QUOTE(dares @ Mar 18 2013, 10:46 PM)
Then why Gaga ultimately? when you came around from your "meltdown"
What could possibly possess you to love an old Hyundai

Why Gaga? Coz it is new and by the time I am really ready to buy a car, the overall price for the Getz didn't drop much, so I viewed some 2009 BLMs. Found a black 2009 BLM around RM 32k but after some calculations, it will be wiser to top up a bit more for a new car rather than the second hand one. Then comes the announcement of FLX with CVT gearbox. Got inquisitive with it and might as well give CVT a try.
having grown up with korean cars since the early millennium, somehow I understood what makes a Korean car, a Korean car. It isn't particularly a good handling car, but yet it is still stiff enough to prevent unnecessary body rolls but at the same time the ride is comfy enough. The rubbish seats aside, everything in the Getz is splendid. The plastics isn't as dreary as those in the Saga in the first place. The 1.3L is dreary and very thirsty, but the newer facelift model with a 1.4 DOHC unit solves all the problem. It was the only Hyundai which is best value for money during that time when Hyundai is still churning out rubbish cars like the peanut eyed Sonata and the two spoke steering Hyundai Accident.
The Getz is still ok. There was a period when right after I rebound back from the "meltdown" I was looking at a range of Kia Spectra which costs less than 20k. LOL
Thank god I didn't get one of those.