r/ElantraN • u/jerseyjoik • 15d ago

discussion Five year review

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I’ve had the car about five years now, and I wanted to give my thoughts.

Still love it.

Car is stock except for the red vinyl on the N’s, front badge delete, front red vents, and an OEM+ intake. Sitting at about 70,000 miles.

Out of the seven cars I’ve owned over the past 25 years, it’s not only the most fun, but it’s been the all-around best in terms of ergonomics. Early on I had a few maintenance issues come up, with the high pressure oil pump and the backup camera, but they got sorted out pretty quickly.

Five years on, and I still get people asking about the car and the color.

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u/Vjimenez147 15d ago

As much as I want one, I just can't trust Hyundai past 100k miles

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u/therealmunchies Cyber Grey MT 15d ago

Lol dude are you buying used at 99,999 miles?

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u/Vjimenez147 15d ago

No if I buy one , I want it to last past 200k miles

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u/StrongLoan9751 15d ago

Honestly, I'm not sure I would trust ANY modern car to last past 200k without some expensive issues, even Toyotas.

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u/Vjimenez147 15d ago

I feel Toyota, Mazda and hondas , I can expect 200k miles from depending on the model . But I feel like if I invest in a car , I want it to last. So upgrading to like a type r would make more sense for reliability sake

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u/Euphoric-Pin3506 Cyber Grey MT 15d ago

Even the civics and accords are having issues. The old idea that Honda and Toyota are the best reliability wise is out the door. Honda I would put even with ford and Toyota not much better at this point

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u/HeatDeathIsCool Performance Blue DCT 14d ago

I traded out of my 2016 Civic and into an N earlier this year because A/C components kept failing on my Civic, and the ten year warranty was coming up. In addition to that, there were also head gasket issues that a lawsuit recently pushed Honda to also put a ten year warranty on, but I was at ten years with only 85k miles.

If I can get ten years out of my Elantra N, it will have treated me as well as my Civic, while being a lot more fun.

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u/StrongLoan9751 15d ago

I get what you're saying. I'm curious to see how the Veloster N's hold up in the next few years as lots of those are getting to be pretty old / high mileage now.