All that survey tell me is that Hundai owners were less inclined to discern problems with their car, take them in for service and/or spend money on them. If I drove a disposable grade car, I'd skip the "full service" too. I could buy $25 Chinese rotors for my car too, but opt for top-grade, like Brembros...like the race cars use. My "total cost" is higher, my performance is higher and car will last longer. PLEASE explain to me how Hundais and other Asians are so very much less expemsive, job for job? How is a torn CV boot so much cheaper to repair on one brand? Same basic job, the boot costs peanuts and afaik, dealer-qualified services are about $70-$80+/hour ANYWHERE you go? What about brakes? Sometimes my pads of choice cost only $20-$30...am I looking for the absolute cheapest ones? Some drives are. Is the total brake job somehow exponentially harder on German cars? Don't think so. Checking CR today, Sonata handling was described as bad, 3 different ways...nice, I'm sold because it's cheap...Oh, yeah: "reliable" too.
