Which car should I buy?

Vindicate · Post by **Vindicate** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:50 pm

I have narrowed it down to two vehicles. '02 Hyundai Tiburon or an '02 Ford Mustang? Don't want any "Don't bother with those 2 get such and such." I'm leaning towards the Mustang personally.

Darthness · Post by **Darthness** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:51 pm

i'd probably go with the mustang.

William from NOLA · Post by **William from NOLA** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 5:53 pm

What mustang? If it's the V6, forget it. The Tiburon is a pretty quick car.

Bwcad1 · Post by **Bwcad1** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:12 pm

tiburon is nice for what it is and insurance on the mustang is gonna kill you on insurance

Justin from Detroit1 · Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:13 pm

i test drove both of those before i ended up buying my SC2. Wasn't too impressed with either. insides were way too small, but the Mustang does have a slightly larger back seat. Honestly, I don't know about where you live, but around here it is mainly girls driving Mustangs. personally I'd go with the Tiburon.

Post by **GlassWolf** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:14 pm

I'd rather have the Tiburon myself.. looked at one for a while in fact.
prettier car, and it's.. well.. not a Ford.

most will probably vote for the Mustang though

Ryan from Ohio · Post by **Ryan from Ohio** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:34 pm

I test drove and 03 or 04? (First year they started remaking them or new body style) tiburon for 100 miles (over night)

It was the 4cylinder model. The inside was pretty nice. I like the way it was laid out under the hood also.

The rear seat was a no-go for a 5 year old, just to small...

It did ride and drive fairly nice.

I advise you to look at the reasale values. THe older styled tibs have a horrible resale value... I think the newer ones have a low value also...

It was like $16K brand new then a year later you would be doing VERY good to sell it for half that...

The Mustangs I hate... All the way up to the most recent style I dislike... Im not huge or fat fat and I feel cramped in it.

But Im SURE it has a higher resale value... SO it will hold its value longer.

If it doesnt matter to you:

Mustang will look decent and be worth your investment. The Tiburon will look sharp and will probably be yours to keep until the junkyard...

Vindicate · Post by **Vindicate** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 6:53 pm

Hmmmm... I haven't heard much about the Tiburons is the problem. I figured Mustang would be solid since they have been around for ages.... Also, I really like the looks of the Mustangs, the '99-'04 or whenever that body style was. The '05/'06s would be great.... but they are about 3 times outta my price range haha.

Another thing is I only wanna drive standard so that limits my choices greatly for my area with Mustangs... There were 3 Standards in the range and like 18 autos... Tiburons.. there's a MILLION of em kicken around.

I dunno yet. I'll take a peak at the Mustangs tomorrow and then after go and check out the Tiburons and see what they have to offer. I got Sat/Sun/Mon to pick so really no worries! Woot long weekend...

In regards to the Insurance issues... I went to my insurer today... For some reason '02 Neons are about 300$ MORE then a Mustang per year for insurance... Thats FULL coverage for both vehicles... He was surprised about that also.

raw9283 · Post by **raw9283** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:00 pm

Well in this case I'd have to go with the Mustang, since Hyundai didn't make the tiburon in 2002... :) But I do like the 03 tiburon a lot better than the 01, but in either case i'd take it over the stang. plus rwd in alberta would be bad news, at least for me.

I used to consider Hyundai in the same "cheapo" Korean category as Kia and Daewoo, but in the last few years I've been impressed. They keep doing what they're doing and they'll soon be in the same league as the Japanese heavyweights

Vindicate · Post by **Vindicate** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 7:06 pm

On TD Canada Trust's Insurance Site, they have lists of Top 10 Worst/Best Insurance rates for Vehicles. #1 WORST is the Hyundai Tiburon (FX).