Monday, April 23, 2007

Rent-a-car reviews

whoo. I get to drive an old 2005/2006 Hyundai Accent 3-door auto hatch rent-a-car this week. with an invasion of in-laws this week, I've had to get another car. Unfortunately, the budget didn't allow for anything cool like a convertible or the totally gangsta looking 300C.
I was expecting to hang lots of crap on this car but its actually not too bad. performance and handling is not great but a pass. cornering was actually not too bad but zero steering feel. The fun thing is that if you stomp on it, the "beast" will rev all the way to to redline before changing up. The engine makes a lot of noise that doesn't translate to go though and it isn't a pleasant engine note either. the ride was a bit bumpy and the brakes were spongy and not that responsive.
Seats are supportive and comfortable although headrest is a bit hard.
interior. materials and build quailty are cheap but so is the car. The standard stereo/CD is utter rubbish massive bass distortion at even low volume.

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