Hyundai 50 Years old

Kia was one of the caravaners favourites back when I was caravaner. Never been in one but they did not seem that bad with there waranty deals.

You can’t go wrong with a Hyundai, they own their own steel, non of the others do, and they put more high strength steel in their cars than all the Compition. A large percentage at that.

They make some of the best cars in the groups they are in. I really like the i40. Some of their cars arnt the prettiest or coolest, but they are good.

Also relatively cheap, like the French lot, not being German, they throw in most of the goodies you’ll pay a fortune for in a German car.

Glad your email is ar is working out for you bob, they are a nice car. As I said before there is two on my street. Well one now, some ran into one of them they have a loaner atm.

I love my auto wipers on my car, they are great. My car has auto lights, including auto  high beam (which works brilliantly), auto lights*, and auto gear, a long with cruise control, it’s all making a very  lazy driver.

Auto lights can be annoying if your going through sections on tunnels, it thinks it’s day/night /day… Annoying as when it turns the lights on, the digital display goes into night mode. A pain because that digital display has my speed in it!

But my auto high beam is fantastic. Took me a while to trust it no to blind anyone, at night in the lanes, but it works almost flawlessly. I’d say closes to 99/100 times. Which I realised is probably better than me. Who now and then would forget to turn it off till they flashed. As we all do. The auto doesn’t get it wrong in that way, just the 1/100 it will take a second or two longer than I would of done. So I’d say that’s a win for tech.

Don’t have auto fog lights, like a common plebeian I had to turn my own light on last week. This can’t continue I’m going to write to the oem and get at fog lights retro fitted lol.

I still have my Picanto – 65 reg one and it’s decent enough. I’ve the SE version as well (from what I remember) and it’s been good. Only a 1L though but does the job. Auto lights is good, the Kia has that.

I do have to ring Kia about getting out of the PCP early though as I test drove a Golf GTE today – as part of my work, they provide a car. Downside is, I only have a single car parking space so I’ll have to get rid of the Kia. Mind, I’ll have no use for two cars at that point as the missus doesn’t drive one. The GTE is an automatic which is very different to what I’m used to!

The Polo Blue GT is the car I’d go for if I had the funds. The clever ACT 1.4 turbo is ‘enough’ power for it, not mental but certainly quick enough.

The golf isn’t that big, I just think it’s to big for the Golf. (if that makes sense). It’d about the same size as mine.

I’m a fan of lager saloon cars, but if I had to zip around a city I’d probably go for Fiesta St 200, now that’s a hot hatch, with city car abilities. The Ford interior is dated now, it’s overdue a refresh.

I’m getting a skoda Octavia estate vrs 230, I need a big boot and back doors ,im so over a small car (even thou its hardly small). I mention Skoda as it had the same dash as the golf, given its the same platform and dash, plus the Vrs shares the same diff and suspensions etc up as the gti and up (not vw up lol) platform.

I’m now wrestling with the idea of getting the all wheel drive variant, don’t need it, but 230 bhp through the front wheels is high, and I’ve never had an awd car.

Still have a year on my lease, so I have plenty of time to decide. The clincher will be how much I have saved up, and if I can get a deal on the AWD.

The good thing about the golf is it’s classless, like the original mini and the landeover defender, all cars that look good in any setting, posh or poor alike. So even though it’s not the mid level saloon your colleges have opted for, it wont stand out as inferior. Will look ad good in year one as year 4, and unlike the Lexus and jag, which will age fast.

Iirc the GTE trim is basically gti trim, I know the skoda and seats now come with android auto/Apple play, so unless you want leather seats (I wouldn’t, sticky or cold), there is nothing really of worth to add.

I’d be tempted to up the alloys, as it looks way better with a bigger more low profile tyre, but the downfall of a larger wheel is added tyre roar. My car has 19″ and at 80mph the road noise is a bit much.

The at GTE is a good car, a big jump in power, maybe a touch more than the focus st you had. It will defo have more diesel like low down torque given the electric motor, filling in the torque profile. You’ll have to re learn all your breaking and acceleration points. It will go, and stop, much quicker than the kia, and do it in a more refined way.

I just done a 40 mile round trip in the pergeot, my girl drove to work and I drove it home, the novelty of the small 1.1 litre manual city car has warn off. Still love the turning circle.

If I was ordering one (I’d go the polo) I’d go pearlescent white and black alloys. The rest standard.

My Octavia will be mat grey and black alloys. One day….

The tracker may depend. I think there is an option but if it’s an ongoing cost, it might not be covered under the work deal. Was looking at the keyless entry option and perhaps some perks such as the dynamic lighting and auto headlight adjust. And potentially lane assist.

The auto lights and wipers etc should be stander on that spec. Key less entry I’m not sure about, but I wouldn’t pay extra for it, as you need the key on you anyway. Plus with my old Renault I had a “posh key card” and it was more pain that it was worth.

Money would be better spent on Apple carplay/android auto if that doesn’t come as standered.

Lane assist is a pita if it’s an option avoid it. The issue is it beeps and tugs on the wheel when you cross a white line, sounds obvious, but, in everyday life your crossing white lanes all the time. The system is stupid and shouldn’t engage untill your doing 55 (motorway speeds) when you don’t want to be drifting over the lines.

Like parking sensors the can’t be set to off, only disable them for a short time. A good idea yet to be implemented well.