Crusty Old Shellback
Registered Member
Hi Guys and Gals, haven't been on here in some time.
Well last Friday, I took the R Spec out to run some errands. On the way home, I start getting a noise coming from the engine compartment. No warning lights on the dash and she seems to be running fine. So I drive a few more miles to the house and go to look under the hood and see what's going on.
Pop the hood and didn't see anything wrong. I thought maybe the belt was coming apart so I took off the air inlet hoses so I could see the belt. No issues there. So I go and start it back up to see if I can find where the noise is coming from. Motor was a little hard to start but it started. get under the hood and I hear it. Lots of banging going on in the valve train on the drivers side. So I shut it off and call the dealer to see about getting the car in.
I wound up taking her in on Monday on a flat bed. While they are looking over the car, I was wandering the lot, checking out the new genesis once again.
They come back and tell me the motor is shot. Not only the vale train has issues but they could hear a rod knocking a swell. $15K for a new motor. Lucky it's all under warranty.
Well while I was looking at the new Genesis, wound up talking with a salesman and that lead to a test drive. I was impressed with the new Genesis. A completely different car than my '12. Then they come out and hit me with they are clearing out the '15's with Hyundai employee pricing, $15K off the sticker price. So I said what the hell, lets run the numbers and see what comes up.
Bottom line, They are keeping my '12 and I drove home in a new 5.0 in Empire state gray for an extra 12 bucks a month over what I was paying.
I had originally ben looking for a 5.0 Ultimate in Monticito Blue but they didn't have one. The Gray was my second choice.
Well last Friday, I took the R Spec out to run some errands. On the way home, I start getting a noise coming from the engine compartment. No warning lights on the dash and she seems to be running fine. So I drive a few more miles to the house and go to look under the hood and see what's going on.
Pop the hood and didn't see anything wrong. I thought maybe the belt was coming apart so I took off the air inlet hoses so I could see the belt. No issues there. So I go and start it back up to see if I can find where the noise is coming from. Motor was a little hard to start but it started. get under the hood and I hear it. Lots of banging going on in the valve train on the drivers side. So I shut it off and call the dealer to see about getting the car in.
I wound up taking her in on Monday on a flat bed. While they are looking over the car, I was wandering the lot, checking out the new genesis once again.
They come back and tell me the motor is shot. Not only the vale train has issues but they could hear a rod knocking a swell. $15K for a new motor. Lucky it's all under warranty.
Well while I was looking at the new Genesis, wound up talking with a salesman and that lead to a test drive. I was impressed with the new Genesis. A completely different car than my '12. Then they come out and hit me with they are clearing out the '15's with Hyundai employee pricing, $15K off the sticker price. So I said what the hell, lets run the numbers and see what comes up.
Bottom line, They are keeping my '12 and I drove home in a new 5.0 in Empire state gray for an extra 12 bucks a month over what I was paying.
I had originally ben looking for a 5.0 Ultimate in Monticito Blue but they didn't have one. The Gray was my second choice.
