That grille and headlight combo looks infinitely better than the one in the picture at top. Putting headlights into fender flares (which are ostensibly designed to absorb impacts) seems like a “Friday before happy hour” idea (or whatever the equivalent is in Korea). 

The headlights flow into black plastic boxed fender flares that look pretty cool

I agree that knowing when and how to do maintenance is important. The fact is though that a lot of people don’t, especially Hyundai/Kia’s main customer base.

We had our Kia on Progressive for over a decade. When it was new, we were on State Farm. There was never an issue with Progressive, we only switched because we got a better deal with USAA (wife’s dad is ex-military).

The WORST part about Kia ownership? The dealerships. At least in central TX, they are some of the…

Now I’ll watch it when it hits streaming... I’m sure it will be as “gritty” and “realistic” as the Purge series. 

Friend of mine who’s Tuscon got stolen last year is now in for engine replacement, and the other three Hyundais at my office have all had engine replacements.

We also have an XM (2nd gen) Sorento that we bought new (as a 2012 model in 2011). We also had the engine replaced... at 170,000 miles. For free. The engine was trouble free up to that point, and the car is now at 240,000 miles and still running strong. It’s also pretty dang easy to find maintenance parts for, and…

Welcome to Jalopnik, Mr. Musk. 

Then I read that line, and it completely demolishes the valid point he was originally making.

This is a fantastic first car. Plenty of space for crap, not too powerful. Doesn’t attract the “wrong” attention. Just good honest transportation.

Anyone else out there seen a metal head gasket fail?

A one-owner Subaru with 200K can be plenty solid, and go another 200-300K.

Looks like a Smash Mouth-style bowling shirt to me. 

Sorry about that. I misread an “and” as “or.”
I went Googling, and found that there’s always been a bit of a “discussion” about whether the Viper is a true “exotic,” with some claiming that exotic implies mid or rear engine, or a certain luxury level that must be present, or import status. I often tend to see exotics…

1. looks are subjective.

Can a domestic car with a front-mounted agrarian engine be “exotic?”
Is it a classification based on performance, price, or something else?
Every description I find for it says “sports car.”

Does an exotic need to be rare, or mid-engine, or imported? I know most “supercars” are those things, but not all exotics are…

Was the Viper available in ‘05?

Sure you could... and you’d be right (approximately) on a coin flip. That’s how guessing works. 

It’s less about the car’s capability, and more about the driver’s choice about when to use it.

Ah yes. The “why aren’t you working more?” strategy.