Hello all,
Due to an imminent rise in wages I will, once our new kitchen has been paid off, be able to save for a 'playing out car'. I love the look of the Hyundai Coupe and have driven the 2.0 manual which I found really lovely. I hope to have about £2k to spend which should get me a 2004 car with around 50k miles on the clock.
Anyway, have any of you fine people got one of these? Would you recommend one?
Cheers!
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I looked into these in detail some years ago -IIRC the 2.7 doesn't do a whole lot more over the 2.0 litre, apart from drink petrol. Nose-heavy handling.
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Look for a good FIAT 20v turbo Coupe.
That will open your eyes to handling, the steering response is amazing.
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Ooh, there's a thought!
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Last edited by: Badwolf on Sun 4 Aug 13 at 22:46
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Just check the track control arms. They were shared with the Tipo sedicivalvole.
They were built to handle 147bhp not the 220bhp of the FIAT Coupe.
My own car failed its first MOT at three years on track control arms.
If looking at that car, also check the press in switches in the dash, they look sunk.
They should be level with the dash and are a real PITA to fix.
I love that colour, mine was Sprint Blue too.
P.S. Check it has 6 speed box, the last ones built has 6 speeders and 180mph speedos not 160mph.
Last edited by: gmac on Sun 4 Aug 13 at 23:02
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>> Ooh, there's a thought!
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>> tinyurl.com/macqqmz
you'll need a big pay rise to keep that on the road.
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New turbo and clutch at 50k? It's been thrashed then....! Colleague had one and drove it 'enthusiastically' - until the turbo broke up, and the engine injested it, leaving him with a large bill!
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>> New turbo and clutch at 50k? It's been thrashed then....!
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The clutch on mine went at 47k, my car was driven much harder after 50k than it was prior to the clutch going. Turbo going at 50k could be down to the oil used and frequency of checks, these engines do like a drop of oil (see below).
I ran mine from 14k miles up to 93k when it did start smoking a bit.
Biggest costs were:
- new pistons and rings at 18k miles paid for by warranty
- clutch at 47k paid for under warranty
- new front discs and calipers paid for by garage who had serviced the car two days earlier
and failed to spot the worn pads.
- cambelt and water pump @72k miles I paid for that 1,072€
These engines can burn oil. 1 litre/1000 miles was the generally accepted amount, mine would go through that in 200 miles which was when I got the new bottom end.
Also check the gearbox oil - the car has a gearbox dipstick at the back right of the engine towards the bulkhead when reaching in from the front. It has the usual FIAT drive shaft spinning in the boot arrangement which wears a grove in the shaft allowing gear oil to run out.
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My mum has an '05 V6 manual with 65k, not for sale though, she still loves the thing.
Notchy gearbox even with miles, clutch can judder, steering heavier than feels right but not especially good 'feel'. 24 mpg only. Lacquer on ( plastic ) fuel cap peels off unless car has been garaged though cheap to repaint. Tyres £130ish a pop but last 30k, prone to tramline.
Interiors wear well and comfortable on a long run, cruise control a bit clunky on the manual, not as much low down torque as you would expect, engine is actually quite peaky though nice sound at higher revs compared to 2.0. Almost 100% reliable from new - freak ABS pump issue when nearly new and CD player has packed up, thats it - do check alarm has been upgraded though as original UK fitted system was very iffy in operation.
SIII 2.0 is a far superior car and worth saving for - feels like a different car to drive, much lighter feel, vastly better steering, snappy gearbox nor does the 2.0 feel any slower than the V6 due to change in character of the car. Heated seats on these too and a bit better looking.
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Hiya stu, been on your holly days?
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Only real issue is the front discs, fitted from inboard which means removing the suspension struts to get the bearings pushed off...which wrecks them, so if it needs front discs its around a £350 to £450 job by the time you've bought 4 x wheel bearings as well as the discs.
My son had previous model S111 2.0 litre, he was a hooligan (not much better now, gets it from his mother-:) and his two Hyundais were the only cars he couldn't break.
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I had the earlier 2001 2.0 Coupe, good car but not as sporty as it looks.
Very comfortable, well equipped and reliable; only issue I had was corrosion of the PAS pipe which runs in front of the radiator; the easy fix is to bypass it as the fluid apparently only gets towards overheating in much warmer climates than ours.
For the money you'll pay, how about an early Honda S2000? Much better looking IMO, doesn't suffer from Hyundai's badge image and V-Tec reliability.
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>>Hiya stu, been on your holly days?<<
Lets call it that :-)
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I think Honda these days suffers from its own version of the Hyundai badge problem: the two look too similar. We were following a tallish, boxy, ugly thing the other day with an 'H' badge on its rump, and car-conscious Beestling Major asked if it was a new FRV. No, turned out it was an I-something but I doubt the Honda brand people (and brand people are a sensitive bunch in any company) would be thrilled at the confusion. Serves 'em right for taking the lazy initial-letter-as-logo option in the first place, I'd say.
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Hyundai Coupe - 2.7 V6 - any thoughts? - Dave_
