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Originally Posted by Rotorflyr

Anyway, in the long run it (probably) would have been cheaper to keep the SVX and do the swap than be making payments on another car. The big plus to the hyundai (and kia's) are the 10yr warranty. That and even with the bad tranny, you might have gotten more for the SVX here then in trade (unless you didn't bother to tell the dealer bout the little problem with itb)

not even taking the jeep into consideration, the elantra pmt is $250/month for four years. since the claret svx was our most fuel efficient vehicle, it was used as our daily driver. fuel costs alone were $300/mo. the elantra is least 50% more fuel efficient and requires only regular unleaded. i expect our fuels costs to only be $180/month for commuting. so in four years, the elantra will only cost $6240 at today's fuel costs. that's pretty much the cost of a new tranny, rear diff, windshield, and tires the svx needs now. i'm pretty sure it would need even more work in the next 100k miles i'd put on it in four years.