I do think the ads were good. But the appearance of the Sonata still hasn’t grown on me. I did get a little mad when they compared the Sonata’s paint to a Benz’s. I wish they’d stop making comparisons like that.
Originally posted here:
Hyundai Super Bowl
I thought it would be interesting to talk about the best and worst payouts people have had after totaling a car. My best experience was after buying a barebones 2005 hyundai elantra for 10,500 (brand new) and then after 9 months and 18,000 miles it was totaled and the insurance gave me a payout of $12,600. I imagine most experiences are not quite like this. I attribute this to the cars MSRP being closer to 14,000, but I had bought it during a slow sales month and with massive company rebates!
Read the original:
Best and worst payouts from insurance on totaled cars
Toyota still has faith in their product, the Camry and just aired it during the Superbowl XLIV.
Read the original:
Toyota Superbowl comercial
Look at the GMC Acadia, Chevy Traverse or the upcoming Explorer (if you can wait 6-7 months). Not much is known about the Explorer though because it won’t be unveiled until summer but, the Traverse and Acadia are already proven. Both are large inside and out yet they are the most fuel efficient in their class. They are three row only however with 7 or 8 passenger configurations but the third row, and second one for that matter, fold flat so you can have two rows when you want them or three. You get the best of both worlds that way. But if you decide to go two row only, you might want to give the new Equinox (or possibly the GMC Terrain) a look. It might technically be competitor to the Rav4 and CR-V but it’s really the size of a Highlander. It also gets best in class FE (32 mpg with FWD) and since it’s only a two row there is a lot of cargo room.
See the original post:
New family car
The Forte looks better than the civic but the drive train isn’t even close. Civic please. I know that you can get 200Hp but if they are all running in a different direction it can get hard to live with especially if you aren’t the tokyo drift types with little fart can mufflers, wings and other knobs slapped on.
Read the original post:
Civic two door VS Forte Koup: Who will be the overall winner?
Best car commercial, but I liked the other you mentioned the best so far.
Read the original here:
Kia Sorento Super Bowl ADD
JustlurkingNot to jack the thread but is it just me or what. Every time I see that new Tucson comercial I swear that thing is a totally hijacked Buick Enclave only smaller. Right down to the brown color they use on it.First Toyota Venza now the Tuscon. Nah not really.
More:
epic disappointment
Camry I4: 22city/33hwy mpg Camry V6: 19city/28hwy mpg You’re looking at around 4-5mpg difference in mixed driving. When you consider a full tank of gas for in the course of a year, it’ll add up. I also doubt I would need 268hp to get me out of trouble. Often times, defensive driving (which mostly involves REDUCING SPEED and AVIODING a collision) is what one needs to survive in the streets. There’s also a thing called insurance cost. More power = higher premiums (usually).
Read the original here:
Downsizing Engines, Good – Keeping Weight Up, Bad
As most of you know i own a 09 Forester and recently we got 30″ of snow in Virginia. seeing all these 4X4s stuck i decided to take my Forester out and see if i could get it stuck, never did. Plowed through 30″ of snow, pulled a guy out and went sideways in the snow, got slowed down by a Explorer stuck, he wasnt a good driver he could’ve gotten out of his situation easy. turned off TCS and threw the car around quite a bit, although i think i screwed something up b.c now it sounds beefy…dont mind it at all just hoping its not a major problem haha. This guy decided to take out his ricer (honda prelude) with chin spoiler, big exhaust…etc, he didnt make it far. Used up a half tank in 2 hrs shoving all that snow really cuts economy but completely worth it 
What about you guys? ever done anything with the snow?
Go here to read the rest:
The ideal snow day
There’s nothing like a race track full of beat-to-hell hoopties to give you a crash course in Blowed Up Engines 101. The Southern Discomfort race offered plenty of busted blocks, oil pans full of bearing shards, and the like. The top image shows a fairly standard BMW M20 thrown-rod “after” photo. Above, we see a Toyota 4AGE oil pan with bits of damn near every major engine component in a soup of sparkly iron-fortified oil; when a high-mile engine lets go at 8 grand, you’re lucky the if oil pan catches most of the chunks. Speaking of oil pans, what do you do when newly liberated rods make their escape through the bottom of your Ford Windsor’s pan? Buy a junkyard short block and patch the pan, of course! When the race-leading Ford Probe’s engine blew up , it wasn’t just your regular ventilated block. Check out that big crack- broken nearly in half!
Read the original here:
When Connecting Rods Go Bad [24 Hours Of Lemons]