new purchase
 

Am considering a 2006 Azera in the fall but reluctant because it is a brand
new design.
For that reason considering as 2005 XG350 or Tiburon.
Solacing comments, good or bad, from owners.
Thank you for consideration.
Best,
Seamus J. Wilson

Re: new purchase
 

On Mon, 2 May 2005 12:59:56 -0700, sligo staggered into the Black Sun
and said:
> [I'm] considering a 2006 Azera in the fall but [I'm] reluctant [to get
> one] because it is a brand new design. For that reason [I'm]
> considering [a] 2005 XG350 or Tiburon.

Er. The Azera and XG350 are 4-door "luxury sedans", and the Tiburon is
a 2-door coupe with a backseat that's a perfect size for 1 person under
5' tall. Figure out what it is that you really want first. If you have
to transport more than 2 people, do *not* get a Tiburon. They're fun
cars, but they're not really designed for hauling lots of people or lots
of cargo.

> Solacing comments, good or bad, from owners.

ITYM "soliciting". FWIW, I've had a 2003 Tiburon GT for the last 2.1
years, and it's been great. No mechanical problems at all except for
the time I ran over a raccoon, which did $80 worth of damage to the
trim. The car accelerates fairly quickly, handles pretty well even if
the nose wallows a bit during high-speed maneuvering, has a theoretical
top speed of 140 mph[0], and is reasonably good in the snow if you're
careful. It has more cargo space than you might think, since you can
fold the rear seats down--I managed to fit an exercise bike into my Tib,
which would've been very difficult in most sedans.

Some XG350 owners (and Santa Fe with the 3.5L engine owners) have
complained about the electronic throttle found on those models.
Symptoms include a small but perceptible lag from when you push the gas
to when the car starts accelerating. If you decide on an XG350, pay
attention to this when you test-drive it. I've also heard reports of
the XG350 "lurching" when coming off the line, but IIRC they have a
firmware upgrade for the transmission which drastically reduces the
problem. groups.google knows more about that than I do; this newsfroup,
keyword "xg350", see what you can find. HTH,

[0] I've never driven my car that fast, but other people with the same
make/model have. 120 was reasonably easy, but I don't drive over 80 in
normal conditions for basic sanity and fear of the 5-0.

--
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Hire me! http://crow202.dyndns.org/~mhgraham/resume/
When we get to that bridge, we'll burn it behind us, then jump.

Re: new purchase
 

Thank you for the informative reply.
Best,
Seamus J.
"Dances With Crows" <danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:slrnd7d3p3.d18.danSPANceswitTRAPhcrows@samant ha.crow202.dyndns.org...
> On Mon, 2 May 2005 12:59:56 -0700, sligo staggered into the Black Sun
> and said:
> > [I'm] considering a 2006 Azera in the fall but [I'm] reluctant [to get
> > one] because it is a brand new design. For that reason [I'm]
> > considering [a] 2005 XG350 or Tiburon.
>
> Er. The Azera and XG350 are 4-door "luxury sedans", and the Tiburon is
> a 2-door coupe with a backseat that's a perfect size for 1 person under
> 5' tall. Figure out what it is that you really want first. If you have
> to transport more than 2 people, do *not* get a Tiburon. They're fun
> cars, but they're not really designed for hauling lots of people or lots
> of cargo.
>
> > Solacing comments, good or bad, from owners.
>
> ITYM "soliciting". FWIW, I've had a 2003 Tiburon GT for the last 2.1
> years, and it's been great. No mechanical problems at all except for
> the time I ran over a raccoon, which did $80 worth of damage to the
> trim. The car accelerates fairly quickly, handles pretty well even if
> the nose wallows a bit during high-speed maneuvering, has a theoretical
> top speed of 140 mph[0], and is reasonably good in the snow if you're
> careful. It has more cargo space than you might think, since you can
> fold the rear seats down--I managed to fit an exercise bike into my Tib,
> which would've been very difficult in most sedans.
>
> Some XG350 owners (and Santa Fe with the 3.5L engine owners) have
> complained about the electronic throttle found on those models.
> Symptoms include a small but perceptible lag from when you push the gas
> to when the car starts accelerating. If you decide on an XG350, pay
> attention to this when you test-drive it. I've also heard reports of
> the XG350 "lurching" when coming off the line, but IIRC they have a
> firmware upgrade for the transmission which drastically reduces the
> problem. groups.google knows more about that than I do; this newsfroup,
> keyword "xg350", see what you can find. HTH,
>
> [0] I've never driven my car that fast, but other people with the same
> make/model have. 120 was reasonably easy, but I don't drive over 80 in
> normal conditions for basic sanity and fear of the 5-0.
>
> --
> Matt G|There is no Darkness in eternity/But only Light too dim for us to
see
> Hire me! http://crow202.dyndns.org/~mhgraham/resume/
> When we get to that bridge, we'll burn it behind us, then jump.

Re: new purchase
 

LOVE our 2005 XG350L. purchased 10/2004.

"sligo" <sligo@cox.net> wrote in message
news:OEvde.2999$Fa1.1117@fed1read02...
> Am considering a 2006 Azera in the fall but reluctant because it is a
> brand
> new design.
> For that reason considering as 2005 XG350 or Tiburon.
> Solacing comments, good or bad, from owners.
> Thank you for consideration.
> Best,
> Seamus J. Wilson
>
>

Re: new purchase
 

Thank you for the kind response.
Best,
Seamus J.
"Cathy De Viney" <NOSPAM.ccdeviney@cox.net> wrote in message
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> LOVE our 2005 XG350L. purchased 10/2004.
>
> "sligo" <sligo@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:OEvde.2999$Fa1.1117@fed1read02...
> > Am considering a 2006 Azera in the fall but reluctant because it is a
> > brand
> > new design.
> > For that reason considering as 2005 XG350 or Tiburon.
> > Solacing comments, good or bad, from owners.
> > Thank you for consideration.
> > Best,
> > Seamus J. Wilson
> >
> >
>
>