Daughter's Elantra has had some issues but I will say I completely agree on the warranty. I was stressing a bit over the repair that was going to cost $5k, unsure if warranty would cover it. But it did, at 88k miles, and Stew Hansen's was very good to work with on it.
Not us normies. I just bought a house at the low end of my budget, 75% less than I would have been comfortable with. Could have bought cash if I liquidated a bit of my brokerage but went the classic 20% down 30 year at a better rate than you see advertised. Might say f it and pay it off in 5 to 10 years but I'll take having the extra cash on hand now with the current s*** job market and a company that likes laying people off.
Hyundai has come a long way with their reliability in the past 5 to 10 years. Great warranty and they are cheaper than Toyotas. I know a couple of people that have purchased a Palisade and they love them.
Have GM products gotten better? I know they had a bad reputation in the late 2000s early 2010s.
I finally sold my 2000 Toyota Camry in 2025. 256K miles.
I haven't bought a car since 2016 but will follow the same thing I did then. Found a 2016 Explorer (in December 2016) with 16k miles. It's original MSRP was $42k, I only paid $27k. 0 issues, approaching 120k miles.
Ames Public Library does although the page is hard to find.
I had a 2014 Chevy Cruze until it blew up in KC last year. Bought a 2020 Nissan Altima with 91000 miles on it. Its a nice car and great to drive. I drive my work truck 90% of the time anyway. The only time I dont drive my company vehicle is when I leave town for a weekend or something like that. Ive even driven my company truck in the downtown of certain city's just because I know nobody will give me **** if I park in alleys or places close to buildings. Just looks like im there doing a service call.
Taking this down a different route than the threads inentions, I used to park in the alley by my apartment in KC. A few months after I bought said Explorer someone decided to slash the front passenger tire of all 10 or 12 cars parked in that alley. Walked out at 630AM in the dark to go to work, see the low tire pressure light, change the dash view and it says 0 on that tire. Look around and see all the damage, lady comes out from the building next door and I just said "Your days about to start off terribly." Also got towed once from that alley when they made it private parking without any announcement and I just didnt notice the signage.
The GM 3.5L V6 engine that was in the early 2000's Impala, Buick Lucerne, etc. are damn near bullet proof. I had a 2007 Impala that I eventually sold to a relative. It went damn near 300k miles before the transmission went out but the engine was still running great.
