> I am currently in the process of buying a used car.  Due to its nbeatable
> price, I consider getting a Hyundai Excel.  Although Consumer Report wrote
> bad things about with passion, I don’t believe that this car can be so
> inferior.
> Do you have good or bad experience with 1987 – 1989 Excels?  Please report
> about it.  It should be a rather interesting topic.
> Thanks,
> Markus

I used to have an Excels when they first started to import it to the US.
I hit a large rock which ripped out the right front wheel and did a lot of
structural damage to the frame.  Funny thing is the structural damage somehow
caused part of the roof top to cave in.  We could not explain otherwise how
the cave in happened as there is not a single scratch on the roof top.
In a (wicked) sense, it was good as I was trying to get rid of the car and
the insurance company gave me $5,200.00 for it.  In case anybody is interested
I was insured with AllState in NJ.

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Paul

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–Roger

Markus Bernd Biehl (gt19…@prism.gatech.edu) wrote:
: I am currently in the process of buying a used car.  Due to its nbeatable
: price, I consider getting a Hyundai Excel.  Although Consumer Report wrote
: bad things about with passion, I don’t believe that this car can be so
: inferior.

: Do you have good or bad experience with 1987 – 1989 Excels?  Please report
: about it.  It should be a rather interesting topic.

: Thanks,
: Markus
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}I am currently in the process of buying a used car.  Due to its nbeatable
}price, I consider getting a Hyundai Excel.  Although Consumer Report wrote
}bad things about with passion, I don’t believe that this car can be so
}inferior.
}
}Do you have good or bad experience with 1987 – 1989 Excels?  Please report
}about it.  It should be a rather interesting topic.

I drove an ’87 Precis (Excel with Mitsubishi label).  If you don’t
mind having absolutely no power at all, and being able to approach
75mph only asymptotically, it might be a FINE car.   Granted, I was
driving it in Braddock Heights, MD (which isn’t at a very high
altitude, but still enough to affect car performance), but it is still
pretty bad.

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>Do you have good or bad experience with 1987 – 1989 Excels?  Please report
>about it.  It should be a rather interesting topic.

  The happiest moment I had with my ’89 Excel was when I left it behind
at the dealer after trading it in.  Although the car was inexpensive, it
was easily the worst made, worst handling, worst performing car I have
ever driven.
  When I traded it in (for an Acura) the dealer (who also sold
Hyundai’s) offered very little, saying, "You know, the Hyundai is a more
or less DISPOSABLE car."
  My advice: fork over a few extra dollars for a tercel or sentra.

Harry G.

>I am currently in the process of buying a used car.  Due to its nbeatable
>price, I consider getting a Hyundai Excel.  etc..

Ne touchez pas!, at least as far as the earlier models are concerned. My
brother used to own the local Hyundai dealership, so my sister felt that
she would get a new Excel from him. She has never had poorer luck with a
car, despite keeping up with the basic maintenance requirements and
having all work done at the dealer…I was able to resist the
‘obligation’ and purchased a Saturn (flame-bait?), and haven’t regretted
the decision for a moment (double flame-bait??).

Brian