I'd say the Elantra Sport is closer performance wise to the Si than this GT N-line and I decided against that due to the lack of a LSD and the general overall less sporty feel of it as indicated in reviews.
If the i30N were available here I likely would have bought that instead of my Si, if nothing else due to it being a hatchback. I do love my Si though!I feel like the Si is the winner here. It's tried and true. If Hyundai would bring the I30N to North America then we'd be talking
I never had a single problem with my Hyundai or Kia products. And I'd say that 95% of my http://www.elantraclub.com members were happy with their cars.
That's awesome man but I just fail to believe that they were lemons given the amount of people I personally knew that had them. One was an Elantra the other two were Sonata's and then another with the first generation veloster turbo model. One of my friends was also a mechanic at Hyundai and he would tell me the amount of problems the brand overall had was insane so idk but glad you and the folks over at elantraclub did not encounter issues.
Alex, first off, I love my Honda. But, look around CivicX. A fair amount of posts are about problems. It's not that the Civic isn't a fine car but every car brand has issues from time to time.
Your right, I agree trust me I am not Honda fan boy, I like them but I am not the biased Honda fan boy type. I Have actually been wondering if Honda has become less reliable with the issues I have been seeing on the forums / FB groups compared to older Honda's or, is it just part of being on a forum and hearing the issues more often vs not being on a forum and not hearing about it much? I will admit this is only the second car forum I have been a part of so maybe its that I am not used to it. For comparison I have always been fascinated with the STI but always stayed away because the ringland failure horror stories but let me tell you I have scouted there forums and while I did see some of those issues (they have a thread dedicated too it) they also have threads full of people with no issues and FBO even on flex fuel and with decent miles with those mods, so what I am trying to get at and I admitting to being a part of this group of people that judge a platform off of he say she say but we are to quick to blame a platform and not driving habits and multiple other user errors. The only issues I have encountered with my Si is my subs blew and my car is just under a year old I am going to take it in soon and the other is I am getting this grey shade on my armrest area of the driver side door that no matter how many times I wash it off it comes back. The oil dilution issue sucks for those it affects but I havent had it im guessing its only colder climates and I am in Florida.
