I bought my Elantra from new. It cost £9250 OTR, also with a really good finance deal (6% and no deposit), I think the list price was about £10500 I average thirty thousand miles a year. In the four years I've owned the car it has always started first time and performed extremely well. It handles well, is good on fuel (averages arount 30mpg in town and 40mpg on a run - not bag for quite a big heavy car)and is a comfortable ride. Even after well over 100k the engine runs smoothly, you can't tell its a diesel. in the 4 years I've owned it I always regularly check oil levels etc, its' never once ...
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