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Originally Posted by railroadman
John:
Good Morning! I have some questions concerning your Turbo Veloster. The car looks great, did you get the 6 speed or the automatic transmission and are you still happy with your purchase? Looking for my retirement car and something fun to drive.
Thanks for your help.
Randy
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The car turned two years old on Oct 10th and it has just over 15,000 miles. The only maintenance has been the normal service, which I had done at 3750 miles, 7500 miles and 13,000 miles. I usually get about 26 -27 mpg around town and 30 on the highway. It's an automatic, my wife can't shift gears so that was the reason for that.
Last two times I was in the dealer (Jenkins of Ocala) they didn't have any turbos, the salesman at Jenkins said they were limited. I wouldn't buy the regular version, I hear it's a real dog. They are 138 HP compared to 201 HP on the turbo. The only thing I didn't care for was the 3 doors, I don't know why they didn't put a 4th back seat door on the drivers' side, I guess to be different. You can't be a big person and drive one of these, I'm 5'9" and have no problem but if you're over 6' then probably forget it.
Mine is Ironman Silver, I thought white looked good as well, they also make black, red, blue, silver (matte finish) and aspirin (orangish). The matte finish is very unique but I hear it's difficult to keep looking right. Everything is standard including the leather seats, the only option is the moon roof/naviation package and that's about $3500. I've had moon/sun roofs before and didn't really use them and don't care for more bright light shining down through. When I bought mine the base price was $23,925 but as my post above states, I didn't pay that amount. I read that some dealers were charging full list plus more. I've read lately that Hyundai might discontinue making the Veloster due to poor sales, only 30,000 sold in North America since it's introduction in 2010. I think the regular engine is the reason for that, why not make all of them turbos?