Hey all!
Figured I'd introduce myself, just picked up a 2017 Crystal White ES during Hyundai's summer sale and traded in my old 2013 Mazda 2 for it. Coming from the Mazda, the Elantra feels positively luxurious! I've been breaking it in the last two weeks and will copy my impressions from another auto site about it:
Just broke a thousand miles this morning in the Sport, and I'm feeling better and better about my purchase.
The power and torque are welcome and fun additions to my daily drive, but the car feels very buttoned down and more mature than the FiST I was after. Even without the tech package, the base Sport packs a lot of niceties that I wouldn't really expect of a car at this price point. I'm also pretty pleased that Android Auto just enabled Waze to be used for navigation, so my base radio gives up almost nothing to the more expensive tech package's radio.
I don't really have any complaints about the car, I'm getting about the same mileage as my old Mazda 2 on regular fuel. (31-33mpg) I'm glad this car doesn't have the same E-LSD trickery as the FiST, and I haven't really wanted for a mechanical LSD during my drives. Maybe if I planned on tracking or autocrossing it, this would be more of an issue. I'm looking forward to winter driving on snows in this thing.
My only real concern about the car are the long term consequences of direct injection and carbon buildup on the intake valves. I'm kind of tempted to add an oil catch can, but speaking with a couple techs and a service writer lead me to believe that if I have an issue with the engine, Hyundai would likely point to my mod and deny my claim.
Figured I'd introduce myself, just picked up a 2017 Crystal White ES during Hyundai's summer sale and traded in my old 2013 Mazda 2 for it. Coming from the Mazda, the Elantra feels positively luxurious! I've been breaking it in the last two weeks and will copy my impressions from another auto site about it:
Just broke a thousand miles this morning in the Sport, and I'm feeling better and better about my purchase.
The power and torque are welcome and fun additions to my daily drive, but the car feels very buttoned down and more mature than the FiST I was after. Even without the tech package, the base Sport packs a lot of niceties that I wouldn't really expect of a car at this price point. I'm also pretty pleased that Android Auto just enabled Waze to be used for navigation, so my base radio gives up almost nothing to the more expensive tech package's radio.
I don't really have any complaints about the car, I'm getting about the same mileage as my old Mazda 2 on regular fuel. (31-33mpg) I'm glad this car doesn't have the same E-LSD trickery as the FiST, and I haven't really wanted for a mechanical LSD during my drives. Maybe if I planned on tracking or autocrossing it, this would be more of an issue. I'm looking forward to winter driving on snows in this thing.
My only real concern about the car are the long term consequences of direct injection and carbon buildup on the intake valves. I'm kind of tempted to add an oil catch can, but speaking with a couple techs and a service writer lead me to believe that if I have an issue with the engine, Hyundai would likely point to my mod and deny my claim.