OT: The Hyundai Genesis

by homerdrew415 on Oct 28, 2008 10:38 PM PDT Comment 76 comments

So through the month of October, I've been bombarded by ads when I forget to use the DVR, and I've been mesmorized by Jeff Bridge's voice as he tells me about the Hyundai Genesis, and how it will smoke a porsche boxter in a 0-60, and how it's on par with a 5 series BMW, 4.6 Liter V-8, 375HP, etc. and all for under thirty grand. Needless to say that I'm interested in finding out more, but have yet to take a test drive. I'm not really in the market for a car, but like the Nissan GT-R, and other cars before it (I.E. my 3.2L Type S Acura CL), I want to know more. Does anyone own this and if so what's your opinion? If nobody owns one, has anyone given it a test drive? Am I strange for being excited by a Korean car?

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Who really needs to do 0 - 60 that fast?

OK . the availability is the appeal – but this just goes along with the availability of offshore oil in the ANWR – we need to learn to control our idiot tendencies.
Obviously a perceivedly large portion of the spending public can’t . hence the ad. I just feel insulted.

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by victor frankenstein on Oct 28, 2008 10:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Who needs to go 0-60 that fast?

It’s my experience that there are two appropriate responses to “speed humps” on normal streets:
1) Buy a car with a sturdy enough suspension to take them at speed (essentially a non-sissified truck or SUV)
2) Buy a car that can accelerate back to 35 MPH (the correct speed by common custom for a school zone) as fast as possible

Only through these forms of grass-roots resistance can we hope to end the tyranny of whiny safety fascists in our time.

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by Bhaakon on Oct 28, 2008 11:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

As an American it

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by homerdrew415 on Oct 29, 2008 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Doh~!

As an American it’s my right to have idiotic tendencies. That being said, until they outlaw powerful cars I’ll have an unhealthy obsession with them. I’m the asshole who wishes he were a professional rally car driver every time I drive on Lincoln.

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by homerdrew415 on Oct 29, 2008 9:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Huh?

Each of us with a “Lincoln” in his/her local geog is going to have a different take on that.
Here in PhxAz there’s a Lincoln Drive that cuts through Paradise Valley…and is a favorite for police speed enforcement camera vans. Go Fangio!

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by victor frankenstein on Oct 29, 2008 10:37 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

TCIWWOSTH

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by groug on Oct 28, 2008 11:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

There is no such thing as a… wait… something’s not right here….

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 28, 2008 11:54 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

This Car Is Worthless Without Sonic The Hedgehog

obv

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by groug on Oct 29, 2008 12:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

The car runs on Blast-Processing!

There amass been plenty of articles written this spring about the stud shortstop Matt Cain and Tim Lincecum , as well as the fluid young outfielders and thirteen basemen Kevin Frandsen.
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by Natto on Oct 29, 2008 12:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've seen the clever marketing too, but it is still a Hyundai...

If i was spending $28k on a car I’d look at an ‘02-’05 M3. Those are getting drastically affordable all of a sudden. You should go test drive the Genesis and write a review. You’ve got a lot of time until spring training…

by projectmayhem713 on Oct 28, 2008 11:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

But the dude is the marketing voice...

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by homerdrew415 on Oct 29, 2008 9:11 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

think about it.

Brad Hennessey: the next Kevin Correia
Kevin Correia: the next Brad Hennessey

by stealth snail on Oct 28, 2008 11:19 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

by it next year, used

new cars depreciating the most in their first year

Brian Sabean figures that if he buys enough bottles, one of them is bound to have lightning in it.

by jasomack on Oct 29, 2008 6:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

buy it, even

Brian Sabean figures that if he buys enough bottles, one of them is bound to have lightning in it.

by jasomack on Oct 29, 2008 6:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

it’s too early to type – go back to bed!

by Merope on Oct 29, 2008 6:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

someone post that Joe Biden – car pic, please

The Denker bus is now bound for San Diego. Those who were passengers on it are now angrily stranded at a gas station in Modesto, CA. Not much about baseball here .

by oldjacket on Oct 29, 2008 6:30 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Quick! Find jp!

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by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 6:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Posting jp bait

This will get her in here:

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by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 6:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That is Joe’s “diving” face.

by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 29, 2008 6:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Yeah….think about that while eating breakfast!

by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 29, 2008 6:57 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

YOU CALLED?

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Oct 29, 2008 7:26 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

IS THIS A JOKE!?

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by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 7:28 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

His disgusted face at the end when she brought up Marxism again was the best part of that interview, tbh.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Oct 29, 2008 7:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Did you see the mash-up video of the questions that Biden got asked versus McCain with that same reporter? It was amazing.

