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Thread #146256   Message #3386845
Posted By: Musket
06-Aug-12 - 03:59 PM
Thread Name: BS: What do think about Hyundais
Subject: RE: BS: What do think about Hyundais
Porsches used to be skittish, never mind friendly arse ends that always wanted to come and play.   The volvo amongst others got me prepared for that. (A Reliant Scimitar was the best lesson though, no weight over the diff.)   

This porsche is a bit better though. Not quite as tame as some of the latest ones, but a true GT for going long distances visiting friends for the weekend, (or going to the tobacconists, hello sailor etc etc) It doesn't oversteer as such, but the grip is very good so it doesn't run wide when cornering, and that can be the same as oversteering in terms of the outcome I suppose. My company designed and supplied some R&D machinery for them and having been round their factory a few times, I just got bitten by the bug.

My inheritance was the opportunity to work down the pit rather than the price of a new car, although I would have preferred to buy it with someone else's money. It wasn't cheap, although holds its price better than many other premium cars.

The Hyundai holds its own in the garage, (or to be exact in the car port I had built at the side of the garage,) and going back to the OP, I fully endorse their latest offerings, or at least, the offering I bought. Nice to know I can go out in the snow for that matter. The Jag was ruddy useless, rear wheel drive automatic with huge tyres and the auto box couldn't do anything other than set off in 1st..... The Porsche is better in the snow, presumably through a more sophisticated traction control. I toyed with the four wheel drive version but it was above my budget.

I would happily just have the Hyundai as it really is a car for all seasons. I have always had another car though, projects in the old days and runners more recently. (I still have a Triumph Stag in bits making me feel guilty as I have ignored it for a few years.)