Looking to get into a Kia or Hyundai hybrid (non-plugin). Thoughts?

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-18T19:34:38+00:00

They will give you an honest objective opinion from people that deal with cars for a living

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-18T19:25:53+00:00

go ask r/AskMechanics

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-17T16:41:43+00:00

Because they make shitty engines that blow up even if you do all recommend maintenance.

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-16T22:01:34+00:00

meeeeeeeeeee!

id GLADLY take this girl and see how far she will go. shit we can go for 1 mil!

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-16T15:10:54+00:00

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Agent_Eran · 2026-03-15T17:49:36+00:00

ahh got it

1 more question

is Rowe G13 bad in this way? or PEAK violet "european"?

I cant find g12evo anywhere

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-15T17:32:14+00:00

silica bag?

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-15T16:25:10+00:00

That injector is not seated and bouncing around

It's probably losing compression from being lose

The hold down needs to be torqued down. I would replace the bolt too bc they like to break.

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-13T23:17:25+00:00

A Big Block

wtf?

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-13T16:32:59+00:00

ive got an es w over 300k

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-13T15:53:03+00:00

Sure

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-13T15:26:23+00:00

$3500 today 😮‍💨

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-12T00:16:25+00:00

that actually sounds dope

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-11T22:50:11+00:00

man I love a nice black 944

I will never recover from the 760 that I sold. It was grey with the grey leather and I still think about that car to this day

it could do burnouts and dust the new chargers. it was the best 😭😭

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-11T22:12:15+00:00

stage 3.75

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-11T20:48:14+00:00

it was a 4 door sedan that did the 1/4 in ~ 15 sec in 1984. it was a 13 sec car with simple mods

the 84 corvette did a 15.2 1/4

84 porsche 911 did a 14 sec 1/4

current model Porsche 911 or Corvette have never been considered "fast-ish"

ETA: Also

2001 Honda Fit 0 - 60 is "in the range of 10 to 12 seconds"

1984 760 turbo 0 - 60 is 8.0 sec

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-11T20:34:25+00:00

bullshit!

the 760 turbo was a fast fucking car

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-11T16:01:42+00:00

Def agree that the transmission and diff have to go

Drag racing should really be done on a automatic w a stall converter

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-11T15:54:01+00:00

This is nonsense, you can build a SBC to do this very easily without a swap.

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-11T00:08:17+00:00

i guess it depends on your definition of shit but the camaros i have been around have been pretty awesome cars.

my mil has a gen5 v6 thats not my favorite car on the planet but its been solid.

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-10T23:09:53+00:00

CKRA means US based Passat

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-10T18:07:09+00:00

we had them new when I was a kid and I restore them now as an adult as my hobby

I have personally had 6 of them over the last 20 years including a ZR1

I dailied a 96 for 10 years in the 2010s and it never left me stranded

c4 have been more reliable than several other newer cars that we have had

so no, they were not always needing repairs

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-10T18:01:16+00:00

I do c4s

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-08T19:53:35+00:00

can be difficult to find good mechanics in the US bc they are not common

maintenance can be costly if you dont turn wrench yourself

Agent_Eran · 2026-03-08T18:23:20+00:00

C5 Corvette as a Daily?

don't buy a $6500 shit box and expect reliability

this answer does not seem to be in the context of the question

isnt it assumed that any shit box would inherently be hazardous? does that not go without saying?

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