got a g90! (updates)
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Congrats!!! Its a good looking car, not real flashy, but it has presence and great proportions. Something I kind of think the new Continental lacks, it just isn't quite big enough, something about the styling is slightly off on that car.
Honestly this car kind of reminds me of what an Oldsmobile 98 Regency or Buick Electra 225 should be today, if GM had bothered to keep those cars current and competitive over the past few decades. Its not flashy, but it is stylish and subtle, a good looking car. Its very well made, has two different big honkin high HP engines under the hood, I like that you can still get a V8, its every bit as nice as a Cadillac(hell probably better built/nicer interior than the Caddy CT6), but without the flash or ostentatious badge. Which I guess you can say the same thing vs a Lexus, Mercedes, BWM, Audi now days.
Really I'd think long and hard about this vs a twin turbo V6 E-Class Benz, maybe Audi's new A6/A7 line that is coming out. All of these are really nice cars and priced similarly, but Hyundia has one trump card over the Germans, size and space. In a luxury cruiser sedan, the bigger the better IMO.
Honestly this car kind of reminds me of what an Oldsmobile 98 Regency or Buick Electra 225 should be today, if GM had bothered to keep those cars current and competitive over the past few decades. Its not flashy, but it is stylish and subtle, a good looking car. Its very well made, has two different big honkin high HP engines under the hood, I like that you can still get a V8, its every bit as nice as a Cadillac(hell probably better built/nicer interior than the Caddy CT6), but without the flash or ostentatious badge. Which I guess you can say the same thing vs a Lexus, Mercedes, BWM, Audi now days.
Really I'd think long and hard about this vs a twin turbo V6 E-Class Benz, maybe Audi's new A6/A7 line that is coming out. All of these are really nice cars and priced similarly, but Hyundia has one trump card over the Germans, size and space. In a luxury cruiser sedan, the bigger the better IMO.
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Joined: Oct 2003
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From: Virginia/D.C. suburbs
Its not flashy, but it is stylish and subtle, a good looking car. Its very well made, has two different big honkin high HP engines under the hood, I like that you can still get a V8, its every bit as nice as a Cadillac(hell probably better built/nicer interior than the Caddy CT6), but without the flash or ostentatious badge. Which I guess you can say the same thing vs a Lexus, Mercedes, BWM, Audi now days.
thanks for all the congrats guys! maybe one thing that has swayed me to suv's vs sedans in general in the past was space, but then i'd never had a full size sedan. i just don't like feeling cramped. at. all. i don't feel cramped in the g90.
one feature on the g90 i'm in love with is the 360 camera. makes parking and backing out SO much easier!!
and EVERYTHING on the car is impressively quiet, not just the drivetrain... the mirrors move almost silently. the trunk opens and closes almost silently. the doors have the auto close feature (pulling them closed the last half inch or so) making that quiet, but even if you do a normal close it's quiet because of so much damping/seals.
one thing i have noticed though is the continental tires are prone to flat spots when the car's been sitting in the garage for a day or so. my community exits onto a 4 lane divided highway where i can do 65-70 so the tires are still cold and i can feel that for the first mile or two. not a huge deal but it's new. it's probably also because they're fairly low profile... i think 245/45-19 up front and 275/40-19 (yuuuge) out back.
one feature on the g90 i'm in love with is the 360 camera. makes parking and backing out SO much easier!!
and EVERYTHING on the car is impressively quiet, not just the drivetrain... the mirrors move almost silently. the trunk opens and closes almost silently. the doors have the auto close feature (pulling them closed the last half inch or so) making that quiet, but even if you do a normal close it's quiet because of so much damping/seals.
one thing i have noticed though is the continental tires are prone to flat spots when the car's been sitting in the garage for a day or so. my community exits onto a 4 lane divided highway where i can do 65-70 so the tires are still cold and i can feel that for the first mile or two. not a huge deal but it's new. it's probably also because they're fairly low profile... i think 245/45-19 up front and 275/40-19 (yuuuge) out back.
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thanks for all the congrats guys! maybe one thing that has swayed me to suv's vs sedans in general in the past was space, but then i'd never had a full size sedan. i just don't like feeling cramped. at. all. i don't feel cramped in the g90.
one feature on the g90 i'm in love with is the 360 camera. makes parking and backing out SO much easier!!
and EVERYTHING on the car is impressively quiet, not just the drivetrain... the mirrors move almost silently. the trunk opens and closes almost silently. the doors have the auto close feature (pulling them closed the last half inch or so) making that quiet, but even if you do a normal close it's quiet because of so much damping/seals.
one thing i have noticed though is the continental tires are prone to flat spots when the car's been sitting in the garage for a day or so. my community exits onto a 4 lane divided highway where i can do 65-70 so the tires are still cold and i can feel that for the first mile or two. not a huge deal but it's new. it's probably also because they're fairly low profile... i think 245/45-19 up front and 275/40-19 (yuuuge) out back.
one feature on the g90 i'm in love with is the 360 camera. makes parking and backing out SO much easier!!
and EVERYTHING on the car is impressively quiet, not just the drivetrain... the mirrors move almost silently. the trunk opens and closes almost silently. the doors have the auto close feature (pulling them closed the last half inch or so) making that quiet, but even if you do a normal close it's quiet because of so much damping/seals.
one thing i have noticed though is the continental tires are prone to flat spots when the car's been sitting in the garage for a day or so. my community exits onto a 4 lane divided highway where i can do 65-70 so the tires are still cold and i can feel that for the first mile or two. not a huge deal but it's new. it's probably also because they're fairly low profile... i think 245/45-19 up front and 275/40-19 (yuuuge) out back.
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It's not unusual with RWD vehicles, especially those with a fair amount of weight or power, to have larger tires in the rear, to put more rubber on the road. What that does do, of course, is prevent traditional front-to-rear tire rotations.
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Agreed.....I could do without it myself, although, in my experience, it does seem to help city and stop/go gas mileage. Of course, the average buyer of a car like the G90 is probably not very interested in gas mileage.....comfort is paramount.
