2005 Hyundai Getz Reviews - Page 3 of 3

Nothing gone wrong or awry so far.

On a cleanly paved highway, it's a pleasant experience driving a this car. But once you hit a un asphalted concrete road, the car dribbles itself according to the shape of the small road crevices and rough concrete surfaces. The motion created between the tires and the road are transformed into vibrations that one can easily feel inside. This is not a big deal considering it's price. A driver can live with that especially on short distance travel.

With a 1.1Li engine, one expects a good km/liter fuel consumption rate.

This car can only do 11.5++ km/liter on the same route I've been driving my Honda Civic Sir where I'm getting 11.0km/Li consistently.

So far, nothing has gone wrong with the car.

The few comments I have are that it doesn't seem to accelerate very well in 2nd gear, so I try a change up to 3rd as quickly as possible, and you do tend to feel every bump in the road because of the suspension.

Its spacious with plenty of headroom. The boot is surprisingly larger than I expected it to be. The gear changes are very smooth and the dashboard very easy to read. I think the car's external looks are very nice, and its very economical on petrol. It has all the extras you could need, and as long as you don't want to be a Stirling Moss, most drivers would find it a really good drive and excellent value for money.

Nothing so far, apart from some air bubbles in the paint. These are extremely tiny and are only found in remote parts of the body.

Actually I got this car for my wife, but must admit it was equally fun driving for me too.

Seems huge inside considering a super mini.

Comfortable, smooth and silent ride.

For a 1.1 cc it pulls quite well, even though personally I'd rather go for the 1.3 engine.

Good a/c power, and quick cooling even in a hot Maltese summer day of around 35 degrees.

Rear seats fold up nicely to create ample luggage room.

Squeaky seat belt clasp. Fixed with 3 in 1 oil.

Very early stages as yet, I intend to up-date as I pile the miles on. Had the car 10 weeks, done 3300 miles, no problems. I broke the car in as per instructions, after 1500 miles when I'd thrashed it through the gears a couple of times, I changed the oil and oil filter, genuine parts.

Comfy on long journeys, easy to drive, wife loves it, and fast for a 1350cc. I drive the car quite fast, normally taking it to 4000 rpm in each gear once it's warmed up, sitting at about 3500 RPM in top gear mostly, or more when roads allow. This kind of driving returns about 40-43 mpg, but only since the car loosened up. Third gear is a bit strange, at 40 mph it just doesn't want to seem to pull so hard as one might think. Although once above 50 mph it pulls well enough. If you want to go past something quick at 40 mph or below, you have to go down to second gear and rev it to the red line about 55 mph, up to third and it pulls really well. Fourth and Fifth gears, are like 3.5 and 4.5 respectively, which is good when overtaking going from third to fourth, the car is right in the torque range still. Top gear at 60 mph is about 2800 RPM, whereas on my '02 Punto, 60 mph was 2400 RPM.

The car is great, much better than a Punto. 5 year warranty, first 3 services free (3 years or 30 thousand miles) I'm told the warranty also covers the exhaust! 3 years RAC.

The paintwork needed a good polish after a week or so, I put this down to not getting a good grade of polish from the dealer, it made a good deal of difference to look of the car.

Beyond 90-100 mph the wee car feels light, it will do more I reckon, but it was a windy day. As low as 80 mph, when on an open road with a gust of wind, the car blows off line slightly.

The CD player is very good, it never jumps even on an old farm road. I tested the ABS and boy is it good!

No wonder there are so many smiley faces on the Getz forum, it's a great car.