Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
the original post here is an example of too much reliance on oil analysis data.
And NOTHING Hyundai makes has been around long enough to be called 'bulletproof'.
When someone has run a new car/truck for 400k miles across less than 6 years then they can call it bulletproof.
As for the first paragraph, I agree 110%. That's one of the valuable lessons I've taken away from my time here.
As for the second and third paragraphs, I would respectfully suggest that they are effectively inconsistent with one another. Although Hyundai is still perceived by many as a "new kid on the block," in reality, they've been around since the mid-80s. Back around 88-89, I knew a girl who drove a red Hyundai of some flavor that already had fading paint. In 1988.
Anyway, I'd guess that there are a lot of Hyundais out there that would qualify for "bullet-proof" designation, as you describe it.
Now, quite frankly, I've never been a fan of Hyundai's offerings, until perhaps their very latest, so I've never paid much attention. Again, I do think that there are plenty of Hyundais out there that would meet your definition of "bulletproof".
Another disjointed thought, which just occurred to me: in the early 90s when I was back in law school, I belonged to a USMC reserve unit in Orlando. My CO, a fellow Captain, had another Hyundai that got utterly raped in a bad hail storm. Every square inch of surface with upper exposure looked like Hannibal Lechter had taken a ball peen hammer to it. It was that bad. USAA totalled it, but let him keep it with a salvage title. Car ran for many more years as his commuter-beater, flawlessly. I haven't seen Jeff in years, but I used to often kid him that merely being seen is such a monstrosity constituted per se "conduct unbecoming an officer". See Article 133, Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)...
