>>743 >>749 I was a mechanic at a Hyundai dealer from 93-95 and at a Kia dealer from 99-01 (they were both secondary car lines)
and believe me when I tell you the Korean cars are pieces of @#$% you would not believe the problems we encountered
like for example in the early 90's Hyundai had a run of Elantra engines in which the timing belts were glued together
with glue that was water soluable (sp). One car we put 2 engines and rebuilt the transmission 4 times in less than
30K miles (and not due to mechanic error). In the 2000's we had Kias commong from the factory with the bodies assembled
with no seam sealer in the rear half of thre car. These are just some of the things I encountered, I know every car line has
it's quirks but I've worked at a Nissan dealer for the last 9 years and have never encountered the same lack of quality.
One thing I will give to Kia and Hyundai is that their factory support for their dealers is outstanding.
That's enough of me ranting, I would never buy a korean car.