Problems with New 991

[BIGJake111]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I bought a new Sonata for a relative. It's had a few minor issues but nothing tech related. Koreans are very good at tech. In fact large dominations of cash do not exist there because an incredible 90% of the country pay for items with their smartphone.

Mechanically, the car has been solid. Gas mileage the best yet. And this is a full-sized sedan. However Dealer service has varied greatly depending on location. Some has been as good as any Porsche dealer I've visited, others were terrible.
Overall a much better value than a Toyota and maybe even Honda. Some deals are as low as $150 a month with a 10 year pt warranty. Not bad for a young person or an older non-car enthusiast. I however, would not purchase one of these car out-of-warranty like I might consider a Honda. But in a few years Hyundai will be up there. I remember when the first Hyundai went on sale for $5K new. Everyone laughed. Now look at them..

They are definitely priced right, and i would highly suggest them over american economy cars. However, i know people who have had air con go out on kias and hyundais within the first two years of ownership, as well as many other problems which are simply non existent with Honda. I would argue that korean cars are getting a bit expensive for the very cheap build quality. I know a guy that works with a wrecker company and he says no manufacture builds their cars like Kia and Hyundai and he doesnt mean that in a good way.

[Perfectlap]

^ I guess it depends on your frame of reference/perspective.

Back when interest rates were much higher and these sorts of loans weren't securitized as is rampant now, you could never buy a car providing that much comfort, tech, fuel efficiency and styling for that kind of money. Not even close. The first time I drove a fully loaded Sonata my friend was driving a 5 series that I got into afterwards. I could not believe the delta on price for the two could be justified.

Ditto on safety. In the past, unless you were rolling along in two tons of steel, riding in an economy class car was no guarantee in a crash. Anyone remember the Suzuki Samurai? You had to wear your helmet in that car.
Luckily there weren't nearly as many SUV's and pick ups in those days and cars had much smaller engines/went slower.
It would have been economy class car carnage on the streets every day with the way traffic looks now.

[trimer]

Porsche put something on Facebook about this and he is getting a new car...

[BIGJake111]

Originally Posted by trimer

Porsche put something on Facebook about this and he is getting a new car...

They should send a factory driver with it to give him a drift around in it and tape it or something. Positive publicity.


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