Comments on: 2008 Hyundai iMax

By: peter

peter — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 08:39:57 +0000

G day just wondering how much extra they charged you over the 39,990 price tag

By: Adrian Bruton

Adrian Bruton — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:25:36 +0000

Does anyone know about the transmission in the iMax/iLoad? The reason I ask is, I have a VW Caravelle and we just discovered the transmission has metal in it (obvisouly not a good sign). We were told that the Caravelle/Transporter has a “small car” transmission i.e. a VW Golf’s transmission. So my question is, is the transmission for the iMax/iLoad purpose built for this large vehicle or did they take it from a small car eg: an Excel? Small car transmission in the big car equals overwork and I don’t want to replace the transmission after 150,000, if I were to consider buying an iMax.

By: Jabba the Hut

Jabba the Hut — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:00:16 +0000

Major lag typo. Sorry. 100,000 k’s from the tyres it should have read.

By: Jabba the Hut

Jabba the Hut — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 12:58:59 +0000

11k from tyres is awesome milage. I have read plenty of good reviews about these vehicles by both writers and owners. That Hyundai fitted the rear wiper soon after release shows they listen to their customers. I’m glad you are happy with your purchase. The police are using them up here now.

Thanks for sharing.

By: Erik

Erik — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:28:00 +0000

To all those looking at a people mover, I say MOST DEFINATELY consider the iMAX. We have had ours since Spetember ’08 and have just hit the 100,000km mark!! Having done 2 trips to the Gold Coast he only cost us $150 each way (we obviously have the diesel!). With 4 kids under 7 (no. 5 due by Chrsitmas) we all fit comfortably. Yes, only having 3 anchor bolts is a pain, but apparently if you request them before delivery (and registration) you can have 3 more put in for $50 each. Rear windscreen wiper is now standard and diesel is in auto, but I’d stick with the manual diesel if you can for the lower fuel consumption (we use 7.5-8.5 L/100). We are averaging a service every 2 months, and pricing seems to be resonable. Just replaced our tyres, although would have got more if the dealership had’ve rotated them (our spare was still brand new, although 100k from tyres is pretty good in my books). All-in-all a GREAT family car, great towing, great space, easy to park (once you get used to it, ALWAYS reverse park if possible), great on fuel (the diesel) and just a comfortable drive…..

By: lisa

lisa — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:27:33 +0000

we bought the auto diesel and it is fantastic, power and economy wise

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:59:40 +0000

Have had our Imax for a few weeks now, fantastic easy to drive, would have been good if the rear seat could have been moved but nothing we can really complain about. Certainly getting good use out of with all of our children.

By: lisa

lisa — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:29:55 +0000

We have just purchased the diesel auto, seem to have much more power than the auto although haven’t had much chance to drive it yet. Need to look into the grab bar for the back seats as we have our own children and also foster carers, hopefully this wont be too expensive. Bit worried about parking it, gonna take a lot of practise I think!

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:31:05 +0000

We have been caught out with the Isofix fittings for the child restraints. We can’t buy carseats with Isofix fittings (not Aus approved, although used Canada Europe and America)and threading the seat belt through the seat means we can’t slide the seats to let the children in the back out. Or else we will need to get anchors added so children can go in the back seats but I like my baby and toddlers closer- who wants to be lifting them from the back when they fall asleep etc? Has anyone been able to get a strap made that anchors to the Isofix fittings in the seat that we could use in stead of the seatbelts??

Hope someone has an answer before bub arrives!

By: Considering I-MAX

Considering I-MAX — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:47:07 +0000

Hello Lots-a-kids, just wondering how the 9 seater I-MAX is going? Was the conversion successful? Was it expensive? Did you go through Hyundai to get this modification done? I have heard that the bench seat from the I-LOAD can be difficult to fit to the I-MAX due to the fact that the I-MAX does not have the correct pre-existing attachment holes. Do you know of any other 9 seaters getting around? Any advice you can offer would much appreciated.