Comments on: Hyundai offer free ESP until June 30

By: Dave

Dave — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:05:26 +0000

Considering the demographic on who is driving these cars and the crap tyres they come out with I think it is a great idea for ESP to be std.
A great little car and will be sorry to see it go.

By: Garry L

Garry L — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:34:25 +0000

Chad that is the problem Australians like brain dead FO who thinks he is some sort of god cant test drive Hyundais with an open mind.Glad I did I have two of them.

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:29:36 +0000

Chad…..i haven’t driven the i30 diesel but every review I’ve read has been a glowing one….and is definitely more frugal than a petrol Corolla!!!

I’d buy one if i were looking for that size vehicle, but i need a wagon which Hyundai will eventually bring to OZ but still a bit small for me.

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:55:22 +0000

Frugal One, what sort of old fashioned Baboon are you… Corolla Vs i30… Perhaps Drive Both with an unBIASED Opinion, and you might walk away, thinking hang on Hyundai ain’t that bad after all!!

Your proably one of those ppl calling Toyota JapCrap only 20 yrs ago..

By: Carl

Carl — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:58:08 +0000

Frugal One,

Be careful the Corolla is not very FRUGAL if as your name suggests that’s important to you??? in fact I’ve found the smaller Yaris 1.5 Auto to like up to 10 litres of unleaded around town and with the SAME type of driving my LPG Falcon uses around 19 litres of GAS or less!!!….if not go ahead because as you said resale value will be pretty good!!!

By: Frugal-One

Frugal-One — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:10:06 +0000

Oh, about the update, i want electric-windows in the rear in the Corolla, dont care about ESP either way

NEVER had it in 20 years of driving, never drove a car that was anywhere near getting out of control

Cheers

F-0

By: Frugal-One

Frugal-One — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 04:07:40 +0000

Joe_Public

APPLAUSE…….

You are 100% correct, the simple FACT is that the Corolla is the ONLY hatch to buy, the loss on buying is smaller than ANY-OTHER-HATCH.

The i30 is a $15k vehicle in my book, not a hope in hell of paying Corolla money for one of those, you would be a wood-duck to do so.With the DIEsel even more so.

I see at the auctions taking into consideration differences in purchase price the Corolla is already worth $2k more after less than just 12 months.The difference will get bigger and bigger.

Korean car = better way for $ tearup!

Auto/Air Corolla = GOLD

Corolla update [August] will most likely be our next new car

Cheers

F-0

By: Joe_Public

Joe_Public — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:01:58 +0000

Despite Hyundai providing freebies (free auto/ESP/Upgrade 3 to 5 doors) every 6 months of periodic offers ie. Nov/Dec (half year sales) & May/Jun (Year-end close), the resale residuals are very poor when comes to selling your Hyundai car on the 2nd hand market. It’s worse when compared to the Japanese brands.

The only consolation is that Hyundai is the best Korean brand in the market at the moment – beating the likes of KIA, Ssangyong & Holden(Daiwoo-built models – Barina, Viva, Epica, Captiva).

It has provided good value for money cars. Hyundai recently tried to shift up-market their pricing on their re-modelled cars like the Elantra HD but sales has suffered compared to the previous model.

By: realcars

realcars — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:32:13 +0000

When it doesn’t work as it should it makes the situation worse.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 09:19:27 +0000

Realcars,
let me just reiterate that i think ESP is a great bit of technology, but i think its a bit sad when when the world is slowly turning to a point where no body has a responsibility for anything what so ever

RD,
ESP isnt designed to work when you swerve at 100kmh onto gravel. (just ask Toyota)

By: GhisGT

GhisGT — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:22:38 +0000

What is with this post moderation CarAdvice. It takes forver and it seems its all for no reason?

By: OSU811

OSU811 — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:37:08 +0000

FRUGAL-ONE I do generally agree with you being an owner/believer in subarus awd and boxer engine philosophy,
but there is always exceptions to the rule eg(integra type R,CRX,civic type r)which are all great fun/handling fwd cars..

By: Frugal-One

Frugal-One — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 01:55:51 +0000

They should just ban FWD rubbish, not just hyundai but all brands FWD.

I HATE FWD, tug-tug-tug…CRASH! :-)[And thats in the dry!~!]

Cheers

F-0

By: Lyle

Lyle — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:36:44 +0000

Phroa, so happy they put ESP on the getz, those things are HECTIC BRO!!

By: OSU811

OSU811 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:06:58 +0000

I was told hyundai is discontinuing the getz soon any way
thats probably the only reason they have done this, to run out the last of the stock…

By: RD

RD — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:40:01 +0000

That may be the case, but it can certainly lose control when you swerve quickly off the road onto gravel to avoid some drunk coming towards you at 100km/h…

By: B///M3

B///M3 — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:02:01 +0000

What the hell is the point of offering ESP on a little Getz, it can barely get up to speed let alone lose control.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:54:59 +0000

Andrew M, i agree with you driver skill should be much better than it is but because that doesn’t seem like it will ever happen i think mandatory will have to be a necessary evil to save poor drivers from killing themselves and/or our precious families…….maybe I’m wrong?????

By: realcars

realcars — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:28:27 +0000

Koreans are raising the Ante on standard equip and warrantees
which is forcing everyone else to follow suit. eg FG /VE.

Even if u despise Korean cars u can be greatful for this.

By: realcars

realcars — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:23:25 +0000

I get your point Andrew M but I don’t think a driver can mimic what ESP does i.e apply breaking to individual wheels to keep the vehicle stable.

Pretty amazing technology and of course is an aid not a substitute for good driving.

Of course the default mode if the ESP fails is that it doesn’t interfere with braking at all otherwise an ESP fault could be fatal ala Kluger.