2005 Hyundai Tucson
2005 Hyundai Tucson questions and answers
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Q: Changing tire width safe?
I need to buy new tires fom my wife's 2005 hyundai tucson. As we live in an area that occassionally gets snow, I wanted to buy a set of Goodyear TripleTread tires. Unfortunately, the tires don't come in the stock size 235/60/16. Is it safe to replace them with 225/60/16? Will this change performance? Thanks.
A: They will be slightly smaller in diameter as well as slightly narrower, theoretically giving a little better acceleration and a little lower top speed.
For all practical purposes, however, there will be no significant change.
Q: New paint on new bumper doesn't match car paint job--what to do?
I have a 2005 Hyundai Tucson, body is Mesa Red, bumpers and side cladding Dark Gray, sort of matte finish. I needed to have front bumper replaced. Paint on new bumper is more shiny than original; body shop claims they tried twice to make match. Further, they said they did not put on clear coat because that would make bumper even shinier. What to do? Current issue of Westways Magazine points out that clear coat prevents oxidation of paint. So, what should I do? Have bumper repainted to match car? Have clear coat put on anyway?
All help appreciated. Car is otherwise in very clear condlition.
A: Anytime you get a panel or bumper replaced, it's pretty much certain that it's not going to match exactly. I don't know how obvious it is on your car, but it's almost impossible to get the exact same match of paint for a car... especially if your car is already a couple of years old and the paint is a little faded. I think you would want to have that clear coat put on, since it protects the car... but maybe you can ask the body shop to try to match the color again because it's still not right. Maybe third time is the charm. You can also try to wax the rest of your car and it should give it a more "shiny" look.
Q: My car sometimes takes a few seconds for the engine to turn over.?
It's a 2005 Hyundai Tucson with 12,000 miles on it. Most of the time the engine turns right over when I turn the ignition. About a quarter of the time it takes a few seconds for the engine to catch. Does anyone know what this might be and how much it might cost to fix it?
A: I don't think that the spark plugs are the problem but I would recommend that you have the vehicles computer scanned first, this way you may be able to isolate the problem or problems. The cost for this depends on the shop that you take it to and I would guess that it could range from $45.00 to $85.00 and most independent shops will put this diagnosis towards your repairs if you let them fix it, but the dealer will never do this.
Q: Seeking help from Professional gurus to sort out my problem!!!?
I have Hyundai Tucson 2005 have 38,000 miles with high yield of 12% something constitute $460 monthly payments. My concern is to reduce or eliminate this big chuck of my hard earned income. Can anyone tell me what my options are?
1. Trade in with small used car.
2. Privately sale
3. I personally lean to Toyota Matrix, would it be good idea to trade in for Toyota. I asked the Toyota dealer and they give around 11k, whereas my pay off balance remains 16k. So I have to suck up the 5k equity too plus the 19k of new car.
Can anyone of you please guide me what should I really do? I really want to decrease my monthly payment or at least I don’t want to pay for Hyundai because by the end of the financing term I would end up paying 22k and the car would be about to die.
Please help!
A: Obviously you can trade the car in. But the estimate for $11K is about right.
You need to....
1. Refinance the car at a lower interst rate
2. Trade for a car with big rebates to help absorb your negative equity
The Toyota is not going to be the best choice as it is not going to hide your equity situation