The wife`s new ride

[jaybs02]

I Finally had a chance to my wifes new car, It`s a steel grey 05 Sonata.
The paint has alot of flake and I and I don`t think the camera really caught it.

Process was:
Washed w/NXT car wash
Clayed
SSR1 (in a few spots)
PwC blue
EX
Natty`s blue 2X
Tires dressed w/ BnB
Wells dressed w/ diluted BnB

I took the tripod out of the basement and got picture happy so there are 2 batches of pics
Part 1
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Comments and suggestions are appreciated
Thanks and enjoy
"J"

[jaybs02]

part 2:
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I must say that Hyndia`s paint has gotten better, the 2000 which this one replaced had runs, and was literally had C/C drip marks. this one only had one noticable flaw and the color seems very consistant for all it`s flake.

"J"

[edschwab1]

Looks good.

Eric

[G35stilez]

Looks great! Congrats on the new addition.

[Poorboy]

Congrats Jay...how do you like the car..we were browsing last night, since we need to replace the new Equinox which is getting all of 12.5mpg:nono

[mtodde]

That does look nice Jay and I really like the color a lot.

Hyundai has steadily improved their cars over the years; that is a far cry from the hatchback my sister had back in 1989 - we called it the plastic car. Many people think that Korea is close to challenging Japan in terms of quality, reliability and value.

[GregCavi]

Great job Jay! I really like the front of the car. It really resembles jaguar deisgn particularily around the lights. Great job and congrats.

Greg

[jaybs02]

Thanks everybody,
Mtodde, we actually changed the model (we were get the GLS) because we wanted that color and it wasn`t available in the GLS so we went for the GL w/ a 4cyl and the sunroof (how come she gets the sunroof)

I`ll be the first to admit, when my wife got the first Hyundai, I was thinking :doh
but I was quite suprised, the car rode really nice and had quite a bit of power.

When she brought it home she said the salesman said to be careful you won`t notice how fast your going, and I thought it was a sales pitch, first time I drove it I was doing almost 75 and didn`t feel it!

The 06 is even nicer... 165HP 4 cyl and a 235HP V6, and the V6 states it gets 30MPG on the highway, but of course the price is going up as well as the quality.
Here a link to their page Sonata .

And to think I drive a V6 with 140HP and I only get about 24 MPG, maybe its time for me to get a new car too

"J"

[joyriide1113]

hyundai is making its way into the market little by little.