I was in Minneapolis last week where we rented a Hyundai Sonata for two weeks. Felt reasonably heavy and safe. But it's your call.
Cheers from steel own Pittsburgh, where I went to grad school in the 1980s. Incidentally in my last visit in May I visited the Mon Valley Works. They were still using 1934 rolling mill and seem to be making money off it! Anthony On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 7:44 AM, michael perelman < [email protected]> wrote: > Everything I read about the Hyundai was great, but the car itself > seemed to be made of the cheapest materials & hardly likely to stand > up. Very chinsey, compared to the cheaper Nissan parked next to it. > > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Anthony D'Costa > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Doesn't Hyundai give a 10 year warranty? They also make heavier cars. > They > > are popular in Europe too. I thought the Koreans had moved away from > > 'cheap' image. > > > > Anthony > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 3:00 AM, michael perelman > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I young student side-swiped our car a few days ago totaling it. We > >> need a new one. I can do everything on a bike, but Blanche cannot. > >> > >> I had read that Hyundai was making good low cost cars. We went to see > >> them yesterday. I was appalled how much of the car was made of cheap > >> plastic that was very vulnerable and sure not to last. It seemed like > >> a disposable vehicle. > >> > >> The article about the quality of the GM cheap car struck home. > >> > >> > >> > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/13/business/with-chevrolet-sonic-gm-and-uaw-reinvent-automaking.html?src=me&ref=business > >> > >> The car made me think about the CPI. I am sure that such quality > >> deterioration will not show up in the cost of living, speeding up > >> Obama's plan for undermining Social Security via the Consumer Price > >> Index. > >> -- > >> Michael Perelman > >> Economics Department > >> California State University > >> Chico, CA > >> 95929 > >> > >> 530 898 5321 > >> fax 530 898 5901 > >> http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> pen-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > > > > > > -- > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Anthony P. D'Costa > > Professor of Indian Studies and Research Director > > Asia Research Centre > > Copenhagen Business School > > Porcelænshavens 24, 3 > > DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark > > Ph: +45 3815 2572 > > > > A NEW INDIA? > > http://www.anthempress.com/pdf/9780857286642.pdf > > CONFERENCE PUBLIC SECTOR REFORMS IN INDIA AND CHINA > > http://uk.cbs.dk/research/konferencer/psric > > INTERVIEW China and India: Competition and Collaboration (go to Research > > Themes/Economy) ad.int 07-Jun-2011 > > http://uk.cbs.dk/arc > > http://www.thisismodernindia.com/this_is_modern_india_about_us.html > > xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pen-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > > > > > > -- > Michael Perelman > Economics Department > California State University > Chico, CA > 95929 > > 530 898 5321 > fax 530 898 5901 > http://michaelperelman.wordpress.com > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Anthony P. D'Costa Professor of Indian Studies and Research Director Asia Research Centre Copenhagen Business School Porcelænshavens 24, 3 DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark Ph: +45 3815 2572 *A NEW INDIA?* http://www.anthempress.com/pdf/9780857286642.pdf *CONFERENCE PUBLIC SECTOR REFORMS IN INDIA AND CHINA* http://uk.cbs.dk/research/konferencer/psric *INTERVIEW China and India: Competition and Collaboration *(go to Research Themes/Economy) ad.int <http://cast.cbs.dk/#ad.int> 07-Jun-2011 http://uk.cbs.dk/arc http://www.thisismodernindia.com/this_is_modern_india_about_us.html xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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