Hyundai Sonata - self shifts at 6,200rpm :)
 

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Well - this rental Sonata is proving to be a tough and worthy "test mule".. :P

I will try get some vids - and at least post some pics later.

But so far - all attempts to get the car to self destruct have failed... it has a "manu-shift tiptronic-wannabe" auto box.. that wont shift to the next lowest gear until you drop your revs below about 2500rpm - and self shifts to the next highest gear at 6,200-odd rpm.. :)

I spent morning with the car in 1st - and let the "self-preservation-shift" mod select upshifts at 6,200rpm (6,500rpm red line :twisted: ) and then allowed it to select down shifts - although i still try force it into the next lowest gear. :lol:

If I find some deserted area/car park one day I may do some standing starts and break tests on video. ...

In summation - what a pile shit the car is... cheap - but even more crappy than a Cavalier... and for the price a smaller Corolla or Civic would be a better buy - they just "feel" better.

Your's truly - the "roaming road tester"... :)

is it a rental, lease, stolen car, friends car????? i missed the original post.

Stolen.. I mean rental...

damn i must be blind. it says so in yur original post. :oops:

That's great RC, i am surprised that it automatically shifts, they could have used some technological thinking in other parts of the car.

Thats RC45 for ya! it would be fun to tear up a Sonata! is it teh GT?

you got the rental insurance thing right?

how stupid! doesn't Hyundai realise that people wanna destroy their cars?!?!

funny thing is, in India, about 2 years ago the Sonata was considered a luxury car and was sold for about US$50,000!! people were buying it instead of a Merc which i found extremely amusing!! :lol:

This is actually interesting.

I have been privilaged enough to have had rentals of the following cars:
2001 Mustang Convertable V-6
2003 Dodge Durango V-8
2003 Chevy Cavalier base model
2004 Chevy Tracker (POS model)
2004 Camaro V-6


All were absolute piles of junk, other than the Camaro, which had a decent engine. The dodge was the worst, with air conditioning that didnt work and an absolute inability to get above 75 MPH. I had the most fun in the mustang, which Im pretty sure I damaged the transmition (auto) doing nuetral drops and driving with it in 1 low :oops: . No matter, they never found out :lol:

Cant wait to see what you do with it... lol :D

6,500RPM!!!!!!!!!!!
RC are you used to those types of numbers in your vette? lol :lol:

next time try and get your hands on their tiburon

Isnt abusing cars that arnt yours a blast 8) :lol: :mrgreen:

Well - considering that's 1,000rpm LESS than my Z red-line, I noticed I spend more time in my car above 4,000rpm than in this pile-o-poop... :)

Z06 redline is 1,500RPM more then it's peek bhp RPM @ 6000,

that is the biggest difference in redline and peek bhp in RPM i have ever seen.

wow talk about good ol' engineering :twisted:

anyone seen CKY2K?

"pay 9 bucks a day and you can do whatever the hell you want to a rent-a-car"
"wanna play a tape? how bout a cd? Oh no...it's just an AM, FM RADIO"

try doing a few neutral drops RC, lets see how strong the planetary compnents are :twisted: