Beside the looks, the 03 Tiburon SUCKS (not opinion but facts)

[03tibkane]

Originally posted by gigatron
No one has answered my question yet Any tiburon tuning sites out there? Tiburon information sites. etc.. cmon :P

newtiburon.com is the most informative site out there for the new tibs, some info for older tibs!

[edonis]

That taxi argument Kegro came up with is just so f***** idiotic! Here (Norway) Mercedes Benz (C-class, E-class and sometimes even S-class) is the most common taxi, but that doesn't have horseshit to do with the fact that they are bad cars.. Quite on the contrary, means they are good and have great reability.. Korean taxi's are crap (I've lived there as well), not because of the cars, but because they run on LPG or some gas, which is put in the luggage room, so you won't even get a single briefcase into the boot.. When travelling with my mother, father and sister, we were forced to take THREE taxis to get the luggage to our hotel, included us, ofcoarse..

The Tiburon has even been compared to a Porsche Boxter! And although I agree they are in two different categories, I'd take the Tiburon/Coupe, because the price is just unbeatable.. and except for that thrashy grille, its a beautiful car!

[Akisan2]

Originally posted by edonis

The Tiburon has even been compared to a Porsche Boxter! And although I agree they are in two different categories, I'd take the Tiburon/Coupe, because the price is just unbeatable.. and except for that thrashy grille, its a beautiful car!

[friday86]

Man! Y ya'll hatin', if ya'll hate so much, y not race it and see it for your self huh?

[Euro19]

Like someone posted, this thread is ugly, hehe, is really funny to see how honda and hyundai drivers insult between theirselves in a inmature way. I started this post because I wanted to let you guys know about what a well known car magazine had an impression with the car, I know most of it are opinions of people that know their jobs and some others are facts, is just that they say some stuff that they wouldn´t say about other manufacters, oh, let me guess, they dislike hyundai too!. I recognize I over reacted a little on my opinions, I like the Tiburon actually, is nice, has decent power, it´s ver affordable, would I buy one? No, I just don´t trust a Hyundai.
By the way, someone said that the Elantra was better car than the Civic, that´s really dumb, just beacuse HE has an Elantra he can say just what comes out of his mouth. It only takes to step in a Civic an in the Elantra as well, I´m not saying this last one its a bad car, well it´s kinda ugly and unrefined IMO, but the plastics quality is below average for example.
And at the end, just drive what you want and what you can afford, no one can judge you because of it.

[TibOwner]

Originally posted by 03tibkane
newtiburon.com is the most informative site out there for the new tibs, some info for older tibs!

Actually, New Tiburon is NOT the most informative site. Hyundai Performance.com and Hyundai Aftermarket.com is. Some of the most knowledgable people in the Hyundai scene such as Random, Red, Cheuk, Onpol, Rob, Autobot, Rudy, Visions, and so on are all on those 2 forums.



Anyway, for people who are saying Hyundai are not reliable, Consumer Reports came out with their new ratings a couple of months back, and Hyundai was tied with Honda in the number 2 spot. And the Hyundai Elantra has been rated as the #1 best Sedan under $15,000 for the last 2 years in a row. Now granted, some people might disagree with these ratings and reports, but the matter is...these are pure facts. Some professionals who are paid alot of money to take alot of time, and look into all aspects of a specific make and model, came up with these results. I doubt they were biased, and one of the things that people have to look at is....the consumer report ratings on reliability come from specific stats on manufacturers. They group them into categary's such as how often they break down and so on, and that's how they come up with alot their results. So, yeah....you might think Hyundai's a junk...but when you look at the overall stats, you can't disagree with the numbers. Hyundai's are good cars, reliable, there's a TON of aftermarket support for them, and just because they were shit back in the day, doesn't mean that they are now.

Just my 2 cents.

[C32Bperformance]

Thats interesting, but its pretty hard to say that anything is really a fact, since facts are determined by a person with a specific point of view.

Anyways, to reply an earlier post by akhedraki, you can compare honda to hyundai, but honda sucks?> thats laughable, do you sell what your smokin on ebay?

[Bob Oralee]

I'm new here but not new to the 03 tiburon. I own one and I race people all the time. I've beaten rsx's civics of all kinds(there jokes on the street), celica gts's(pretty slow as well) contour svt's, some 5.0's just to name a few. No bs. civics and mustang gt's are so overrated. I will try and upload some vids of me doing so. My car is not stock but still. So don't dis tiburon's unless u raced one and smoked it yourself.

[Bob Oralee]

I wonder what would win this or a civic si? Probly the civic

http://www.roadracemotorsports.com/tibby.htm

[Akisan2]

I hate hyundai with all my guts and then some. But I try to at least repect the car as economy cars. Elantra trying to compete civics, santa fe trying to compete ford explorer, tibby trying to compete si, gts...the sport compact cars. That is all very cool.

That been said, I'd rather lick a toilet then buy a tibby.

I dun care if its cheap, and decently equipped blah blah blah. No one will ever see my point as hyudai is NOT as of now a performance car producers. Tibby is just another wanna be trying-to-fit-into-import-sport-compact-maket with their cheap and annoying marketing and catchy warrenty.

I always say this to people, when I try to express my points about hyundai. where is your flagship car? All hyundai is trying to do is outsell other car by using cheap materials and enginerring and you guys got no goals as of what you guys are trying to accomplish as a car comapny.

Hyundai as a car company is doing ok, but you guys got no tradition. That's why I laughed when I see some people comparing BMW, porche...come on reality check. I'm not saying that hyundai has no potential, but now is not the right time to compare this.

To people who own tibby, great. I hope you enjoy the car, I'm being honest and not sarcastic in any means. Just when you folks like to bash on honda or something realize that honda cars are very well engineered. Take NSX in example. 280hp engine that can run 12 secstock on 1/4 mile. That's engineering.

Honda ricers deserve the bash, not the actual honda. Just keep that in ur minds...

ok, I'm out and ya all enjoy ur vehicles, whatever that is

[C32Bperformance]

oh btw bob, yur tib not being stock is in fact what makes the diff.

Next time i race a tib ill video tape it for yah...

and i doubt the tib will have been through the abuse i put my b16 through every day

[hybridsol]

Originally posted by Bob Oralee
I'm new here but not new to the 03 tiburon. I own one and I race people all the time. I've beaten rsx's civics of all kinds(there jokes on the street), celica gts's(pretty slow as well) contour svt's, some 5.0's just to name a few. No bs. civics and mustang gt's are so overrated. I will try and upload some vids of me doing so. My car is not stock but still. So don't dis tiburon's unless u raced one and smoked it yourself.

I have no problem with ppl driving tiberon's. I also have no problem with ppl preffering tiberon's over other car's. Although I do have a problem with ppl calling mustangs and civics slow, please limit your Honda/Mustang bashing. Honda engineering is amazing, and the Ford Mustang in my opinion has always been an outstanding automobile, and is nothing to be underestimated.

[C32Bperformance]

hybrid, did we know each other in a past life? cuz you may aswell have stolen the words outta my mouth.

[Bob Oralee]

Hey I didn't mean to bash on Hondas in general, just civics. the new minevan ones. I like the old hatch back si's. And the acura nsx is an amazing piece of machinery. I like mustang cobras and saleen mustangs because they're fast as hell. But I don't like mustang gt's there not fast just loud. By the way everyone should get there facts straight on 0-60 and 1/4 mile times. here's a good reference.

http://www.car-videos.com/performance/

[Chrometib]

what the fuck are you driving a kia my scooter could eat you up i think you are an underpaid low income ass who can't even afford the "cheap" tiburon... why hate when you can't even play?