New Car!!! (2011 Hyundai Genesis)

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LuckyFool United States. March 08 2011 14:15. Posts 8334

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I owe Froadac this blog but I also figure TL users would have fun reading about this, my first new car buying experience.

so I started working full time in December and spent most of my first paychecks saving as much as possible to put for a down payment on a new car that I desperately needed (and wanted something freakin amazing) so after deciding what I really wanted over the past couple weeks (my 3 basics were: A. Looked awesome B. Drove awesome and C. Wasn't an outlandish price) After looking around I settled on a new 2011 genesis coupe. Hyundai isn't really known too well for sporty cars, they've been known as a more economical manufacturer for a long time I think. The only comparable thing they've ever made I think is the tiburon, (I'm not really a car expert so somebody can correct me if I'm wrong) but it seemed like all the reviews I read of the genesis were it was really good so after a while I realized I kept getting drawn there over any other make/model. I'm not a diehard of any brand of make or anything I just kinda looked at the market from my own point of view and tried to picture what I could see myself driving.

My bank is freakin awesome (USAA) since my parents were military I get USAA coverage for life, I dunno how good other banks are but USAA is sick sweet. They have a car buying service where you literally plug in what you want and they tell you what dealers in your area have that car and you just submit a form and the next day the dealer contacts YOU. Was so awesome I literally just filled out what I wanted (color/trim/model) and it searches for the best price with dealers in the area and the price is protected (meaning no haggle/fuss/dealer trying to sell you loads of bullshit) you can walk in with this invoice and literally leave with whatever price is on it no questions asked.

Anyway I did that on like Thursday. on Friday the dealer called me and I scheduled a test drive on Saturday. Went there on Saturday and the test drive was freaking amazing the car drives SO nice. Worked out loan and financing stuff and picked the car up tonight, so all in all it took a total of 3 days from when I submitted my initial form to when I drove home with a new car... freakin crazy shit. I'm not planning on racing and shit like that so I opted for the 2.0T 4 cylinder turbo model (which apparently saves alot on insurance compared to the v6, plus its better on gas mileage) I did all the financing through my bank which also saved me alot, I got a loan at a great rate. I finally have a car that's fun to drive for the first time in my life... SO AWESOME!!! It has 50 miles on it and I put like 30 on it tonight just driving home from the dealer/around town LOL.

I took pictures in the dark cuz I just got home with it a few hours ago, but I couldn't post a blog about a new car without pics of some sort... :D I decided on silver for the color cuz I was warned "black isn't a color it's a part time job" (thx torenhire LOL) and didn't really prefer a red/white one just out of preference.

+ Show Spoiler +

edit: oh and I also opted for the automatic transmission cuz I'm lazy but you can also drive it like a manual too, it has a manual mode and shifter paddles on the steering wheel or up/down shift on stick. it's really awesome lol.

Last edit: 2011-03-08 14:19:09

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EtherealDeath United States. March 08 2011 14:18. Posts 8189

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grats dude, looks nice

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Torenhire United States. March 08 2011 14:21. Posts 9434

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Nice! Grats Rob!

If anyone gives you shit about not driving manual... I almost got the Bird in manual transmission. I prefer it, honestly...but you're just silly if you think that driving manual with this area's traffic is anything but annoying, obnoxious, and just flat out tiring.

Car looks really good in silver! (Red is better, red car imba) and glad I could be the one to warn you about black vehicles.

You know the forever alone meme?

You could put a picture of my car in the middle and caption it

FOREVER

DIRTY

or some shit like that.

edit: I like your shark fin.

Last edit: 2011-03-08 14:23:27

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phosphorylation March 08 2011 14:26. Posts 2652

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Very good choice.

Disregard China. March 08 2011 14:26. Posts 8081

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Nice to have military and government perks, grats on your new ride.

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sYz-Adrenaline United States. March 08 2011 14:30. Posts 1690

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Yay for military!

Can you feel the rush?

LuckyFool United States. March 08 2011 14:32. Posts 8334

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On March 08 2011 14:30 sYz-Adrenaline wrote:
Yay for military!

It saved me at least 4k easily lol.

@LuckyFool88

Joementum March 08 2011 14:34. Posts 787

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On March 08 2011 14:21 Torenhire wrote:

FOREVER

DIRTY

I think everyone that has a black car needs to just take a picture and caption it with this. I can't stand my car. It's awesome and looks beautiful when clean, but 2 days after cleaning, it looks like shit =/.

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GenoZStriker United States. March 08 2011 14:35. Posts 2570

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:O I think I'm going to stop working on getting a car and ask you for rides every single time.

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where March 08 2011 14:38. Posts 142

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oh congrats new car! Just in time to enjoy soon-to-be $4 a gallon gas... ;o

Joementum March 08 2011 14:39. Posts 787

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On March 08 2011 14:38 where wrote:
oh congrats new car! Just in time to enjoy soon-to-be $5 a gallon gas... ;o

Fixed, good sir.

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Geniuszerg Canada. March 08 2011 14:42. Posts 454

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gratz! why so baller huh? kekekeke
personally i like the look of the outside over the inside, but its looks like a sweet ride^^

YoonHo Canada. March 08 2011 14:43. Posts 1036

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Wow congrats man. Sick car. I dreaaam of buying a new car lol. Hopefully, I'll make it happen O_O! Congrats again.

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Cambium Japan. March 08 2011 14:47. Posts 15724

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lol, I was just thinking in my head "auto??" and then I read the line immediate after the picture.

nice car, drive safely

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aike United States. March 08 2011 14:48. Posts 1294

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Looks sweet rob!

It's always super awesome getting a new car. I can't wait till next year when I can get a new one, but I will miss my jeep when that happens

Wahaha

Froadac United States. March 08 2011 14:52. Posts 5663

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Yes. Quite the epic car.

What will be the total cost excluding financing?

Genesis is actually a smaller car, which got discontinued, but they'll come out with a new equivalent in like 2013.

Last edit: 2011-03-08 14:59:35

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loving it Canada. March 08 2011 15:00. Posts 271

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Love it! hopefully this will car will last you for awhile

Stay gold.

NB Canada. March 08 2011 15:08. Posts 7192

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oh shit epic... how much?

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Grobyc Canada. March 08 2011 15:11. Posts 17093

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