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Title: Elantra Sport... the real deal?
Post by: 12,000 RPM on February 14, 2017, 01:32:10 PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGaE_y348no
Title: Re: Elantra Sport... the real deal?
Post by: r0tor on February 14, 2017, 02:48:46 PM
...It's like a Celeron processor...
Title: Re: Elantra Sport... the real deal?
Post by: Vinsanity on February 15, 2017, 07:21:31 PM
adding this to your short list are ya?
Title: Re: Elantra Sport... the real deal?
Post by: 12,000 RPM on February 15, 2017, 08:04:08 PM
Naw, if I get something like this it's gonna be a GTI for sure. Peak compact
Title: Re: Elantra Sport... the real deal?
Post by: CaminoRacer on February 15, 2017, 08:20:38 PM
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on February 15, 2017, 08:04:08 PM
Naw, if I get something like this it's gonna be a GTI for sure. Peak compact

I can't do VW. They just seem like a sleazy, less-reliable company compared to the Japanese companies.
Title: Re: Elantra Sport... the real deal?
Post by: Eye of the Tiger on February 15, 2017, 08:26:10 PM
What I got from that video:
Versa rides like a sledge hammer hit to the dick.
Title: Re: Elantra Sport... the real deal?
Post by: 68_427 on February 15, 2017, 09:56:20 PM
Quote from: CaminoRacer on February 15, 2017, 08:20:38 PM
I can't do VW. They just seem like a sleazy, less-reliable company compared to the Japanese companies.

You don't fit the GOLF/GTI/Jetta mold anyways
Title: Re: Elantra Sport... the real deal?
Post by: 12,000 RPM on February 16, 2017, 04:30:44 AM
Quote from: CaminoRacer on February 15, 2017, 08:20:38 PM
I can't do VW. They just seem like a sleazy, less-reliable company compared to the Japanese companies.
We drive cars, not companies. As shitty as VWAG is I have to admit I'm smitten. Japanese are more than capable of making a GTI killer but they don't have the stones
Title: Re: Elantra Sport... the real deal?
Post by: Morris Minor on February 16, 2017, 06:45:27 AM
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on February 16, 2017, 04:30:44 AM
We drive cars, not companies. As shitty as VWAG is I have to admit I'm smitten. Japanese are more than capable of making a GTI killer but they don't have the stones

The Japanese have such a heritage of excellence with fast, balanced, chuckable small cars (Toyota AE86, Datsun 510,  Sentra SE-R etc) I'd have thought they'd be cashing in on VW's current, um, "reputational issues."
Title: Re: Elantra Sport... the real deal?
Post by: SJ_GTI on February 16, 2017, 06:53:44 AM
Quote from: 12,000 RPM on February 16, 2017, 04:30:44 AM
We drive cars, not companies. As shitty as VWAG is I have to admit I'm smitten. Japanese are more than capable of making a GTI killer but they don't have the stones

Yeah its kind of weird for me. I have -0- affinity for VWAG, but the last four cars I have bought were all from VWAG. The cars they make have just suited what I was looking for (right size/configuration and drivetrain). If a random Korean/American/Japanese company came out with a car that better suited my wants I would have no issue buying something from them.
Title: Re: Elantra Sport... the real deal?
Post by: 12,000 RPM on February 16, 2017, 07:13:18 AM
Quote from: Morris Minor on February 16, 2017, 06:45:27 AM
The Japanese have such a heritage of excellence with fast, balanced, chuckable small cars (Toyota AE86, Datsun 510,  Sentra SE-R etc) I'd have thought they'd be cashing in on VW's current, um, "reputational issues."
I think they are. Civic Si, GT86, WRX, upcoming Yaris Turbo, Sentra SR Turbo + Juke RS, Forte SX Turbo and now this. It's not that they aren't trying, it's just that none of em are as good. They need more power (no more 1.6T nonsense- 2.0Ts should be the minimum for the class), better looks, more refinement. Somehow VW has managed to deliver.
Title: Re: Elantra Sport... the real deal?
Post by: 93JC on February 16, 2017, 04:53:59 PM
Quote from: Eye of the Tiger on February 15, 2017, 08:26:10 PM
What I got from that video:
Versa rides like a sledge hammer hit to the dick.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkiqTmwEQ-U

(I've had this song stuck in my head lately.)