2003 Hyundai Tiburon, or 2003 Honda Civic Si?

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Hi, I'm a teen, getting a first car... I'm really into the 2003 hyundai tiburons... I found one for $8,800 and it has 132,000kms. Civics I know last forever, but I'd rather have something with more power.

Though tiburons are import, do you think 132,000 kms is a lot? If not, how many km's do Tiburons usually last to?

Thanks :)
 
i have a 2000 hyundai sonata and its holding up ok =\.. i had to put $1000 into it last inspection because the breaks went on it. i also had to replace the alternator (the thing that charges that battery? my spelling could be wrong). its having trouble getting into gear now while accelerating, esp up hills. i have about 150,000 miles on it, so for how beat it is its holding up ok. im also pretty abusive to it and have let my battery die countless times. overall its not a bad car but we are also talking about a different model, i dont mean to turn you away from hyundais all together, they are nice and stylish

my parents used to have my car before me and bought another sonata after giving me my car. so apparently they really like hyundais
 
dont buy either one tiburons are crap... if you have 8800 thats a decent amount of money look on craigslist for a better car like a nissan 300zx twin turbo...
 
I personally would pick the civic!! If someone bought me a Tiburon I would not drive it, they are complete garbage. I work with a guy who has one and all he does is pump money into it to fix it and he just drives it to work and back. I can imagine that you as a new driver are just going to drive it like your mom and dad bought it and destroy the damn thing, so go with the civic. I own a civic and LOVE IT, my wife uses it for work and it get tons of miles put on it and not one time has it even thought about giving us any trouble.
 
Tiburon. In this example the Civic doesn't even compare to the Tib in features and power, and the Tib is actually a very underrated and underestimated car. Certainly the best Korea has come up with. And 132,000 isn't really much on any car. The Tib could go at least 300,000 I'd say.

EDIT: This is also coming from a Hyundai hater, but unlike salt life I'm not being biased. There are hundreds of better cars than either the Tib or Civic, but in this comparison the Tiburon undoubtedly wins.
 
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