drive like a manual just to get it going. It got a little over

20mpg on my 20 mile trip to and from work. My v8 4x4 truck gets 18-19mpg on that same drive so gas milage for that pos car wasn't anything special. The constant vibration when idling would make my hands go numb after just a couple stop lights. It was the worst vehicle I've driven in a long time. My wife's 2001 impala was an ex rental car and we got it with 16k miles on it and it was so much smoother and quieter. Got 75k on it now and I just replaced the brake pads for the first time so I haven't needed to do any maintenance on it at all.