coladuna

That's such an unfounded statement to say the least. It may have been the case back in the 'excel' times, but Hyundai is extremely reliable these days as proven by reliability surveys conducted.

I'm 23 years old and it was the first time I've had insurance, although with clean record. JustCar gave me rating one and I'm paying $823 with rating one protection for Sportivo. AAMI was cheaper ($723 or something) but had higher excess so I just went with JustCar in case I wanted to mod.

Geez. How old are you? I'm 23 and I still only pay $823 and I could have paid only $723 or so if I went with AAMI instead of JustCar.

Could you elaborate on what idle problem you are talking about exactly? Are you talking about the noise that disappears if you depress the clutch but comes back if you have the gear in neutral with clutch out? If so, where are you located and which dealer are you getting it done from?

Where did you get it from? For that sort of price, I would consider getting one myself.

As far as I know, it's a good thing for engine oils to become dirty. It means that the oil is doing its job.

Mine revs at around 3200rpm at 100km/h and around 3500 rpm at 110km/h. For the past few weeks my car has travelled on highways 90% of the time and I got fuel consumption of 7.6L/100km.

I don't know whether anyone's actually reading this thread anymore but another update on my pursuit to get all those issues dealt with. I took the car in last night to get those issues looked at. The guy I talked to there was VERY friendly and after we went for a drive, he acknowledged hearing all those noises and that it doesn't sound normal at all. So my car is booked in for two days in early September (delayed due to the fact that I need a loan car and that's the earliest that they'll have one available). They'll get it looked at by engine and gearbox specialists they have there. (they don't have 'experts' during night shifts) I'm really looking forward to September. Hopefully I can get it fixed in some way. I was very happy with the service from that guy as well. Last night, I got my wheel alignment fixed PROPERLY and also had an adjustment done to my clutch pedal. Whatever they did, it made shifting smooth so much easier! BTW, this was at Southside Toyota service centre in Woolloogabba.

I hit lift last night as well past 2nd gear into 3rd on the way from Toyota service centre. They fixed my wheel alignment issue and also made adjustments to the clutch which they said may help in high rev shifting. To my surprise the car is so much easier to shift without any jerkiness! Whatever they did, it actually did something. On the report it says, 'carried out clutch pedal adjustments as per toyota field fix instructions'.

I get around 8-8.5L/100km with Sportivo. Paid 1.12 cents for BP Ultimate last night.

Don't bother with second hand. They are not worth it. Besides, the only second-hands you are likely to find are pre-facelift models. Just get a brand new 05 Sportivo for $27K on road.

This isn't the case at all. I have a 05 model and it has the stiff gearbox at high rpm, noise at standstill with the clutch out which disappears when clutch pedal is depressed and lastly, it still has the grinding noise which is evident when decelerating and also when moving slowly from standstill. Here's my email I sent to Jenny today (2/8/05)

Hmm... that's interesting. I wonder if mine is making noises due to the same problem. Is your sportivo 05 model?

Sorry to hear about the accident. IMO $3000-5000 for reparing that sort of damage is WAY exaggerated. I'm not sure how bad it is from what you are saying but I'd say it will cost less that $2000.

is the OP a guy or a girl? if the OP is a girl, it's understandable, but I'm laughing my ***** off if the OP is a guy. Why would a guy be obsessed so much with Mashimaro? lol Reminds me of a guy with Nissan 180SX who had his car fully decorated with Hello Kitty merchandise. If you are a guy, please take off all stickers and soft toys etc... because many people would be laughing at you. It sounds harsh, but it's the truth.

I agree with that idea. I think it's some sort of safety mechanism so that you can't shift into 1st gear too easily while moving.

Forget brokers, I spent only around 2 hours on negotiating when I bought mine and that was the first day I went out to shop for my car. I got it for $27300 driveaway with floor mats. You just have to know how to play the dealers and when to say no. The first dealership I went to (where I test drove the car) wouldn't come down to the price I want so I just went to another dealer and bought it there.

The place I got mine tinted is the same. They don't remove door panels or anything. They said it's way too much hassle and it's not necessary.

start off??? There's no problem getting into 1st gear when moving from standstill.

well from wat ive heard, the wrx also have this problem. its nothing major really so dont give up on the sportivo just yet ← This is not a problem.. i thought ALL cars do this? Its 1st gear guys!!! Of course its hard to get into 1st when your car is moving, u need to be more aggressive and need more rev matching, double clutching or whatever way to get it in, but it does go in. ← I agree. I think all manual transmission cars are like that. My brother's Accord Euro does the same thing. It's perfectly normal.

IMO getting it serviced every 5000km is a huge waste of money. Unless you take the car to the tracks regularly, there shouldn't be a need to service it that often for a modern car like Sportivo. You could just change the oil yourself every 5000km if you really wanted to but personally there's no way I would take it in every 5000km and pay 150-200 bucks.

It's the same story with mine as well. It pretty much bounces back if I try to shift into first while moving and I don't try to force it in if it won't go in. However, I don't do this when I'm driving normally. I only try this when I'm driving hard.

Just came back from driving the car again and everything seems to be ok now. <_< I'll just have to keep my eyes and ears open.

I took my car out today and on the way home I noticed that there's sputtering engine noise from the car when I put the car in neutral and let the clutch pedal out. It disappears when I depress the clutch pedal. I didn't notice it before so I can only assume that it wasn't there before. Anyone have any idea what this could be related to? I noticed this when I was sitting at the traffic light. I also find the steering to be quite heavy. I'm not sure whether this is normal or whether it's another problem. Can other sportivo owners comment on this? I guess I might have to take the car in to the service centre. Not happy at all.

Well I didn't notice any noise at first either but after about 500kms on the clock, I started noticing the noise. I'm not sure whether it was there at the beginning and I simply didn't notice it, or whether it only started making the noise later on. Mine's May 05 build as well and the grille and headlight is still the same.