This whole socialism / Marxist angle McCain is playing right now is disgustingly stupid and shameful.

/politics

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by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 7:32 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also, if I was running for president, my goal would be to spread the pizza around because everyone loves pizza.

SOCIALISM TASTES GOOD

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by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 7:33 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What about pie?

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by SoFa King Mike on Oct 29, 2008 9:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Everybody wants some pie

We have that soundbite recorded at our station, and our Audio folks play it often. Best ever.

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by Lyle on Oct 29, 2008 4:22 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Listen, I don’t want the pizza spread evenly between everybody because, you know, I like getting more pizza than some people. All I want is for the pizza to be spread around in a way that actually keeps everybody alive, if not nourished.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 30, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I didn’t see that, but I liked the Socialist party candidate for president on Colbert last night basically all like, “If that’s socialism, Obama’s doin’ it rong.”

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Oct 29, 2008 7:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hard hitting journalism:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxT0ELP7az0

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by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 7:38 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

n/m, that’s the original. I can see if I can find the comparison video.

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by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 7:41 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Here’s the right link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neJAroXH4Mg

kthnx.

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Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Thanks!

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Oct 29, 2008 7:43 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

MY GOD WE COULD TURN INTO SWEDEN!?

SWEDEN!!

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by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 7:44 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Because Sweden is such a horrible place.

Also, when Biden starts laughing he can’t stop! Oh Joe.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Oct 29, 2008 7:45 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fact: Sweden doesn’t have freedoms and patriotisms.

Fact: Sweden doesn’t like apple pie!

Fact: Sweden is a terrible place to live.

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My favorite pie is (name of pie flavor)
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 7:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Fact: Sweden has a Prime Minister !

Fact: Sweden Has Smörgåsbord !

Fact: Sweden Has the Koenigsegg Automobile !

Fact: Sweden Doesn’t Suck !

My adopted son Matt Downs. Lost in the wilderness of mediocrity.

by nvsfg on Oct 29, 2008 9:02 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Sweden Doesn't like Baseball

And if they did, they would probably like Dodger Baseball…

/Sorry but you made m go there. I hate self righteousness.

Down in Front Meat!

by homerdrew415 on Oct 29, 2008 9:08 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Actually...

Sweden Does Like Baseball :-)

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by nvsfg on Oct 29, 2008 9:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Also

Sweden has this:

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Oct 30, 2008 11:31 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I remember watching this built on the Discovery channel. Still one of the craziest architectural designs to work.

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by SoFa King Mike on Oct 30, 2008 11:48 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Calatrava is a mad genius.

..so allow me to present Tim Lincecum and Matt Cain as two sweet, sweet bottles of warming hooch.

by Cookyman on Oct 30, 2008 3:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

My first thought was that this was the twisty penis building.

I see after some research that its actual name is the Sno Falla Byggningen.

My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.

by howtheyscored on Oct 30, 2008 7:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I also liked when she address an INTERNET RUMOR to Biden about him stepping down from VP.

It’s the equivalent of bringing up one of those Nigerian scams in a business meeting.

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My favorite pie is (name of pie flavor)
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 7:46 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was when he started laughing and couldn’t stop. She was determined to get the ~scoop!

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Oct 29, 2008 7:49 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

IT WAS A KNEE SLAPPER!

RIB TICKLER!

/joe laugh

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My favorite pie is (name of pie flavor)
Bay City Ball

by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 7:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

What does Biden like on his pasta?

Communist ManiPESTO!

BWAHAHAHA

STEVE HOLM! refuses to be the odd man out.

by UnleashTheGore on Oct 29, 2008 8:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I laughed.

I made a terrible pasta joke last week. We were eating Tortellini for dinner and I asked my wife: “What’s a turtles favorite food?”

TURTLEINI

/dies

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by xanthan on Oct 29, 2008 8:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

that will be brought up in the divorce proceedings

The Denker bus is now bound for San Diego. Those who were passengers on it are now angrily stranded at a gas station in Modesto, CA. Not much about baseball here .

by oldjacket on Oct 29, 2008 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

…and I asked my ~~wife~~ computer: "What’s…

Fixed.

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by WalrusMan on Oct 29, 2008 8:56 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That made me lol quite a lot last night.

Matt Cain: He'll save children, but not the Dodger children.
PABLO SANDOVAL AM STEAL DEATH, DESTROYER OF WORLDS.

by jponry on Oct 29, 2008 10:01 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

That was incredible, though I was kinda expecting him to go with “the RED sauce!”

