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All makes and models have their lemons. I still have a Hyundai we bought used and it's about to turn over 300,000 miles, most of that ours. Your suggestion is interesting, it's one of the key factors in choosing it at the time (only one previous owner and never driven in the north).
Having said that, I wouldn't trust the newer ones. Know your makes, models, and years of production. Including why they changed things and the recalls of the generation. I considered once buying another one like mine I found with low mileage from the same year, as I think it wasn't a fluke, it was a golden era of engines for Hyundai (2006-2011). Just never needed two at a time.
Other makes have their great years too, so learn what to look for, or heavily reach the one in the lot before you even see it. Know what was good, what wasn't, what got recalled.
Stay away from the more modern cars. Way too many flashy things but no way to really repair or even do basic maintenance. Give me something more conventional any day and I can do something with most of it in the garage or yard.
I’ll update that person’s comment3 “don’t buy a Hyundai or Kia in a country that doesn’t mandate immobilizers if it’s among the years of Hyundai and Kia cars that are incredibly easy to steal”
Too be fair, aren't the years that that was a thing also the ones that kept having the engine recalls? Seems like one would cancel the other out. Stealing a car... "oh, crap, this one is a POS, never mind."
Hahaha oh you’d hope, but nope. I have a US friend whose kia, with a standard transmission, was broken into and started. They fucked the gears for a bit before realizing they had no idea how to drive standard and left it running, so he woke up to broken windows and no gas and a fucked up clutch. I’ve got another friend who has their newer, push-button Hyundai broken into. The button was very visible.
There’s nothing going through the heads of people who are breaking into these cars—they just see “KIA” or “HYUNDAI” and think “I CAN UZE USB TO TAKE CAR FOR JOY RIDE FAST EHEHEH”
The 2020-2022 generation had better engines and had less chances of dying, but unfortunately didn’t have immobilizers.