My wife's new ride... Unfortunately, not a Mustang.

[02GTdroptop]

According to Tara the seats in the Tibby must've been taken out of her dad's Porsche or a Mercedes! I test drove a 2005 Tiburon GT (not the SE) which has different seats that aren't quite as bolstered and do not like quite as comfy as the ones in her Tiburon do. I'll have to wait until a couple more weeks when I get there to find out.

Really what cars did you and your wife test drive before she decided
on the Tibby? I think they make a great daily driver to be honest.They
also get great MPG.Did you and your wife ever get the chance to test
drive the new Subaru WRX's? Just wondering?

Well, SHE drove a Mazda6, a Honda Civic Si, a Mustang GT, a 2003 Mach 1, some small Euro sport compact (Jetta perhaps?) and a Chevy econobox. Of all, the Mach 1 suited her best in terms of muscle and style (since a '69 grabber blue 429 Mach 1 is her dream car anyway) but the dealer thought the Mach was worth $24,500 (!!!!) and wouldn't sell it for a dime less, even though my wife and I have way above excellent credit (730+ FICO) and she was offering $7,500 down! Can you believe that? Craziness. She woulda bought it, had the price been more like $20K where it belongs.

ANYWAY, no, we didn't drive a WRX (neither of us did). Just straight up don't care for the looks of it. I think it looks like an overgrown matchbox car. I did drive the Evolution 8 which, while a wonderful car, was dreadfully expensive and for all the speed it was capable of, it didn't feel as fast as even a slower car, like a GT or a Mach. Torque moves it, right...

So she drove several cars before deciding on the Tibby. The Tiburon was right on price, equipment, looks, color, style, and comfort and is a lot of fun to drive. It's got McPheron shocks and struts and they're wonderfully sporty when they need to be, but are capable of being refined and dignified on rough roads (TEXAS SUCKS).

For the money it's such a great car. I really am surprised lately by the Korean market vehicles. Really!

 

[MysticWitch]

I work at a hyundai dealership in the finance department, and I have been impressed as heck with the Tiberons. They are hardly in for service, except regular maintainance and they are fun to drive...
If I wasn't such a pony girl I'd be in one.
Congrats to your wife! Great car!

 

[02GTdroptop]

That's very good news, Mystic... I was worried about the quality of the car to be honest, since like I said, I drove a few Hyundais that were in good condition, just old, and their quality and fit and finish were terrible. But those were much older models... These newer Hyundai cars seem at the outset most assuredly to be built better.

Tara will forever be a pony girl. But our budget at the moment can't support a new GT, my GT, and our '68 Mustang all at once. And she'd never settle for the V6, since it's a way inferior car to the Tiburon, according to her impressions after driving a couple V6 Mustangs (to include a lot of complaints about the harsh ride quality and lack of comfort items in a 20K car)

Apparently her Tibby came with a 6 speaker subwoofer and amplifier equipped sound system and it sounds excellent by all opinions. That's really impressive...

Anyways, she'll have a pony again some day soon, and when I deploy to Iraq in about a month and a half, she'll have both my ponies are her disposal. 2 ponies and a shark. Sounds good to me. =)

 

[CatmanJJ]

That's a pretty sporty car.

 

[MysticWitch]

When my divorce from hell happened and he took the mystic and abandoned the GT in California, I was in a hurry to get a new car and I got a 6 banger sonic blue coupe. I sort of regret that because I don't like driving a V6 at all.

What I should have done is gotten a car I would have liked to drive...a tib would have fit the bill. ahh regrets...
I think your wife made a perfect choice and I betcha she'd rather have you here than all the cars to use.

 

[BooWFO]

You showed us pics with a girl in it. Of course your not going to get bashed.
The tibby's are cool looking lil cars but whatever happened to the 300+ hp one they were suppose to release stateside? Small car High hp yeah now that's fun.

 

[CatmanJJ]

but whatever happened to the 300+ hp one they were suppose to release stateside? Small car High hp yeah now that's fun.

300 + hp and FWD sounds sucky to me.

 

[02GTdroptop]

LOL yah, it's a girl - But she's not even dressed half-way provocatively and she looks all reserved without her hair down and stuff. I always tell her that she really needs to permanently have her hair down. She looks gorgeous with it down but I don't care for it up very much.

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See? Definitely lots better this way =-)

 

[02GTdroptop]

300 + hp and FWD sounds sucky to me.

I've driven a 300 horsepower Neon SRT4... Wasn't *that* bad.

 

[Pennywise2]

According to Tara the seats in the Tibby must've been taken out of her dad's Porsche or a Mercedes! I test drove a 2005 Tiburon GT (not the SE) which has different seats that aren't quite as bolstered and do not like quite as comfy as the ones in her Tiburon do. I'll have to wait until a couple more weeks when I get there to find out.



Well, SHE drove a Mazda6, a Honda Civic Si, a Mustang GT, a 2003 Mach 1, some small Euro sport compact (Jetta perhaps?) and a Chevy econobox. Of all, the Mach 1 suited her best in terms of muscle and style (since a '69 grabber blue 429 Mach 1 is her dream car anyway) but the dealer thought the Mach was worth $24,500 (!!!!) and wouldn't sell it for a dime less, even though my wife and I have way above excellent credit (730+ FICO) and she was offering $7,500 down! Can you believe that? Craziness. She woulda bought it, had the price been more like $20K where it belongs.

ANYWAY, no, we didn't drive a WRX (neither of us did). Just straight up don't care for the looks of it. I think it looks like an overgrown matchbox car. I did drive the Evolution 8 which, while a wonderful car, was dreadfully expensive and for all the speed it was capable of, it didn't feel as fast as even a slower car, like a GT or a Mach. Torque moves it, right...

So she drove several cars before deciding on the Tibby. The Tiburon was right on price, equipment, looks, color, style, and comfort and is a lot of fun to drive. It's got McPheron shocks and struts and they're wonderfully sporty when they need to be, but are capable of being refined and dignified on rough roads (TEXAS SUCKS).

For the money it's such a great car. I really am surprised lately by the Korean market vehicles. Really!

I hear you everyone has their own opnions
on what cars they like and do not like.I drive a 04 Subaru WRX as my daily driver and I think it is a great car for getting around town.It gets good MPG
and has some power.Congrats though I hope she enjoys her new Tibby
and has fun with it. 24.5K sounds like a pretty high price for a Mach 1.I know
for a fact that they were trying to make some money off you.Sounds like you
were shopping at the wrong dealership.In my opnion the Evo8 is a ugly overpriced box and I would take a Subaru STI over that anyday but, they are
expensive though.

 

[DocG]

300hp FWD is better than 200hp FWD eh?

 

[CatmanJJ]

I've driven a 300 horsepower Neon SRT4... Wasn't *that* bad.

I hear ya but the thought still scares me.

 

[02GTdroptop]

24.5K sounds like a pretty high price for a Mach 1.I know
for a fact that they were trying to make some money off you.Sounds like you
were shopping at the wrong dealership.

Unfortunately in military communities like Killeen, all the dealerships are set to kill LOL. And Tara didn't want to drive to Austin or whatever, so yeah we overpaid a little bit even for the Tiburon but it's OK.

300hp FWD is better than 200hp FWD eh?

The more horsepower and torque the better, in my opinion.