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by groug on Oct 29, 2008 11:04 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does anyone know where I can find a full transcript of this?

I want to show it to a friend.

ZIPS: Milledge: 466 HR, 485 2B, 2282 hits, 278-379-524

by rfloh on Oct 29, 2008 12:45 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

thank you!

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by oldjacket on Oct 29, 2008 8:20 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Joe Biden and Jimi Paige, separated at birth? Joe just needs to grow the white hair out.

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by WalrusMan on Oct 29, 2008 8:52 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

It's still a POS Hyundai

For around that price range, go with a G37 (5 G’s more, but worth it) or a 2 year old Boxster/Cayman

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by SoFa King Mike on Oct 29, 2008 7:01 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

You had me until you mentioned the Cayman...

Why anyone would buy a porsche SUV is beyond me…

Down in Front Meat!

by homerdrew415 on Oct 29, 2008 9:09 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I think you’re thinking of the Cayenne

Cayman is the Boxster coupe

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by SoFa King Mike on Oct 29, 2008 9:35 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

To add

Driving a Cayenne GTS is not like driving an SUV at all

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by SoFa King Mike on Oct 29, 2008 9:36 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

you're right...my bad

Down in Front Meat!

by homerdrew415 on Oct 29, 2008 9:50 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

A few years ago, they came out with a car comparing to the Avalon or that type of luxury Sedan. I worked for a rental car company at the time, so I got to drive it quite frequently. One thing I found about all Hyundai cars including the supposed luxury ones (can’t remember the name of the model), they have very uncomfortable, hard seats in them. I couldn’t imagine driving a long distance in one of them because of this. Other than that, they were alright.

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by WilliamVanLandingham on Oct 29, 2008 11:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

The only thing Hyundai has ever made that was supposed to be any good was the Tiburon

I only liked it cause Tiburon means shark en espanol…or so I was told

Down in Front Meat!

by homerdrew415 on Oct 29, 2008 12:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I drove that as well. Same uncomfortable seats. C’mon Hyundai, us fat-ass american like comfortable seats so we can waste gas driving around instead of using our poorly developed public transportation system.

Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

by WilliamVanLandingham on Oct 29, 2008 12:54 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

It isn’t a bad car. But if you want to speed, you can only do it during the daylight hours. The cops can feel it coming in the air tonight.

by Lars The Wanderer on Oct 29, 2008 4:17 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs

Oh, Lord!

Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time? Whatever's happened, it's like I've landed on a different planet. Now, maybe if I can work out the reason, I can get home.

by Lyle on Oct 29, 2008 4:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hubby and I drove it

(First time I’ve actually posted here, wow.)

For a car that costs that much, they could have made the ride a LOT smoother. I rode in the backseat during the test drive, and I was feeling pretty nauseous by the time it was over, and I NEVER get sick. It was very bouncy and that was definitely the main thing I remembered.

The car inside looked fine, but for us it was not worth the price tag with that ride.

by freesia39 on Oct 29, 2008 10:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

Buttoons

If I’m going to drop 30 clams on a sports car, it’s going to be for a Nissan 350z.

Penis extender, ho!

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by xanthan on Oct 30, 2008 5:14 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs

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by WalrusMan on Oct 30, 2008 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

And BTW..

I don’t think I’m going to drop 30 clams on a sports car ever. If I did then it would be about 10 clams for the car and about 20 clams for the yearly electrical repairs that have to be done to it.

mmmmmmm I think I just had a Joe Buck moment.

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by WalrusMan on Oct 30, 2008 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Is that a Fix It Again Tony?

Down in Front Meat!

by homerdrew415 on Oct 30, 2008 9:22 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

I had one of those

when I was a “youngster” (17). To tell you how long ago that was, I took it and my girl to the Premier of Star Wars( the First One) .

It was ’68 MG-B. Bought it from a guy that was in the process of turning it into an SCCA roadster. Paid 500 bucks, finished the restoration,paint etc.

It was a blast to drive. Drove it all summer back and forth to the beach. Then winter came. Roof leaked, heater was a problem, and like most British cars, had electrical problems when it rained. Still kind of miss that car :-)

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by nvsfg on Oct 30, 2008 4:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

HAHA..

My dad bought one ( a ‘68 perhaps, light blue, was it your PYT?) Probably around 1990 when he bought it. Got it for $500 and had to rent a trailer to pick it up because it didn’t start. Got it home, drove it off the trailer. Not because he knew what he was doing, just because the car was that finiky. It sat in the garage for 80% of the time he wanted to drive it because it still wouldn’t start. But those times it did run taking it around the block was fun.

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