11-12-2013, 10:43 AM
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New car soon: 2002 hyundai accent gls hatchback
Hi a relative is selling me their car for cheap and i will be selling my squelly rio. Now i was wondering if anyone has had any mods that have done really well on this car.
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11-12-2013, 12:09 PM
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Manual or automatic?
(Crosses fingers for preferred answer...)
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11-12-2013, 12:22 PM
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Yeah i wish it was a manual but sadly its a auto. And its the 2 door hatch with that stupid spoiler. Good news is I'm only paying 500 for it so pretty much I don't really have to care what I do to it.
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11-12-2013, 12:37 PM
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I forgot to say the reason I'm selling the rio is one its been a pain in my behind lately and hates idling in the cold and 2 no matter how hard I try unless I'm going on a long trip which is pretty much never I can seem to get past the 32 to 34 range with a partual grill block and eco driving (rated 22-29) and ik my sis has been getting like 32 In the accent so ik it will do loads better then my rio. Also I plan on getting a 2014 mirage cvt after I've made enough and saved enough so its only a temperaryish car
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11-12-2013, 12:52 PM
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Bummer on the automatic.  But $500 is hard to beat.
If you didn't already have other plans to change it, I'd say sell the Accent (with the relative's blessing... making a profit) and find something with a stick.
Mirage CVT, eh? You've probably seen this already: Gas mileage/MPG test: 2014 Mirage CVT vs. 5-speed (sub/urban Ottawa route) |
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11-12-2013, 01:18 PM
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Yeah but ive noticed the manual mirage on the highways revs are higher then the cvt i would like to see a test with highway driving test.
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11-12-2013, 01:23 PM
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Do you do mostly highway driving?
Take this with a grain of salt ... because the cars were tested in different weather, different locations:
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11-13-2013, 01:06 AM
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Very true and half city half highway
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11-13-2013, 04:06 PM
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Sure it's not the most beautiful econobox but actually has some good potential por ecomods.
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11-28-2013, 01:34 AM
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Sorry for taking so long to reply. What might thoughs mods be may I ask. Also I forgot to say her ac system froze a couple of years or so ago so im going to def look into removing most of it that I can and that should really help with its mpg
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