one of my associates (friend type) just bought a new car (300 miles on it new)....a hyundai tiburon nonetheless.

he previously drove an old POS ford ranger, so I can understand the excitement and all.

the guy is 23...you'd think he'd be smart about what he does.

so...he takes me for a test ride...cool. I've heard he isnt the best at driving stick on this car, but how bad can it be...

well honestly his stick driving wasnt too bad.

but he did acceletate quite rapidly to 110mph, right before taking a curve rather unsafely at around 90mph no crashes or anything. I was very uncomfortable during this experience of course...but I kept cool.

then he tells me about this "problem" when he takes U-turns fast.

he puts it into first gear, accelerates hard, I can feel the clutch slipping, he puts it into second...clutch continues to slip until oh...I dont know, 70mph maybe?

and its not like he was backing off either while he felt the clutch slipping.

when the car was parked, there was a nice aroma of burning clutch as I stepped out.

I had to ask him if he knew that you were supposed to break in things like the clutch...and the ENGINE.

he said that it doesnt matter, its just bs.

I made it pretty clear to him that it OBVIOUSLY does matter, because he dogged the clutch early on and now it doesnt grab for ****.

I've drag races my car numerous times, but that man has dealt more abuse to that vehicle (in terms of actual component wear) than I have to mine in the past 2 years.

I mentioned that piston rings also need to be broken in so that they can seal properly...he told me "thats what the warranty is for"

im pretty ****ing sure that if you threw a piston ring into a pile of paperclips bent in circular fashion, he wouldnt be able to tell you which one was the ring.

some people's ignorance really ****ing baffles me...couple the fact that they're ignorant with the fact that they're too stupid to acknowledge when they're wrong and you've got a pretty mean combo.

I hope that when his clutch goes out (should be within the next month) that the hyundai dealer DOESNT cover it, and they *** RAPE him with the replacement of the clutch and his ****ing dual mass flywheel (that he's also too stupid to know about).

I normally wouldnt rant about this, but it pure ****ing lunacy that someone so stupid and CLEARLY wrong would try to argue.

this guy used to have a pretty level head...here's the problem...he got a girlfriend who likes him (up with the self esteem, even though she's pudgy and deaf) and he got a shiny new car...all of this has melted his brain apparently.

this is all too familiar. I had another friend type associate that got a new car, dogged it, etc. and of course it had problems.

I think it ended up being totaled out by his insurance company (within a very short amount of time).

anywho, lets hope this guy ****s up his **** and the dealer wont fix it for him.

maybe he'll call me to help him with it...and I'll give him a cool price of $35/hr for labor.

Did you mention that the clutch won't be covered under warranty anyway, being that it is a normal wear item? It's unfortunate that he probably won't have any problems with the car, it will be the next unsuspecting owner. That's why I won't buy a used car.

Along the same lines, I have a 19 year old coworker that just sold his Lexus ES300 and bought a Subaru WRX. He said I could drive it. I declined and said to just take me for a ride. Right out of the gate, he just hammers on it and we're heading into a corner. I told him, "Don't forget the pavement is wet". He started to slide and I had that sinking feeling that he wasn't going to recover. This is a corner I take at 45 in my Elantra ... he was doing close to 80. The lucky butt made it okay. UGH! I hope his car lasts ... it's a nice car but his driving skill certainly is not worthy of it.

under 12K miles the clutch will be Included underr warranty

Just got a girlfriend and a new car and has a big head; yeah I went through that when I was 17. This is one of those people that need to get punched in the head to learn something, can't reason with them. He's gonna have to grow up the hard way.

well Im hoping that the dealership finds a way to attribute the clutch problems to abuse and denies his warranty claim. I would say that I hope it goes out soon after the warranty, but there's no way the clutch will last 12,000 miles.

maybe he'll wreck it...that ought to get his attention.

well, yes the clutch is warrantied for 12k, but if you come in with a roasted and warped flywheel they WILL not warranty it as obviously its ruined because you are a douchey douche.

Just FYI, in the tibs its recommended to change the flywheel every time you change the clutch @ 1100 a pop.

shawn :)

thats good to hear sed. I knew the dual mass flywheels were supposed to be replaced when the clutch was changed...

Im banking on that to hit him hard =D

oh and thats just parts ;)


V6 GT clutch job = 2350 @ my dealer.

shawn :)

The really sad part is, after he ruins the Tibby he is going to be one of these people running around saying Hyundai is junk.