I can’t be arsed to look the guy up, just going by what the posting says. <shrug> “David De Rego — also known as @Qball1754 — is a well known automotive social media influencer in Hyundai circles. He’s a member of the SoCal N Club and is popular enough that he has some contacts at Hyundai corporate.”

“They told me this is an exotic car so everyone wants it,” David says.

Dude has 793 followers on Instagram and like a dozen posts. If he doesn’t have a following now, it’s not gonna change when he buys a $68k Hyundai.

They are all independent businesses. The one three miles from my house is *awful*. That’s the one that makes the sales droids hang out in a tent in the parking lot in FL - all year ‘round. And puts a $3K non-negotiable package of TruKote on all the cars. But the one 20 miles away was perfectly fine to deal with when I…

We own a Hyundai. It had a recall that required an engine replacement.

Close to $90K for an utterly dull looking box-on-wheels that comes with 600hp. Ugh, the world has come to this...fawning over a box.

Go test drive a Kia dealership, it's even worse. 

Play Hyundai dealership games, win Hyundai dealership prizes.

As snisps said...It’s WILD that these dealerships are charging this much money for cars that shouldn’t even be in that league of price.

My thoughts exactly.  I have a 22' I5 SEL and absolutely love it.  I’d definitely consider an N but not until they’re a couple years old and have depreciated a lot.

Hyundai dealers gonna do what Hyundai dealers do. $68k is a lot of money for a Hyundai. $88k is Porsche money. For either amount, you can buy a used, very low mileage Porsche Taycan 4S of varying years that has taken the brunt of depreciation already.

Fuck these thieves, but please don’t ever refer to yourself as an Nfluencer.

Slightly softer than Racing Yellow, my favorite was Porsche’s Champagne Yellow. It was special order when I bought my 1967 912, but was only a $300 extra charge. In 17 years of driving that car I never tired of it.

Porsche’s PTS selection has a lot of greats. I’m partial to yellow sportscars, and I bought a yellow Cayman myself. BUT the best Porsche yellow is Speed Yellow(below):

My local Toyota dealer has the typical nitwits most dealerships have as entry-level techs. My first comp oil change/rotation and they couldn’t even not scratch one of my wheels badly. The service manager I had to deal with wasn’t much better. Example - he didn’t even know the definition of egregious. Ridiculous.

Imagine paying ANY markup for run of the mill CUV disposable appliances that will be made in the tens, if not hundreds of thousands over the next 3-4 years.

Wow! That many people are saying “I REALLY need this Sienna!”

You left off the Ford Maverick, I waited about 2 years for the $5000-$10000 markups to come down, but finally gave up. Maybe they have been reduced at this point, but I wouldn’t bet on it, they always seem to be in short supply.

There it is, the one asshole that ends up blaming the victim. 

Unreasonable compensation - fixing everything they screwed up.