Over the past 2 years I have owned 3 HSH's. There were various reasons that I went through 3 of them, but the most recent was a faulty hybrid system that Hyundai refused to acknowledge, the result was me having to hire a lawyer to force the return of the car. While I enjoyed the styling and FE of the Sonata, Hyundai's refusal to honor their warranty left me vowing to never own another Hyundai.
We kicked around stepping up when replacing this, but in the end I just couldn't bring myself to spend $50,000.00 + on a car.
What I ended up buying was a 2015 Camry Hybrid. I will compare my experience with the HSH and TCH for anyone interested. I will try to remain objective and ignore the problems that occurred with my last HSH.
What drew me to the HSH was styling, FE, and Wayne's high opinion of it.
I did enjoy the car, the styling, and the FE was spectacular. However there were some things I didn't like. All 3 cars had rattles in the doors and roofs. IMO the cars vibrated excessively, to the extent that the passenger seat would shake back and forth. The road noise seemed to me to be excessive as well. Also, there was a quirk in the stereo in which the audio would sometimes mute and the only way to get it back was to turn the car off or use the Blue Link call function. These were all things I was willing to overlook in exchange for the things I liked about the car. I also assumed that I shouldn't expect more of a car in that price range.
What drew me to the Camry was that Toyota has been doing Hybrid for an eternity and should have all the bugs worked out. After driving the Camry for a week, the build quality difference compared to the HSH is striking. There are zero rattles even with the stereo all the way up. It is also considerably more quiet and smooth.
Here is what I feel I gave up with the HSH:
Highway FE
Panoramic roof
Styling
Remote start from phone app
Here is what I gained with the TCH:
Build quality
Power passenger seat
Radar Cruise
Blind spot monitoring
City FE
Rear cross traffic alert
Frontal collision warning
Wireless phone charging
Trunk Space
Just thought I would share.
Happy Hypermiling! :stickshift:
We kicked around stepping up when replacing this, but in the end I just couldn't bring myself to spend $50,000.00 + on a car.
What I ended up buying was a 2015 Camry Hybrid. I will compare my experience with the HSH and TCH for anyone interested. I will try to remain objective and ignore the problems that occurred with my last HSH.
What drew me to the HSH was styling, FE, and Wayne's high opinion of it.
I did enjoy the car, the styling, and the FE was spectacular. However there were some things I didn't like. All 3 cars had rattles in the doors and roofs. IMO the cars vibrated excessively, to the extent that the passenger seat would shake back and forth. The road noise seemed to me to be excessive as well. Also, there was a quirk in the stereo in which the audio would sometimes mute and the only way to get it back was to turn the car off or use the Blue Link call function. These were all things I was willing to overlook in exchange for the things I liked about the car. I also assumed that I shouldn't expect more of a car in that price range.
What drew me to the Camry was that Toyota has been doing Hybrid for an eternity and should have all the bugs worked out. After driving the Camry for a week, the build quality difference compared to the HSH is striking. There are zero rattles even with the stereo all the way up. It is also considerably more quiet and smooth.
Here is what I feel I gave up with the HSH:
Highway FE
Panoramic roof
Styling
Remote start from phone app
Here is what I gained with the TCH:
Build quality
Power passenger seat
Radar Cruise
Blind spot monitoring
City FE
Rear cross traffic alert
Frontal collision warning
Wireless phone charging
Trunk Space
Just thought I would share.
Happy Hypermiling! :stickshift:
Finally replaced the HSH
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